Florida State at Notre Dame: Staff predictions

Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty ImagesFor the Seminoles, the stakes are clear. A win means upsetting a top-five team, on the road, in sub-freezing temperatures. A loss means a 4-6 record and no more wiggle room when it comes to extending the nation’s longest bowl streak. Here we go.

Juan Montalvo III, noted author of several novels:

I just want to be the first to say this: Rudy. I don’t need much more context. The spirit of Samwise Gamgee appears to be carrying the 11 man units of Frodo to the promised land of Mordor.

But what may pass when the units arrive? Florida State will arrive, but with little fanfare. Much like Samwise, Frodo and erstwhile interlocutor Gollum.

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