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| D-D | Spot | Form | Play | Analysis |
| 2-7 | at St35 | Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00. | ||
| 2-7 | at St35 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Greene, R. for 11 yards to the ST24, 1ST DOWN FS (Moore, A.). | Trips to the field side. Excellent pass protecting. Rudolph and Bobo run clear outs, 80 is lined up in the slot and runs a simple out route and is wide open. Too easy |
| 1-10 | at St24 | 11 Gun | Williams, K. rush for 7 yards to the ST17 (Jones, H.;Nelson, M.). | Inside zone. Barron does a nice job to seal and get to the second level. Karlos hammers it into the hole for a nice gain. FSU needs to continue to stay ahead of schedule on first down. Puts the defense in a really tough position given how potent FSU's downfield passing attack has become. |
| 2-3 | at St17 | 11 Gun | Williams, K. rush for 1 yard to the ST16 (Wright, D.). | FSU actually has this blocked really well. Los may have went for 6 but NCSU calls a run blitz and guesses right. The safety blows it up in the backfield. It happens. |
| 3-2 | at St16 | Timeout Florida State, clock 13:18. | ||
| 3-2 | at St16 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Greene, R. for 13 yards to the ST3, 1ST DOWN FS (Burris, J.;Moore, A.). | Same play from earlier in the drive. If NCSU is going to play this far off then FSU can do this over and over. Jimbo is doing a nice job of moving Rashad around. 80 again in the slot and then run an out as Bobo and Rudoph clear. Simple pitch and catch. |
| 1-G | at St03 | 11 Gun | Williams, K. rush for 2 yards to the ST1 (Moore, A.). | FSU runs hurry up so that NCSU can't substitute. IZ nice push from the OL Karlos needs to keep his head up and drive his legs. |
| 2-G | at St01 | 11 Gun | Williams, K. rush for 1 yard to the ST0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:23. | Power. OL drives NCSU's entire DL into the end zone. That was easy. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 49, NC State 38 | ||||
| Drive: 9 plays, 88 yards, TOP 03:35 | Just an all around excellent drive from all of the segments. Precision. | |||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 59 yards to the ST6, Dayes, M. return 0 yards to the ST6. | ||||
| 1-10 | at St06 | NC STATE drive start at 12:22. | ||
| 1-10 | at St06 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Valdes-Scan, M. for 12 yards to the ST18, 1ST DOWN ST (Levenberry, E.;Darby, R.). | DL gets good pressure but 12 finds the slot guy wide open on a simple curl. Tough to tell but looks like jalen gets cleared out. |
| 1-10 | at St18 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 13 yards to the ST31, 1ST DOWN ST (Smith, Terr.;Andrews, N.). | Inside Zone from the gun. Reggie has the running back dead in the hole and just straight up whiffs. Dipped his head. Bad bad bad. |
| (11) Mitchell, D injured on the play | ||||
| 1-10 | at St31 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Hines, B. (Pugh, J.). | Pugh whips the OT and forces Brissett to step up and throw it away. 16 has some burst. |
| 2-10 | at St31 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Thornton, S. for 9 yards to the ST40 (Featherston, L.;Hollin, D.). | Brisett is pressured again and is forced to dump it into the flats. Williams has the RB wrapped up for a short gain and misses the tackle. I sense a trend. |
| 3-1 | at St40 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Purvis, T. (Andrews, N.). | Wheel route to the FB. Nate is all over it and bats the ball away. Very nice. |
| 4-1 | at St40 | Timeout NC State, clock 10:58. | ||
| 4-1 | at St40 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 2 yards to the ST42, 1ST DOWN ST (Nnadi, D.;Goldman, E.). | This is frustrating. Walker and Goldman blow up the play. Northrup comes into clean it up for a sure loss and doesn't wrap up. RB just bounces off and falls forward for the 1st down. Gross. |
| 1-10 | at St42 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Thornton, S. for 8 yards to the 50 yardline (Smith, Terr.). | Quick out to the TE.Terrance is slow to get out in the flats. Easy gain |
| 2-2 | at St50 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Hines, B. for 4 yards to the FS46, 1ST DOWN ST (Hunter, T.). | PA quick game. 12 hits the slot guy on a hitch. Hunter blows it up. Nice play call for the down and distance. Hinter showing more physicality. |
| 1-10 | at Fs46 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Hines, B. for 7 yards to the FS39. | Featherston has 12 for an easy sack but doesn't maintain outside leverage and 12 runs around him. NCSU WR does a nice job of coming back to his QB on the scramble drill. |
| 2-3 | at Fs39 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Dayes, M. (Ramsey, J.). | 90 whoops his guy and provided inside pressure on Brissett. Forces him to get rid of it quickly. Jalen is there to bat it down. |
