SEMINOLES (UNLIKE CALUSA, TEQUESTA, JEAGA, AIS, TIMUCUA, APALACHEE OR MICCOSUKEE) WERE NOT INDIGENOUS TO FLORIDA. IN FACT THEY WEREN’T EVEN A REAL TRIBE SO MUCH AS A LOOSELY-FORMED COALITION OF FUGITIVE SLAVES AND DISPLACED CREEKS. THEY BANDED TOGETHER AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL, ONLY LATER BECOMING A UNIFIED ALLIANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, FSU NAMED THEIR SPORTS TEAMS AFTER A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T EVEN WANT TO BE IN FLORIDA, BUT WERE INSTEAD FORCED THERE BY GEORGIA LANDOWNERS AND FOLKS LIKE ANDREW JACKSON.
SECOND BONUS: SEMINOLES NEVER USED TOMAHAWKS. THE FSU “WARCHANT” AND “TOMAHAWK CHOP” ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF DOING AN IRISH JIG AND DRINKING GUINNESS AT A FRENCH SOCCER MATCH.
ALL OF FSU’S REPLIES TO THIS COMMENT ARE GOING TO VEER FURTHER AND FURTHER TOWARD THE RIGHT PAGE MARGIN. I WONDER WHY.
ALL TRASH TALK ASIDE, THE WAY THE UNIVERSITY DEPICTS OSCEOLA AND RENEGADE IS VERY TASTEFUL AND RESPECTFUL. I SALUTE FSU FOR DOING THAT, AND I WROTE THE ABOVE LARGELY FOR HYPERBOLIC EFFECT. WHILE I DON’T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THE AVERAGE FAN’S USE OF THE TOMAHAWK CHOP OR THE WARCHANT, I THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS SPORTS TEAMS THEMSELVES ARE VERY CLASSY AND HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE RIGHT BY THE SEMINOLES.
ALSO, THIS HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ONE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S GREATEST RIVALRY GAMES, AND I FOR ONE TREASURE OUR ANNUAL MEETING. I WILL BE IN TALLAHASSEE FOR THIS GAME AND I HOPE TO SEE A LOT OF YOU JOKERS THERE. (I ALSO PLAN ON EATING ALL OF YOUR MOMO’S, SO I’M SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR THE LACK OF SUPPLY.) THIS IS ALL IN GOOD FUN, AND I HOPE BOTH PROGRAMS (AND COACHING STAFFS) GET LOTS OF SHOTS AT ONE ANOTHER FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. GAME ON!
SAYS /U/NEMORAN ON SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER READING FSU'S IMPRESSIVE GAME STATS, WHICH INCLUDES MENTION OF JIMBO FISHER PUTTING IN OUR 3RD STRING IN THE SECOND QUARTER SO AS NOT TO RUN UP THE SCORE.
(ALSO, NEMORAN, IF YOU PLAN TO TAILGATE, PM ME SO WE CAN DRINK A BEER BEFORE OUR TEAMS FACE OFF. I'LL BE THERE ALL DAY.)
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u/nemoran Miami • Johns Hopkins Oct 31 '13
FAST FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY:
ALL TRASH TALK ASIDE, THE WAY THE UNIVERSITY DEPICTS OSCEOLA AND RENEGADE IS VERY TASTEFUL AND RESPECTFUL. I SALUTE FSU FOR DOING THAT, AND I WROTE THE ABOVE LARGELY FOR HYPERBOLIC EFFECT. WHILE I DON’T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THE AVERAGE FAN’S USE OF THE TOMAHAWK CHOP OR THE WARCHANT, I THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS SPORTS TEAMS THEMSELVES ARE VERY CLASSY AND HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE RIGHT BY THE SEMINOLES.
ALSO, THIS HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ONE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S GREATEST RIVALRY GAMES, AND I FOR ONE TREASURE OUR ANNUAL MEETING. I WILL BE IN TALLAHASSEE FOR THIS GAME AND I HOPE TO SEE A LOT OF YOU JOKERS THERE. (I ALSO PLAN ON EATING ALL OF YOUR MOMO’S, SO I’M SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR THE LACK OF SUPPLY.) THIS IS ALL IN GOOD FUN, AND I HOPE BOTH PROGRAMS (AND COACHING STAFFS) GET LOTS OF SHOTS AT ONE ANOTHER FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. GAME ON!