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we've talked about how bad FSU is and what we have to do to win, but what are we struggling in?

saw this posted on FSU board as I was searching for a meltdown thread

"Florida State will be an underdog against Miami this weekend, but the Seminoles will have several areas they can potentially exploit.
The Hurricanes are off to a strong start and are in the top 10 nationally in key statistical categories on offense and defense. But what makes Miami’s performance hard to predict is the lack of quality on the Hurricanes’ schedule so far.
Miami’s highest-ranked opponent based on the S&P+ model is Georgia Tech, which is 55th overall. Whether you’re watching games or sifting through stats, evaluating against the Yellow Jackets, Appalachian State, FAU and FAMU make it nearly impossible to tell what is for real and what isn’t.
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But using the information we have at our disposal, here are a few areas where FSU can find success on Saturday.

Power-run game
Miami is allowing only 2.58 yards per carry, which is impressive given that the Hurricanes have faced 44.5 carries per game. That many attempts should theoretically cause Miami’s defense to soften up, but the Hurricanes are only allowing 7.0 points per game in the second half this season.
A few metrics point to some potentially weak parts in Miami’s defense.
The Hurricanes rank first nationally in stuff percentage (runs resulting in a negative gain or 0 yards) but are 77th in Rushing IsoPPP, which measures the explosiveness of runs. Miami has regularly stopped runs, but it ranks in the 60s in runs of 10+ yards allowed, 20+yards allowed and 30+ yards allowed. So the Hurricanes, while stout thus far, can give up some big runs because they play so aggressively.
Dalvin Cook has rushed for 307 yards and 5 TDs in his past two games, and he should be able to find enough room to have a solid stat line.

Pressure Kaaya
Miami QB Brad Kaaya has been extremely efficient on third down this season, completing 16 of 25 passes for 4 touchdowns and 242 yards, giving him a passer rating of 198.11 on third down.
This is a drastic turnaround from last season, when Kaaya had a passer rating of 113.74 on third down.
Now this comes with a caveat. Kaaya has certainly been good when needing to throw the ball (166.32 passer rating on 3rd & 4-6 and a passer rating of 301.77 on 3rd & 6-9), but SBNation’s stats show he has yet to be sacked on passing downs.
Credit Kaaya for developing in this aspect and his offensive line for showing improvement. However, Kaaya hasn’t really been pressured this season. FSU’s sack percentage vs. FBS teams is at 9.76, which is 18th nationally. The Seminoles may have success slowing him if they can generate even a little bit of pressure on passing downs."

Metric match: Finding Miami's weaknesses

I think it's a little skewed, I mean if Jenkins or Jackson make a tackle on that florida atlantic running back then the number is probably a lot better in giving up long runs, we were in the right spot just didn't capitalize

going to be very interesting to see how we handle their rushing game.

It's cool to know we are #1 in the nation in stuff percentage though, that's pretty incredible, especially after playing GT

what do you guys think?
 
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I think overall it's a fair read on the team. But at the same time the takeaway is "Dalvin Cook should be able to have a good game and Kaaya will not pass as well if he's pressured." Not exactly discovering the God Particle there.

When I rewatched GT, I noticed a few issues on D that resulted in bigger plays. One was CBs, specifically Redwine, suffering in pass coverage because they were so locked into the backfield. I think the amount GT passed early on took advantage of that. This game there won't be that big of a concern. Not because Cook isn't a threat, obviously, but because they won't be expecting 80% of the calls to be runs. GT's 3rd down catch on their first drive could've been a pick if Redwine's eyes weren't stuck behind the LOS.

Second was their biggest run of the game, that pitch that went to the wide side of the field for 40-50 yards. Pinckney was in position and saw the play as it was developing. But the pitch froze him just long enough to where he broke too late and with the taped up hand got ankles and air instead of wrapping and dropping the ball carrier. Now again, Cook is way better than any GT back, but in a normal setting Pinckney is in that lane with zero hesitation and is at least altering the play long enough to minimize the gain or stop it cold.

TL;DR I think the D was a bit disjointed and dictated to by a team that held the ball 70% of the game. Tomorrow night will be much more "hat on a hat" football, albeit against a more individually talented unit. They will likely score more than 21 points, but the D will be able to go at them straight up and I think that benefits us.
 
How will our OL play and who besides Corn can shut down their WR? Those are the keys. The OL has been better lately. OL play around the nation is way down lately, especially this year. Our OL is no different, but they have been 100x better than anything we saw last year. If they can open up lanes and protect Kaaya then we will be very hard to stop.

If our DBs can cover, then we definitely have a very good chance. Our front 4 have an advantage over their OL. Their OL has actually looked much worse than ours. They are very inconsistent in the passing game and FSU likes to get Cook out in space on swing passes or toss plays which allows his speed, vision, and power to take over while their OL doesn't have to get a power push and hold their blocks going upfield. Our LBs will be tested a lot this game, probably more in the PA game and FSU will try to find ways to match Cook up 1 on 1 with them in the passing game. I think Diaz will do all he can to limit that and keep the keys for the LBs simple.

Redwine and Colbert need to step it up this game. Corn has been unreal, but Redwine has been getting beaten out of cuts which is not good considering the competition he has faced. He struggles the most when he plays off the WR. His game depends on him being able to be physical. If he stays with his man better through the cuts this game then his ball skills and physicality will shine and he can help the defense out tremendously. Colbert hasn't played enough to really know what he can or cannot do. All I know is he is blazing fast and didn't have any trouble against FAMU. I don't remember seeing him in against GT.

