Florida State’s terrible start is unique.
The Seminoles became the ninth team in the AP poll era to start the season 0-3 after being ranked in the top 10 of the preseason poll after a 20-12 loss to Memphis on Saturday. The Seminoles had three first-half turnovers in the loss as Memphis’ defense was not scared of Florida State’s passing game.
What sets FSU apart from the other eight preseason top-10 teams is its opponents. Florida State is the first team from the group to have all three of its losses come against unranked teams. The other eight teams all lost to at least one ranked opponent in their season-opening stretch.
Florida State opened the season with hopes of winning the ACC and making the College Football Playoff. Now the Seminoles are simply hoping to make a bowl game. Florida State needs to go 6-3 over its final nine games to make a bowl.
If history is any guide, that won’t be an easy task. Just three of the previous eight top-10 teams to start 0-3 have finished with winning records.
Things are rough in Tallahassee. And the symbolism couldn’t have been any more apparent when a fire alarm started going off at the end of coach Mike Norvell’s postgame news conference.
Florida State isn’t the only team who’s had a horrible start. Here are some of the other disappointing teams through the first three weeks of the season.
Florida (1-2): Florida’s daunting schedule made a winning season a tall order ahead of the 2024 season. And Florida is lucky that Florida State is winless because the Gators would otherwise be the most disappointing team in college football.
Florida had no chance on Saturday at home in a 33-20 loss to Texas A&M. Coach Billy Napier played both Graham Mertz and D.J. Lagway at QB and neither played well. Mertz threw a pick-six in the second half that extended the Aggies’ lead to 26…
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Publish date : 2024-09-15 00:15:25
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