Unconquered

Benjamin might be one if he keeps building upon what he did this Spring.

Rashad Greene is obvious. I am still thinking Rodney Smith has a personal best season season to show us. Because of depth he may only get ~35 catches to showcase this year but I think he does the most with his opportunities this year.

And then so many just think since CT4 broke his back he'll likely just be solid but everyone around the program says he's healthy and a man on fire. He's really good guys.

Rashad was a very good freshman, but it's not quite the sure bet every seems to think it is that he will become a gamechanger.

Game changer is Warrick Dunn, Peter Warrick, Percy Harvin, Reggie Bush, Cam Newton, Tebow, etc.

I think the OP has a good point that most teams that win a NC have an elite player on offense. It remains to be seen if we currently have that player.

Most of them were.

OP is dead on.

At some point in the season, somebody is going to stop your offense: things won't click.

You will need someone who can make a play anyway, someone to make something happen outside the normal rhythm of the offense.

If you don't have this person, there will be at least a couple games where you just don't score that much, where 17 points will beat you. And goodbye national title.

I seem to remember Rashad doing just that in the Champs bowl when our offense was sh*tting itself. The gamebreaker is already on the roster, we are not short on talent on offense.

That's a very good example, and it's why people are namely RG as the candidate. But there is a big difference between RG and a Peter Warrick-very, very big. Maybe he'll make that kind of jump, but as it stands now I don't think we will see that kind of gamechanger next year on offense.

Comparing Warrick's freshman stats (from 1996) to Green's (in 2011) is a little unfair, because FSU's offense was so good back then compared to now. If RG played on the 96 offense, I don't know what his stats would have been because he may not see the field much.

I'm sure you've seen PW's play from the 1999 LaTech game, and you certainly know about the NC game. I'm not sure we'll see those plays from RG--or anyone--in the next couple of years. PW was the best player on the field everytime he stepped on it. But for Dillards, that dude wins the Heisman.

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There was a very big difference.

PW - 22 catches 467 yards 4 TDs - which led to soph numbers of - 53 catches 884 yards 8 TDs

RG - 38 catches 596 yards 7 TDs ------ SOPHOMORE unknown

I guess my point is, Rashad Greene made more plays, and was a better all round receiver than PW his first year at FSU. To suggest he can't explode his sophomore season like PW did, is a little crazy.

People have foggy memories of these things over the years. What Greene did last season was nothing short of historic at FSU in terms of a true frosh WR.

Rashad Greene reminds me of a Chris Carter. Gets open, makes outstanding grabs, and where it gets tough are those 3rd and 8s, and he is getting open.

To the poster I quoted - you brought up PW - and then said it doesn't compare - remember something. Not many teams were playing zone defense in the mid 90s. In fact, almost none were, and the ones that were, weren't running the sophisticated zone schemes that are around today.

What does that mean? That means PW wouldn't have the same opportunities on the field that he had back then, and was a HUGE reason why he didn't live up to his hype in the NFL. When bracketed, the kid had to use his explosion in and out of cuts, and run outstanding routes. The zone was invented for players like PW, and the reason you don't see that same type of playmaking ability anymore.

Notice how you struggled with the LSU ones?

Jimbo's offensive philosophy is not predicated around highlighting a difference maker.
He is:
a) Multiple
b) Favors deep rotations

Look at the NFL level offensive talent on the two BCS Champions:
2003
QB: Matt Mauck, 2 NFL backups (Russell, Flynn)
RB: Joseph Addai, Justin Vincent, Alley Broussard
WR: Michael Clayton, Devery Henderson, Craig "Buster" Davis, a young Dwayne Bowe

2007:
QB: Matt Flynn
RB: Jacob Hester,Keiland Williams
WR: Early Doucet, Brandon LaFell, Demetrius Byrd, Terrance Tolliver

All of these players had superior, NFL-level talent - but Jimbo never milked that one guy like other successful programs did.
Our team this year just reeks of the LSU 2007 sqaud. Just check out their roster, I see a ton of parallels (linked).

Bottom line - I don't expect us to have that one "game-changer" this season. It doesn't mean we can't win the whole thing.