Corey Clark

Democrat senior writer

I’m going to be reviewing a television show for the first time in my life.

So, in that sense, you’re essentially reading journalism history right now. Congratulations. How lucky are you?!?

Now to the review!

The producers of Showtime’s “A Season with Florida State Football” had an impossible task.

They had to try to cram 30 days of practice, a quarterback injury, a viral video, a hurricane and the biggest comeback in school history into a 30-minute show.

A 60-minute show might not have been enough. A 30-minute show most certainly wasn’t.

Watching it reminded me of listening to Jimbo Fisher when he’s speaking faster than sound. It felt like everything was in fast forward. Rushed. The Travis Rudolph story especially didn’t have nearly the impact it should have, in my opinion. Because producers were having to fly through everything.

Despite that, though, it’s still pretty cool isn’t it?

To get an inside look like this at a major college football program.

And moving forward the shows will now consist of one week of footage instead of one month. So you’ll get a better feel of the personalities on the team.

Now onto my best moments from Episode 1:

Though the show overstated how much Sean Maguire was expected to be the starting quarterback, it was truly tough to see both Maguire and Fisher deal with his injury. As good as Deondre Francois is, as excited as Florida State fans are to watch him the rest of this season, I’m sure it was painful to watch Maguire have to deal with another surgery.

The stuff between Fisher and Francois is tremendous. It’s compelling television. Especially when they were sitting at the table and you could tell the head coach genuinely felt bad for some of the things he had said in practice. That was a nice, genuine moment.

Loved the part in preseason camp where Fisher screamed: “Ole Miss will run your ass out of there! It will be over in the second quarter!” … Not quite, but it sure looked that way for a while didn’t it?

The halftime speeches in the locker room were great. Just wish we could have seen more. Jameis Winston telling the offensive line to “wake up” was good stuff. As was Fisher telling Cook: “You’re the best damn back in America. I need ya.”

And finally, because he was the star of the game, Francois was the focus of two of the best moments toward the end of the show. First, when quarterbacks coach Randy Sanders phoned down to the sideline to say, “Hey brother man. You’re playing your ass off. Keep doing what you’re doing.”

And when Derwin James said “I love 12” three times in a row after the game had ended.

Combine these moments with a GIF-worthy head nod from Fisher to Francois on the sideline and you get the idea it could be a very big year for the redshirt freshman QB. Even if it means Maguire has to watch from the sidelines. Again.