Figured why comment on games we should’ve won, right? No need to talk about BCU or CMU; those were supposed to be cupcakes.
I mentioned after the UNC game that what will happen is we’ll smoke FCS BCU, we’ll smoke G5 CMU, and everyone will start feeling good about the program. The problem was, we didn’t smoke CMU....they **** near won that game. That game should’ve been a warning sign. However, being the faithful fans we are, we were all anxious to see how we would do when we got back to ACC play; were we a bad team or were we simply underestimating an inferior opponent? Welp, we got our answer this week. Let’s hop to it:
1. Give Perry all dues. Bad int on that goal line sequence early in the 2nd, and he had some ?able decisions that he was bailed out of, but he played his heart out!! He almost had another FSU part II moment. Salute, but he’s still not the answer. VT bailed him out w/ a couple roughing the passer penalties.
2. Manny, excuse me, Shanny is in over his head. Shanny is such an appropriate nickname b/c he had Shannon moments, namely, just looking confused and non engaged. He didn’t fight for that 1 sec on the clock at the end of the game; he just simply held his one finger and that was it. That passion & fire he was supposedly going to bring is not there.
3. Will someone pls cover Dalton Keene??!! Wtf, Blake (more on him). How in tf do they run the same plays & the def completely loses track of him each time?!
4. Our def.....wow! Our def has given up a game winning drive to inferior teams in back to back ACC games. We made a kid who made his 1st start look like a poor man’s Vince Young. Blake Baker has been an absolute Achille’s Heel, and Shaq (his position coach) has looked even worst this yr! The DL is not getting home at all, so between him & Stroud, idkwtf is going!
5. The OL......I can’t fault all of the sacks on them; we still have these long developing plays, but my goodness they were again manhandled! Another 6 sacks, not including 2 others that were negated by penalties. And here some thought they improved. **** poor effort again. If Reed couldn’t beat out Zion, then either help our recruiting or coaching. This chit needs to change.
6. How do a team that’s ranked 128th in TO margin just beat us 5-0 in the TO game??
7. Missed tackle after missed tackle, that’s been an uneasy staple of this defense lately! So much for the “Big Cane Drill” a watered down version of The Oklahoma Drill to instill toughness.
8. Can we stop the “we’re young” excuse? I’m so glad ESPN put up that graphic as far as youngest teams in FBS. Did u notice we weren’t listed? You know who was listed, however? That’s right, the same team that beat us today....matter of fact they are thee youngest in FBS! I told ya’ll after today’s game, no excuses, right? 1st time starting QB, going against the youngest team in FBS, all while at home. No. More. Excuses. Slurpers.
9. Whenever a coach comes to town on the hot seat, should we just automatically count that as a L? We love extinguishing the flames for coaches on hot seats, don’t we?
10. We are now 0-2 after bye weeks. I’m not sure when the last time that’s happened.
11. If this was the result of our best week of practice, then God help this program.
12. This team, as a whole, is off. Again, kudos for coming back, but there’s no way this game should’ve been in this predicament. We’ve become paper champs, and that’s b/c we’re coached by a paper coach and ran by a paper AD.
I highlighted a troubling stat when comparing FSU v. Miami since 2010. We were 48-44 against P5 opponents. Now we’re 48-45. We’re **** near a .500 football team against P5 teams, NO MATTER the talent level we face.
Never hire a coach from a failed regime; history is now repeating itself from Shannon to Manny.
