Noles Practice As Starting QB Still Undecided

FSU Sports Information Excerpts:

Monday usually means a late night practice to make corrections following Saturday’s game. With no game on Saturday and Monday being a national holiday, the Seminole football team held an early practice today. The team worked for 24 periods in pads on the practice fields. This was the first day of Western Carolina week as the scout team was out in gold jerseys and a large majority of the practice was spent working versus the Catamounts.

Bobby Bowden:
“They were a little bit more attentive today and I think that’s natural. All of a sudden you have got game week coming up. Sometimes its hard, when you have been practicing, and you haven’t got a game, you don’t get quite as excited. I thought today they picked it up and went at it pretty good. Looked like we threw and caught pretty decent today.”

Have you made a decision on your starting quarterback yet?
“I haven’t. Jimbo’s getting paid to do that. Has he? He hasn’t said anything yet to me.”

What are your thoughts on the offensive line?
“Well, I see a lot of kids that are giving a lot of effort. The offensive line coach is beginning to see where everybody ought to be playing. I think he (coach Rick Trickett) moved (Joe) Tonga over to right tackle this week and he moved (Zebrie) Sanders over to left tackle and he felt like it was a better fit. He is still finding things like that out. It only took him two weeks. They are working hard and they are going to have to win buy hustle. They are not as big as you’d like yet but they can move and their attitude seems to be real good. They are very competitive in there.”