While we wait for another full week for this playoff to start, I decided to watch the 93 Florida State game for the first time since it happened. I was in HIGH SCHOOL(!) up the road at South Bend Clay at the time.
First of all - OJ Simpson was on sideline duty - I had completely forgotten about that.
I remember thinking Charlie Ward was ass at the time, but on rewatch, he really WAS terrible. What a complete media invention. Missing guys left and right in the first half. No composure, looked just really weak. He didn’t do much of anything until halfway through the third quarter when the Irish Defense settled into ‘protecting the lead’ mode. Wasn’t impressed then, still not now. He should never have won a Heisman.
Also, we dominated that game, it shouldn’t have been close. Jeff Burris dropped three easy ints, and Lake Dawson absolutely had hands of stone. I don’t remember him being that bad at the time. Two unsung heroes from that game who hardly get remembered, John Covington and Lee Becton.
If only they could have held that BC game, they were really an incredible team, maybe Lous best.
