Draft Scout Snapshot:DS Rating on 9-1-10: #2 QB, #10/750 Overall, 1 2009: Started the first nine games of the season before being sidelined with a shoulder injury that required surgery... returns to action on a limited basis this spring...despite missing the final three games of the regular season, still ranks first in the ACC and third in the NCAA in total offense (321.78), first in the ACC and sixth in the NCAA in passing yards per game (301.89)...recorded at least 250 yards passing in eight of nine games, including four 300+ yard games...ranks ninth at FSU in career passing yards (4,828)and third in career completion percentage (61.9)…2008: In his first season as a starting quarterback, led FSU to a nine-win season for the first time since 2004.Started all 13 games...named offensive MVP and Seminole Warrior at the football awards dinner...also the junior class academic award winner for the offense...ranked fifth in the ACC in total offense and sixth in pass efficiency...eighth in the conference in passing per game...a major weapon with his feet, Ponder is the first FSU quarterback to run for 400 yards in a season since Charlie Ward ran for 504 in 1992…2007: Played in one game - the first game of his career - as he was forced into action against Virginia Tech when starting quarterback Drew Weatherford was injured in the second quarter of the game on the road…2006: Redshirted.
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09/06/10 - GAME BALL GOES TO: QB Christian Ponder overcame the tipped pass interception of FSU's first series to complete 14 of 16 passes for 169 yards and four touchdowns. After that botched opening series, he led the team to touchdowns on five consecutive possessions and made it look easy. The big thing for Ponder was getting back in rhythm. He did that well.
09/04/10 - Christian Ponder threw four first-half touchdown passes and Greg Reid returned a punt 74 yards for another score as No. 20 Florida State celebrated Jimbo Fisher’s coaching debut with a 59-6 victory over lower-division Samford (Ala.) Saturday. The Seminoles exploded for 35 points during an 11-minute span of the second quarter to build a 42-0 lead in the season opener for both schools. Ponder, who played only the first half, completed 12 of 14 passes for 167 yards. He hit running back Lonnie Pryor for two scores on short passes. Samford’s points came on a pair of field goals by Cameron Yaw. Fisher succeeded coaching icon Bobby Bowden at Florida State after spending three years as Bowden’s offensive coordinator. - AP Sports
09/01/10 - Quarterback Christian Ponder admits it will be strange. When he takes the first snap in Saturday's season opener against Samford, it will mark a new era in Florida State football. He will be the first quarterback since 1975 to be on the field without Bobby Bowden as the head coach. Jimbo Fisher, who spent the past three years as the "head-coach-in-waiting," will now wait no more. It's his program and he has overhauled much of the way FSU has been doing things. The legendary Bowden plans to be in Panama City, where he keeps a home near the beach. But his presence will be everywhere at the stadium. "It hasn't really sunk in yet and probably won't until the game," Ponder said. "Coach Bowden was probably the biggest reason I came to Florida State and not having him on the sideline will be different. "It's crazy to think we had, what, 34 or 35 years of a constant and now he's gone. But we've been working so hard [that] you don't think about it and you don't notice as much." Ponder revealed that when he was a high school sophomore he attended an FSU reunion with his father, David, who played defensive tackle under Bowden in the early 1980s. Bobby Bowden grabbed Christian's arm and announced, "We could use this arm one day." Sure enough, that was the selling pitch for Ponder to try and follow his father to FSU. Now, it's Ponder who has become the face of the Seminoles program. Because of his academic prowess and passing production as a two-year starter, the Seminoles chose to launch a Heisman Trophy campaign, complete with a website, for Ponder.
09/01/10 - This is supposed to be a breakthrough season for the Seminoles, the year when they shed a mediocre past 10 years. So much is riding on whether Ponder can stay healthy, stay consistent, and keep this team winning. The Seminoles should not have any problem beating Samford, but the schedule quickly ramps up with games against Oklahoma and Brigham Young in September. "I've been given a heck of an opportunity to get this thing turned around, and I get to be part of this whole transition with coach Fisher," Ponder said. "I have to take advantage of it and leave a mark on this program."
09/01/10 - THIS WEEK'S GAME: Samford at Florida State, Sept. 5 - One of the most significant moments in FSU football history as the Seminoles being the post-Bobby Bowden era with rookie head coach Jimbo Fisher, who played and later coached at Samford. This game marks the first time in 34 years that legend-in-waiting Bowden won't be on the FSU sidelines. There is also a revamped assistant coaching staff, the Seminoles' new defensive scheme and the return of quarterback Christian Ponder to add more intrigue to how this game plays out.
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