the one that can give us a competent ground game? Frankly, I’m a little sick of both of them. The way things are going, it seems like Smelley for 3 quarters and then go to Garcia for the close.

and that he will be a great QB for us over the next three years if he sticks with it and lives up to his potential. His ceiling is a lot higher than Smelley’s. However, he doesn’t have that year of practice under his belt and, after what we’ve seen out of him over the past couple of weeks, I wonder if he’s the right choice against Clemson.

They’re not a team the Gators play. I doubt you feel strongly about Georgia Tech either, but UGA and (to some degree) Auburn do. I wouldn’t care much about FSU if they hadn’t been a premier team in the 90s.

As far as there being anyone I’d rather beat, most of the time no. However, I’d rather us win an SEC Divisional Title and lose to Clemson than beat Clemson and have another ho-hum year in the SEC. So, if I knew we could win the East by winning going into Florida, I’d say I’d rather beat Florida. But yeah, under normal circumstances, Clemson will do.

It’s an in-state rivalry vs. a school whose original intent was to provide an alternative and to eventually replace “our” school once/if the legislature could pass such a measure. Clemson is the physical embodiment of the more modern idea that one can be educated and have a successful professional life without all that “fancy booklearnin.” In the late 1800s it was with/thru agriculture and now it’s through majors like business management (whatever that means).

Over the course of the season, Garcia’s stats are a little better. However, over the last two games, Smelley’s stats are clearly better, although I guess you could say that his two interceptions in the first half against the Gators cost us all chance of keeping the game respectable.

At any rate, I might take you up on the comparative analysis sometime later this week.

Against the Whos and Gators, and I have to question SOS’s sanity. He must see something in practice that we don’t. Garcia is mobile, better arm, throws a better pass, less picks, and you can run a more versatile offense around him. Granted, with the doghouse around him, he missed a lot of time to learn the system, but Smelley? He had (for a QB against the Gators) a decent game, but it’s clear that Garcia is the guy. The future is now. IF you got two, well…you know the rest.