Unconquered

Justin Bright is still here? Damn he's gotta have grand kids by now!

I took heat on TOS when I said these 2 would never be in the mix.

Anyone who goes through the grueling workouts these guys go through year around, who find a way to balance their academic schedules with their athletic schedules and who remain eligible deserve my admiration. I am sure it is easy to pack it in and head to a Div. II or III school to play if your focus is playing football. Some of these guys might realize that they are not going to be playing on Sundays and they use the opportunity to get a great education without paying for it. If they do what the coaching staff asks them to do, and they do nothing to embarrass FSU, they can and should be applauded for their efforts.

Post of the year.

There are worse things than being a reserve at FSU. Free education, all the Nike swag you can handle, girls still impressed, etc. Not a bad way to spend four years.

Seems as if Bright, Demps, and Gehres have been around forever!

Competition....Competition. That's what it sounds like for the FSU secondary. I think White and Ramsey get in the conversation for PT. Looking for this group to only get better.

Wow. Is this serious?

Interested to see how guys like Blake and Keelin Smith respond to the opportunity in front of them. They have intriguing measureables but don't get mentioned a lot.. And PJ will be a stud. I hope he's the first safety off the bench.

Most of the kids on the team ot just a normal student in college, don't f-up. Most of them do what is expected, hopefiully graduate in 4 years (OK 5 seems to be the new norm). Anyone who makes it through should be admired. College is not for eveyone. Too many people have to go to college to figure out they do not belong. Nothing wrong with them, it is just that the rigors of college are meant to be difficult.

Hoolding downa job while going to college makes things tough. I simply can't imagine that a job equals the hours these football players put in year round. Maybe I do nto understand fully what they do, but what i have erad leads me to believe that they have very little free time ever. Those that excel receive the accolades they deserve. They get drafted and hopefully earn lots of money. The same happens with just plain old students who excel.

The problem is that a C student who excels is only a B student and no one notices. Demps or Bright, or anyone else who is not a starter may well be excelling by achieving more than his athletic ability should allow him to achieve. however, we wil never know it because even excelling he does not possess the raw talent that the starters have.

I admire anyone who will persevere when you know that even on your best day, you fall a few pegs below the guys above you; but you keep busting your ass hoping that somehow you will make it. It is those individuals who keep those above them on their toes.