Garnet and Great

Wally Woodham, one-half of Florida State's 2-Headed QB of the 70s

Two quarterbacks sharing almost equal playing time is an arrangement that never works, right? Thank heavens there was an exception to that rule at Florida State in the late 1970s. Wally Woodham and Jimmy Jordan, both former Leon High stars, were the signal callers who made it click. They arrived at FSU just as Bobby Bowden was transforming defeatist attitudes into winning ways. And no doubt it wouldn't have happened without them.

Over three decades later, what does Woodham think about sharing time with a guy he'd known for years? He has a surprising answer in this interview done by sportswriter Bob Ferrante for Garnet & Great. Woodham opens up about many things from the early Bowden era, including the fact that he came very close to never suiting up in Garnet & Gold.

Flashback Friday: Wow, if nothing else Greg Reid gave us some spectacular moments—like this one

If it weren't for an expired driver's license and a few other off the field gaffes, Greg Reid would've given us more exciting highlights like the montage in this highlight video. Instead, Greg tore an ACL in pre-season workouts at Valdosta State in 2012 after being dismissed from FSU. But who can forget the way G5 sliced through opponents on kick returns and trash-talked opposing players twice his size. 

How FSU landed more than its share of game-changing talent during the dynasty of the 90s

Ronnie Cottrell has been called the architect of Florida State's long run of top five finishes. Starting as a graduate assistant coaching receivers in 1989, Cottrell impressed Coach Bowden with his recruiting skills so much that a year later he was the team's full-time recruiting coordinator. His ability to find, evaluate and sign blue chip talent made him a hot commodity in college football.

In 1998, an Alabama program that had slipped from its dynasty days under Bear Bryant, lured Cottrell to Tuscaloosa. A few years later he was implicated in a recruiting scandal with a top player in Memphis (you can Google many versions of the story; there's even a book about it). Though his involvement was never proven, Cottrell lost his job, and later won a major defamation suit against an accuser. During the past decade, Cottrell has stuck to high school football, most recently at Tallahassee Godby, where he won a state title in 2012. Next stop, a return to Alabama where he'll coach at a new high school in the Mobile area.

Here's Cottrell talking about his glory days at FSU and how he persuaded game changers like Warrick Dunn, Derrick Brooks and Kez McKorvey to become Noles. He's interviewed by Bob Ferrante for Garnet and Great.