Dave's love for the game started when the 1974 season kicked, watching Archie Griffin at Ohio State win his unprecedented and yet-to-be-repeated two Heismans. Inside connections (Grandparents) with the Buckeyes gave him knowledge of how a team's inner-workings affect subsequent outcomes. This knowledge grew over his teenage years, affording Dave the ability to hone his observational skills, which ultimately developed into insightful analysis and poignant prognosticating. He took this with him in 1985 to Florida State as an 18-year old, wide-eyed freshman. Dave's understanding of the game was about to increase 1000-fold.

Dave was introduced to a young, hotshot walk-on NT named Todd Helmick (NationalChamps.net founder) who similarly lived in Salley Hall. This relationship began a challenging of Dave's football knowledge that continues to this day. The depth of the game Todd (a.k.a. Inside99) introduced is why you are reading this today - he showed Dave what the site was missing and challenged him accordingly. Now the site's editor, their collaboration is the present foundation supporting all content.