FSU Football: Top 10 best Nole games to re-watch this summer
By Cole Maines
1994 Florida State at Florida, final score 31-31
Anytime Bobby Bowden and Steve Spurrier meet up, it’s a classic. Not to mention this game features the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in college football history. Of course, I’m referring to the famous Choke at Doak.
Even though this game is in the post-Ward era of football, there is still quite a bit of under-center work and I-formation-based lineups. For context, at the start of this project, I watched this game after the Nebraska game and the differences are stark.
The video quality is much improved, and you can hear the crowd and bands in the audio. The camera tracks the ball well through the air, the colors pop, and the mid-game graphics improved. There are real-time statistics, down and distances, and a live clock inside two minutes. The game itself has soundbites and interviews. The refs have mics to announce calls.
As for the game itself, the players are much bigger. The play calling enhances this physical development with more pre-snap motion.
The gameplay began with lots of turnovers, and poor offensive play built the deficit. Despite this, the fans never lost faith, and with each building play. Fourth-down conversions, long plays, and touchdowns are all built to the climax.
The massive interception was the real turning point. Then capitalizing with the Warrick Dunn touchdown and following up late with the Rock Preston score caused mass pandemonium. The whole fourth quarter was some of the best Seminole Football I have ever seen.
Seeing this famed comeback happen in real-time was awesome. It was frustrating to not see that last chance, at least one chuck to the endzone. Outside of that, the only main issue was the cutaways.
The game was good, and a classic is a classic, no matter it ended in a tie, and FSU wasn’t in the game until the fourth quarter.
4 out of 5 footballs