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This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Memphis GrizzliesOverall: 14 Title track: 86 Ownership: 36 Coaching: 81 Players: 18 Fan relations: 25 Affordability: 2 Stadium experience: 30 Bang for the buck: 5 Change from last year: -12Let Memphis-born legend Ric Flair sum up this past season for Grizz fans: WOOOOO!!! Despite a deluge of trades and injuries, Memphis, against all odds, still managed to snag their sixth straight playoff appearance. That same charmed existence continued in our standings. The Grizzlies once again stayed close to the top by tag-teaming an affordable product with a roster that just refuses to quit.Whats goodThe cost of seeing the Grizzlies play has Memphis residents singing anything but the blues. Thanks to tickets almost $25 below the NBA average, only two other teams can promise a more cut-rate gameday experience. In the Western Conference, only the Pelicans doled out cheaper stubs ... and they finished 22 games below .500. This season is promising to be just as consumer friendly. Single-game tickets are available for as low as $9 a game (the average ticket is just $31), so with Beale Street and some of the nations best BBQ mere steps away, the Grizz front office leaves fans with plenty of money to savor a smoked plate of ribs after the game.Whats badThe Grizz brought the idea of Grit n Grind to the modern game, but last season injuries forced the Grizzlies to take that ethos to its logical extreme. Arguably no team in NBA history had ever been more snakebit by injuries. Over the course of the past season, the Grizz were forced to hand out jerseys to an NBA-record 28 players. Perhaps that helps explain why fans gave them just an 86th-overall ranking in title track: Its hard to hope for a title when youre flying in a plane full of emergency supplies from the D-League for conference games against the Warriors, Spurs and Thunder. Just check out the DNPs in their March 7 106-103 victory over the NBA champ Cavs: Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley, Matt Barnes and Chris Andersen. Tony Allen had to go out and score the most points he had in five years -- 26 -- to get the W.Whats newDave Joerger is out, and his time as head coach was a mixed bag. Theres his .598 winning percentage, three playoff appearances and the remarkable triage job he pulled off with this unit. But then there was also the squabbling with the front office, his requests (twice in three years) for permission to interview for other gigs while under contract, and public critical comments about the Grizzlies roster. 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The penalties have been staggered over four games and 14 players will not play against the Seminoles.Even with all of its players, Charleston Southern -- a Football Championship Subdivision team -- entered the game as huge underdogs against the Seminoles. The Buccaneers are 0-16 against Football Bowl Subdivision teams and have lost by an average of 52.5 points the four times they have faced a team ranked in the top 10.Charleston Southern (1-1) which is ranked seventh in the latest FCS polls, is no stranger to playing championship programs. It opened the season with an overtime loss to defending FCS champion North Dakota State and last season faced top-ranked and eventual national champion Alabama.Florida State likely wont be tested this week as it was against No. 19 Mississippi on Monday in Orlando. But the Seminoles didnt get back to campus until 5 a.m. on Tuesday after that marquee showdownCoach Jimbo Fisher was not pleased with the lost practice time, particularly with games against Atlantic Coast Conference foes No. 13 Louisville and North Carolina in two of the next three weeks.Its hard to get better and practice when you cant practices, Fisher said. Its not going to affect us on Saturday. You think in the long run, you like to take those weeks of trying to get better.In Fishers seven years as coach, Florida State has defeated the seven FCS teams it has faced by an average of nearly seven touchdowns (48.3 points). One of those was a 62-10 win over Charleston Southern five years ago.---Some things to look for as the Seminoles look to extend their home winning streak to 22 games:FRANCOIS ENCORE? Deondre Francois passed for 420 yards last week, whiich was the most by a Seminoles quarterback in an opener.ddddddddddddHe is also the first freshman QB from an Atlantic Coast Conference school to throw for over 400 yards in his first game. Francois is also trying to become the first freshman quarterback to throw for over 400 yards in his first two games since Jared Goff at California in 2013.SPREADING THE WEALTH: Florida State had five players with three or more receptions in the opener including running back Dalvin Cook, who set career highs for catches (six) and receiving yards (101). With Cook as an additional receiving threat that should draw more single coverage for receivers Travis Rudolph, Bobo Wilson and Kermit Whitfield.KEEP AN EYE ON: Seminoles defensive end DeMarcus Walker. The senior has 28 tackles, seven sacks, two forced fumbles, an interception and blocked kick in his last three games dating back to last season. He had 4.5 sacks against Ole Miss, which was a half-sack shy of tying the single-game school record.NEXT MAN UP: Charleston Southern QB London Johnson will make his first collegiate start. The redshirt freshman played the second half of last Saturdays 57-7 win over Kentucky State after Kyle Copeland (knee) and Shane Bucenell (leg) suffered injuries. Copeland, a junior, is out for the rest of the season. You have to try to limit the things we do and find out what he can execute, coach Jamey Chadwell said. We have to build his confidence because he is going to be a big part of what were doing going forward.NEW LOOK DOAK: Saturdays home opener will show off nearly $50 million in renovations to Doak Campbell Stadium. The project added the Champions Club and chair-back seating to the south end zone along with a new scoreboard in the north end. Florida State officials say the 122 feet wide by 62 feet tall scoreboard is the tallest in college football.---Online: AP College Football website www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/joereedy ' ' '