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Defensive formations denoted by [# of DL][# of linebackers][# of defensive backs if more than 4]
Down | Distance | Play | O-Form | D-Form | Analysis |
1-10 | at St21 | THOMPSON, C. rush for 5 yards to the ST16 (Bishop,B.;Wolff,E.). | 21 | 425 | FSU really has something going here, running the lead zone to the weak side with a slot. Whoever FSU lines up in the slot gets a great block on their defender. |
2-5 | at St16 | THOMPSON, C. rush for 12 yards to the ST4, 1ST DOWN FS (Bishop,B.;Wolff,E.). | 21 | 425 | Same play, but NC State blitzes the corner at the run. Tre Jackson does a great job getting a seal on the lineback, providing an alley inside. |
1-G | at St04 | Manuel, EJ pass complete to O'LEARY, N. for 4 yards to the ST0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:53. | 21 | 43 | Play action gets the linebacker flowing forward and O'Leary runs right past him. Nice throw and catch. |
HOPKINS, D. kick attempt good. | |||||
Florida State 10, NC State 0 | |||||
Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 05:36 | Making it look easy right now. | ||||
HOPKINS, D. kickoff 65 yards to the ST0, touchback. | |||||
1-10 | at St20 | NC STATE drive start at 13:53. | |||
1-10 | at St20 | Thornton,S. rush for 9 yards to the ST29 (MCALLISTER, D.;NEWBERRY, G.). | 11 | 425 | Stoned at the point of attack, Thornton is able to spin off the pile for 4. |
2-1 | at St29 | Glennon,M. pass incomplete to Payton,Q.. | 12 | 43 | The receiver slips on an out cut. It's a good thing Glennon did not look back the other way as the tight end ran right by Karlos Williams. |
3-1 | at St29 | Glennon,M. pass complete to Hegedus,C. for 6 yards to the ST35, 1ST DOWN ST (DARBY, R.). | 10 | 425 | Darby breaks on the slant a hair late, allowing the first down. |
1-10 | at St35 | Thornton,S. rush for 2 yards to the ST37 (FREEMAN, D.;SMITH, TEL.). | 12 gun | 43 | Wildcat play. Timmy Jernigan having none of it, gets off his block and makes the tackle. |
2-8 | at St37 | Glennon,M. pass complete to Payton,Q. for 19 yards to the FS44, 1ST DOWN ST (JOYNER, L.;MOODY, N.). | 21 | 43 | Darby needs to stop trying to break on the ball on every single throw his way, especially if he's late. Hit the receiver, separate the ball and make him think twice about catching it the next time. |
1-10 | at Fs44 | Creecy,T. rush for loss of 6 yards to the 50 yardline (WERNER, B.). | 21 | 43 | Werner starts inside, reads outside run and completely runs away from the guard. Great closing speed to make the play in the backfield. |
2-16 | at St50 | Glennon,M. pass incomplete to Payton,Q.. | 10 gun | 425 | Xavier Rhodes is in perfect hip pocket position on the fade which Glennon overthrows anyway. |
3-16 | at St50 | Glennon,M. pass intercepted by BROOKS, T. at the FS37, BROOKS, T. return 8 yards to the FS45 (Smith,R.). | 01 gun | 425 | FSU looks to be in quarters coverage here. Glennon tries to get the deep out to his TE and Brooks cuts under it for the INT. |
Drive: 8 plays, 30 yards, TOP 02:57 | FSU got some of the second string defenders some work on this drive and still got a stop. | ||||
1-10 | at Fs45 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 10:56. | |||
1-10 | at Fs45 | Manuel, EJ sacked for loss of 2 yards to the FS43 (Dowdy,R.). | 11 gun | 425 | Backside corner blitz comes free. EJ has to get rid of the ball quicker. |
2-12 | at Fs43 | Manuel, EJ sacked for loss of 4 yards to the FS39 (Pittman,B.). | 11 gun | 425 | Wilder is almost certainly on a check release here, but goes out on his route instead of staying in versus blitz. This may be why he doesn't play much the rest of the game. |
3-16 | at Fs39 | PENALTY FS false start (MATIAS, J.) 5 yards to the FS34. | Ugly start to this drive. | ||
3-21 | at Fs34 | Manuel, EJ pass complete to DENT, G. for 16 yards to the 50 yardline (Amerson,D.). | 10 gun | 425 | Nice gain to Dent on the under route. Without the false start, this is a first down. |
4-5 | at Fs50 | BEATTY, C. punt 39 yards to the ST11, fair catch by Smith,R.. | |||
Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 02:18 | |||||
1-10 | at St11 | NC STATE drive start at 08:38. | |||
1-10 | at St11 | ST ball on ST12. | |||
1-10 | at St12 | Creecy,T. rush for no gain to the ST12 (MCCLOUD, A.). | 20 | 425 | Draw play. Amp McCloud reads and gets off his block to make the tackle for no gain. |
2-10 | at St12 | Glennon,M. sacked for loss of 5 yards to the ST7 (MCCLOUD, A.). | 20 | 425 | Amp McCloud totally clowns the NC State guard with a stutter step then just runs around him for the sack. Totally LOL-worthy. |
3-15 | at St07 | Glennon,M. pass complete to Creecy,T. for 13 yards to the ST20 (JONES, C.). | 11 gun | 425 | NC State runs off the coverage then hits a swing pass to the RB. FSU converges and prevents the first down. |
4-2 | at St20 | Baumann,W. punt 37 yards to the FS43, NORTHRUP, R. return 4 yards to the FS47, fumble by NORTHRUP, R. recovered by FS Team at FS47. | Reggie Northrup with the boneheaded play almost gives the ball back to NC State. | ||
Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 02:02 | Amp McCloud had himself a series there. | ||||
1-10 | at Fs47 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 06:36, FS ball on ST47. | |||
1-10 | at St47 | THOMPSON, C. rush for 5 yards to the ST42 (Lucas,S.). | 21 | 425 | Same weakside lead zone FSU has been running all night. NC State strings it out pretty well but Thompson stays patient and eventually finds a cutback for five yards. Great running. |
2-5 | at St42 | THOMPSON, C. rush for 36 yards to the ST6, 1ST DOWN FS (Bishop,B.). | 21 | 425 | After running to the weakside of this same formation several times in a row, FSU comes back to a strongside lead play. NC State is blitzing from the slot and gets totally gashed. Cam Erving combo blocks the DE with O'Leary then blocks the corner 20 yards downfield. O'Leary finishes off the DE almost all the way to the sideline. Nasty. |
1-G | at St06 | THOMPSON, C. rush for no gain to the ST6 (Johnson,D.). | 21 | 43 | Lonnie goes to the weakside while the run goes strongside. Not sure if that was the call or not, but if he leads through the hole, this is a touchdown. |
2-G | at St06 | Manuel, EJ pass complete to THOMPSON, C. for 4 yards to the ST2 (Johnson,D.). | 21 | 43 | FSU sets up in an unbalanced, tackle over formation, then throws play action to Thompson out of the backfield. The safety stays home and makes the tackle. |
3-G | at St02 | Manuel, EJ pass incomplete to GREENE, R. (Johnson,D.). | 01 gun | 425 | FSU is running a rub route with Rashad Greene and Kenny Shaw in the short side of the field. A blitzer comes free (O'Leary may need to check blitz here) and by the time Manuel steps up the CB has cut under the slant. |
4-G | at St02 | HOPKINS, D. field goal attempt from 20 GOOD, clock 04:07. | |||
Florida State 13, NC State 0 | |||||
Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, TOP 02:34 | Have to put it in the end zone there. Not scoring touchdowns after explosive plays hurts bad. | ||||
HOPKINS, D. kickoff 60 yards to the ST5, Palmer,T. return 15 yards to the ST20 (Williams, P.J.), PENALTY ST illegal block (Stanley,J.) 10 yards to the ST10, 1st and 10, ST ball on ST10. | |||||
1-10 | at St10 | NC STATE drive start at 04:02. | |||
1-10 | at St10 | Creecy,T. rush for 3 yards to the ST13 (CARRADINE, C.). | 21 | 43 | I guess NC State figures they might as well try the weakside lead zone from an I twins look, too. |
Logan Winkles (44) injured | |||||
2-7 | at St13 | Creecy,T. rush for loss of 4 yards to the ST9 (JERNIGAN, T.). | 12 | 43 | Timmy Jernigan does not stay blocked. Ever. |
3-11 | at St09 | Glennon,M. pass complete to Creecy,T. for 6 yards to the ST15 (HUNTER, T.). | 11 gun | 425 | NC State continues to run off coverage and hit underneath routes on 3rd and long plays. FSU is closing on the ball and tackling well. |
4-5 | at St15 | Baumann,W. punt 39 yards to the FS46, downed, PENALTY ST kick catching interference 15 yards to the ST39, 1st and 10, FS ball on ST39. | |||
Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 01:50 | FSU is in total control here. NC State just wants to get into the locker room. | ||||
1-10 | at St39 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 02:12. | |||
1-10 | at St39 | THOMPSON, C. rush for 7 yards to the ST32 (Dowdy,R.). | 21 | 425 | Same weakside lead play. Nice vision by Thompson to see the linebacker closing and cut outside Benjamin's block for a few extra yards. |
2-3 | at St32 | THOMPSON, C. rush for 6 yards to the ST26, 1ST DOWN FS (Wolff,E.;Dowdy,R.). | 21 | 425 | Inside zone to the strong side. NC State blitzing the slot expecting the weakside run. |
1-10 | at St26 | Manuel, EJ pass incomplete to DENT, G. (Bishop,B.). | 11 gun | 425 | Smash route. EJ should take the hitch to Benjamin who is sitting all alone. Instead overthrows the corner route that has decent coverage. |
2-10 | at St26 | THOMPSON, C. rush for loss of 1 yard to the ST27 (McGill,T.). | 11 gun | Power play. Glausser gets beat and allows the end into the backfield. | |
3-11 | at St27 | Manuel, EJ pass complete to GREENE, R. for 8 yards to the ST19 (Amerson,D.). | 11 gun | 425 | Slant play gets 8. Pretty conservative call. This is only going to be a first down if somebody misses a tackle. Only really makes sense if you intend to go for it on 4th. |
4-3 | at St19 | Timeout Florida State, clock 00:31. | |||
4-3 | at St19 | HOPKINS, D. field goal attempt from 36 GOOD, clock 00:28. | |||
Florida State 16, NC State 0 | Only scoring 3 when starting from the opponent's 39 is underperforming, especially given the ease with which FSU moved the ball for most of the half. | ||||
Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards, TOP 01:51 | |||||
HOPKINS, D. kickoff 65 yards to the ST0, Wilson,C. return 22 yards to the ST22 (JOYNER, L.;TRICKETT, C.). | |||||
1-10 | at St22 | NC STATE drive start at 00:21. | |||
1-10 | at St22 | Thornton,S. rush for 2 yards to the ST24 (CARRADINE, C.;JONES, C.). | 12 | 425 | Draw play to run out the clock. |
2-8 | at St24 | End of half, clock 00:00. | |||
Drive: 1 plays, 2 yards, TOP 00:21 | |||||
Florida State 16, NC State 0 |