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cookies said:
Fsu had a ton of close games that year, and won em all.

Really good or great teams win close games at an extremely high clip. Doesn’t matter the composition of the opponent.

Last year we did the same thing against UF. Indiana won close games against mid Penn State and one dimensional Iowa. Carson Beck & UGA versus Georgia Tech. 2016 Clemson vs nc state.

Could find plenty examples of this happening. I agree they lost their edge after that, but that’s also largely attributable to their backup qb going on to win a national championship at Alabama, and the rise of Deshaun Watson with Clemson.

FSU played us close the following year, and did the same in 2023 too. FSU went 10-2 in the regular season in ‘15; lost to 3-9 GT & Clemson, that’s it.




It’s a game Of inches for a reason. Even many elite champions can’t avoid a few close games; and sometimes they lose em (Ohio State 2024)
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There's a difference between being in close games, and consistently falling behind multiple scores and stealing games. That FSU team was a team that was always on the edge, because you could see that under Jimbo, they had lost all semblance of discipline. They were just fortunate that outside of Clemson, they didn't have to face anyone with enough talent to hold a lead, that is until Oregon. It was a matter of time before things imploded.

Good teams win more close games than most teams, because talented teams tend to be able to figure it out eventually. That said, you also don't want to consistently be in those nip/tuck games, because random stuff can and do happen. Fortunately, we are in a CFP world now, where one random thing is unlikely to eliminate you from the title picture, provided you take care of business otherwise.
 
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