Here's how you know your program has reached elite status: Your sweet, but semi-knucklehead all-America wide receiver botches a GPA requirement and is declared academically ineligible for your third consecutive national championship appearance. You wring your hands for a few minutes, express surprise at the whole situation, and say you feel terrible for the nice young man. Then you look at your depth chart and realize you've still got four other receivers who can make cornerbacks and safeties wet themselves. Welcome to Bobby Bowden's world.

The coach loses Marvin Minnis and his 63 catches and 1,340 yards to a report card, but still has Atrews Bell, Anquan Boldin, Robert Morgan and Javon Walker. No wonder Bowden never has trouble sleeping.Back in July, when the ACC coaches met the media for the usual preseason nonsense, North Carolina State's Chuck Amato was asked if FSU was good enough to pull off a two-peat. Amato, who spent 18 years on Bowden's staff, didn't hesitate. "Don't know why they shouldn't be," said Amato. "Same horse with a different driver."

Translation: So what if they lost all-everything Peter Warrick to the NFL? Have you seen the rest of their roster? "He don't have too many secrets," said Amato of Bowden. "It's called speed, and it's not the kind you take."

Quarterback Chris Weinke, his foot now fully healed, will still be good for 30 or so pass attempts. The Seminoles will still use their two-, three- and four-receiver sets. In other words, nothing changes except the jersey numbers.

You probably know about Boldin and Bell. Boldin has 41 catches, 664 yards, six touchdowns and 100-yard games against Georgia Tech and Miami. Bell has 37 receptions, 675 yards, 10 touchdowns and 100-yard games against Clemson and Miami. Those aren't Snoop numbers, but here's guessing Oklahoma's coaches will notice Boldin's athleticism and Bell's reception-to-touchdown ratio.

Meanwhile, Morgan is expected to be healthy for the first time since suffering a toe injury in early November. He missed the final three regular season games, which partly explains his modest stats: 19 catches, 366 yards, three touchdowns. And then there is Walker, the junior college transfer from Mississippi who checks in at 6-3, 190 pounds, runs a legit 4.4 and gives FSU coaches a warm and fuzzy feeling. Sure, he only caught 19 passes, but he averaged nearly 20 yards per reception. Ask Maryland about Walker; he scorched the Terps for 103 yards.

So if you want to take a flyer on a potential Orange Bowl hero, Walker is as good a nominee as any. And if you're worried about the trickle-down effect of Minnis' unfortunate suspension, don't be. FSU isn't.

Gene Wojciechowski is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Movers and Shakers appears each Monday. E-mail him at gene.wojciechowski@espnmag.com.