A reactionary social media mechanism isn’t the ideal sampling of a fan base, but the rhetoric was rather unanimous among Florida State fans Sunday on Twitter: No. 18 Houston is the reincarnation of tame 2012 bowl opponent Northern Illinois.
Following an ACC championship in 2012, the Seminoles were matched with the MAC’s Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl. Florida State trounced the No. 15 Huskies, but the win left much of the national audience unmoved and unconvinced the Seminoles were an elite program given the MAC’s non-automatic qualifying status in the BCS.
No. 18 Houston, Florida State’s opponent in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (noon, Dec.