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Florida State’s game against Memphis on Saturday should have been the point at which, following a disastrous start, the Seminoles came out on fire and played with passion. They should have imparted the sense that, no matter what else has happened, the entire season hinged on the outcome of this one contest against Mike Norvell’s former team.
It was the perfect opportunity to turn things around. Memphis is a good team, and certainly one of the best in the Group of Five ranks, but it’s also a team that Florida State should be able to beat within the friendly confines of Doak-Campbell Stadium.
But if Week 3 was a test of character, Florida State failed miserably. In front of fans sporting brown paper bags on their heads — a telltale sign of franchises-turned-sour — Florida State dug its own hole even deeper with a 20-12 loss. Norvell’s squad is now the first preseason top-10 team to ever start 0-3 with all three losses coming against unranked teams.
This wasn’t a case of the Seminoles throwing everything they had against a college football Goliath and coming up just short. Outside of a few flashes, Florida State spent 60 minutes spinning its tires in the mud with completely uninspiring football in all three phases.
Maligned quarterback DJ Uiagalelei didn’t have his best game — an all-too-familiar theme for the 2024 Seminoles — but he certainly didn’t get any help from the 10 players around him. Receivers dropped wide open passes in crucial situations in the first half. The offensive line (made worse by a pregame injury to offensive tackle Darius Washington Jr.) may as well have been a revolving door by allowing Memphis’ defense to get through for four sacks.
Florida State averaged a paltry 1.5 yards per rush. Lawrance…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2024-09-15 05:03:41
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