TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State introduced its own spin-off this offseason, with coach Jimbo Fisher serving as co-creator. Call it "Orange is the New Black Eye" -- at least inside the Seminoles' practice facility.
See, the color orange just doesn't mesh with Florida State. A player acting on his own free will wouldn't wear an indicator of the program's chief rivals. So Fisher deviously used it as ignominious badge all through January and February to goad his players. Through offseason drills, a handful of Florida State players were at times burdened with an orange jersey. They were the ones who loafed at the previous session, splashed with a citrusy stain in a building otherwise saturated in garnet.