QB Controversy Just Part of Noles Troubles

"There is plenty that's unimaginable about FSU football right now. Fighting to be bowl-eligible. Facing the possibility of losing more games than any team under Bowden or failing to win at least eight games for the first time in 20 years. And consider that FSU, with its defeat Saturday, has suffered at least five losses for the third time in five years. That happened just twice in Bowden's previous 26 years at FSU.

But most unimaginable of all is to think that FSU football can be fixed without significant changes. If anything was learned on Saturday - besides finding FSU fans' exact point of tolerance for pain - it's that this problem can't be solved by swapping quarterbacks."
Steve Ellis-Tallahassee democrat

"Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews pointed to Wake's scoreless fourth quarter as a sign his players never quit. He's proud of that, even in a 30-0 thrashing.

But the pressure this week will keep rising. FSU still needs one more victory to become bowl-eligible, and any stability on offense dissolved Monday when Bowden announced, to silence at his weekly booster luncheon, that Weatherford likely would start Saturday against Western Michigan."
Orlando Sentinel

"Florida State's quarterback situation has disintegrated from quandary to quagmire.

Two weeks after saying his team had a "good problem," with Xavier Lee and Drew Weatherford each appearing to be viable candidates to lead the Seminoles' offense, Bobby Bowden watched both make crucial mistakes in Saturday night's 30-0 loss to Wake Forest.

Combined, Lee and Weatherford completed just 9 of 28 passes with four interceptions against the Demon Deacons."
Charlotte Observer