Those are the biggest worries for me.
 
Pretty fair. Not much to go on. We've given up some explosive runs and now we face the best back we will see all year. We've had some insanely bad tackling the last two years on Cook and we just can't do that and expect to win.
 
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I think overall it's a fair read on the team. But at the same time the takeaway is "Dalvin Cook should be able to have a good game and Kaaya will not pass as well if he's pressured." Not exactly discovering the God Particle there.

When I rewatched GT, I noticed a few issues on D that resulted in bigger plays. One was CBs, specifically Redwine, suffering in pass coverage because they were so locked into the backfield. I think the amount GT passed early on took advantage of that. This game there won't be that big of a concern. Not because Cook isn't a threat, obviously, but because they won't be expecting 80% of the calls to be runs. GT's 3rd down catch on their first drive could've been a pick if Redwine's eyes weren't stuck behind the LOS.

Second was their biggest run of the game, that pitch that went to the wide side of the field for 40-50 yards. Pinckney was in position and saw the play as it was developing. But the pitch froze him just long enough to where he broke too late and with the taped up hand got ankles and air instead of wrapping and dropping the ball carrier. Now again, Cook is way better than any GT back, but in a normal setting Pinckney is in that lane with zero hesitation and is at least altering the play long enough to minimize the gain or stop it cold.

TL;DR I think the D was a bit disjointed and dictated to by a team that held the ball 70% of the game. Tomorrow night will be much more "hat on a hat" football, albeit against a more individually talented unit. They will likely score more than 21 points, but the D will be able to go at them straight up and I think that benefits us.
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we need to be able to fly around. gt kinda stops you from doing that. i agree with you 100%.
 
OL has to step up in pass pro especially against their interior, give Kayaa time and he will pick apart this secondary. No way they cover our play makers for more than a few seconds.
 
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IndayArtHauz said:
I think overall it's a fair read on the team. But at the same time the takeaway is "Dalvin Cook should be able to have a good game and Kaaya will not pass as well if he's pressured." Not exactly discovering the God Particle there.

When I rewatched GT, I noticed a few issues on D that resulted in bigger plays. One was CBs, specifically Redwine, suffering in pass coverage because they were so locked into the backfield. I think the amount GT passed early on took advantage of that. This game there won't be that big of a concern. Not because Cook isn't a threat, obviously, but because they won't be expecting 80% of the calls to be runs. GT's 3rd down catch on their first drive could've been a pick if Redwine's eyes weren't stuck behind the LOS.

Second was their biggest run of the game, that pitch that went to the wide side of the field for 40-50 yards. Pinckney was in position and saw the play as it was developing. But the pitch froze him just long enough to where he broke too late and with the taped up hand got ankles and air instead of wrapping and dropping the ball carrier. Now again, Cook is way better than any GT back, but in a normal setting Pinckney is in that lane with zero hesitation and is at least altering the play long enough to minimize the gain or stop it cold.

TL;DR I think the D was a bit disjointed and dictated to by a team that held the ball 70% of the game. Tomorrow night will be much more "hat on a hat" football, albeit against a more individually talented unit. They will likely score more than 21 points, but the D will be able to go at them straight up and I think that benefits us.
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+1

Would rep for Higgs Boson reference!

I would agree that not only Pinckney was hesitated several times vs Gag Tek...as to be expected..out young LB"s showed their youth against a complex running game. Pinckney wasn't the only LB to take bad angles vs Gag Tek....I have full confidence that FSU won't be employing the same type of running misdirection.
 
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On defense I'm nervous that jimbo will try to neuter our guys early by making us less aggressive by using slip screens to DC, delayed draws and wheel routes to slow down our blitzes and frustrate us. A few of those break early and it becomes a mental game after that. Instead of our guys just playing loose they will be thinking too much.

Can Colbert stick Rudolph? He should. TR hasn't been a world beater. Can Redwine stick Tate? Elder vs Bono will be fun. Elder can make him some money tonight.

I saw Richt on ESPN a few days ago and I saw all I needed to see. Looked like had hadn't slept in days. That's the **** I like to see. Not worried about the offense one bit. He will have them ready.
 
Our weakness, is only this.

Do they know they can win.

Stop analyzing and be an athlete. When you have a team that hates losing to the core of your being. That's creates a winner. You go through **** training.


That is the bottom analysis. I was part of that . You have to have several teamates that refuse to lose.
 
In layman's term. When the game/pressure is there

Can you perform when adrenaline is so high you feel like your in a cloud.

Some of you guys know what I mean. The ability to perform with teamates and determination is what wins.

A drug that cannot be replicated, but is truely amazing.
 
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What do I think?
There's a lot of weaknesses on this team just like most teams in the country that have new coaching staffs.
The thing that makes me confident though is that every team on our schedule also has as many weaknesses and in some cases a whole lot more weaknesses than we do.
Also, I don't know of too many teams that can take advantage of our weaknesses to the point of major concern.
We shall see how it all plays out.
 
As Richt has mentioned how does the team respond when they get punched in the face?
If fsu goes up 14-0, do we roll over and show our belly or fight through it.
fsu will be sky high IMO, and come out on fire, conversely I expect Miami to come out tight. How do we perform once the jitters are gone?
 
Don't worry we're going to win by double digits. This is the big game these freshman have been waiting on
 
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