Date: January 6th, 2014
Location: BCS National Championship Game, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Opponent: No. 2 Auburn Tigers
Shell-shocked.
Unnerved.
Outclassed.
The above words are not the first that come to mind when looking back on Florida State’s season in 2013. That squad went undefeated and cemented their place in the conversation as one of the best college football teams of all time.
However, for most of the first half of the BCS National Championship Game, the ’Noles looked like a team that was unprepared for the moment.