| 3-3 | at Fs39 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Hines, B. for 13 yards to the FS26, 1ST DOWN ST (Hunter, T.). | Not sure what Northrup is doing but it clearly looks like he has flats responsibility. He hustles to recover and completely over runs the play. LBs have to be worlds better in coverage. |
| 1-10 | at Fs26 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Grinnage, D. for 9 yards to the FS17 (Ramsey, J.;Hunter, T.). | Ramsey is playing 8 yards off and the WR runs a slant right in front of him. 8 is slow to react and then misses the tackle. His worst game as a Nole. |
| 2-1 | at Fs17 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 4 yards to the FS13, 1ST DOWN ST (Goldman, E.;Williams, P.J.). | IZ Goldman eats it up. |
| (90) Goldman, E. injured on the play | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs13 | 425 | Brissett, J. sacked for loss of 9 yards to the FS22 (Ramsey, J.), fumble by Brissett, J. recovered by FS Newberry, G. at FS22. | An angry Ramsey comes flying off the edge, he beats the RB, and swats the ball out of 12's hands. Gio recovers. Huge play. |
| Drive: 14 plays, 72 yards, TOP 03:32 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs22 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 08:50. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs22 | PENALTY FS illegal block (Stevenson, F.) 11 yards to the FS11. | ||
| 1-21 | at Fs11 | 21 | PENALTY ST face mask (Nelson, M.) 16 yards to the FS27, 1ST DOWN FS. | this is just bad luck. This is blocked really well but Stevenson falls down while trying to block the LB and Barron pushes his man over him. I guess you have to call that. |
| 1-10 | at Fs27 | 21 | Cook, D. rush for loss of 4 yards to the FS23 (McGill, T.). | Yikes. Looks like some confusion by the OL. Trae pulls and completely runs by the DT. Cook gets blown up. |
| 2-14 | at Fs23 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. pass intercepted by Fernandez, J. at the FS31, Fernandez, J. return 19 yards to the FS12 (Kelly, D.). | This is so puzzling. Most of the time Jameis' interceptions are do to an inaccurate ball or overconfidence in his ability. This is a straight up misread. It looks like he thinks NCSU is in some version of a tampa 2 and that the LB will bail to the deep middle. Instead the LB is sitting in a curl/slant zone. Jameis throws it right to him. Awful spot for a turnover. Fisher says he needed to work the other side of the field. |
| Drive: 2 plays, 1 yards, TOP 01:35 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs12 | NC STATE drive start at 07:15. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs12 | PENALTY ST pass interference (Hines, B.) 15 yards to the FS27. | Pick! | |
| 1-25 | at Fs27 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Alston, J. for 13 yards to the FS14 (Smith, Terr.;Ramsey, J.). | Jalen again is a good 8 yards off. NCSu runs a slant right in front of him. Then for good measure he doesn't even attempt a tackle, instead he just pushes the WR. He's frustrated. Think they need to let him press. |
| 2-12 | at Fs14 | 425 | Brissett, J. rush for 5 yards to the FS9 (Casher, C.). | Jalen on a blitz and comes in completely out of control and misses an easy sack. One of these days he's going to figure out that you need to break down if you want to sack the QB. Brissett scrambles for 5 and comes up lame. |
| (12) Brissett, J injured on the play | ||||
| 3-7 | at Fs09 | 425 | Leatham, G. pass incomplete to Valdes-Scan, M.. | Jalen on a blitz and the backup QB throws it up for grabs. PJ is all over it. I love this playcall from Kelly. Backup QB in, make him uncomfortable. |
| 4-7 | at Fs09 | Sade, N. field goal attempt from 25 GOOD, clock 06:08. | all things considered its a win to hold them to a FG | |
| Florida State 49, NC State 41 | ||||
| Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, TOP 01:07 | ||||
| Sade, N. kickoff 65 yards to the FS0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 06:08. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 3 yards to the FS28 (McGill, T.;Moore, A.). | IZ. NCSu expects a run here and loads the box. Nice tough running from Los to get a few. |
| 2-7 | at Fs28 | 11 gun | Winston, J. pass incomplete to Williams, K.. | This was a designed swing pass to Karlos who is wide open. Problem is JW has absolutely putrid footwork. He fails to stay on the balls of his feet and shift his hips and shoulder to his target. The result is a terribly inaccurate pass. Jimbo ain't happy. |
| 3-7 | at Fs28 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Wilson, J. for 10 yards to the FS38, 1ST DOWN FS (Buckley, T.). | So much trust in Bobo. This is a route where the slot WR is supposed to find an open zone in the middle and sit down. Bobo does just that and Jameis throws in rhythm. Great stuff in a big spot |
| 1-10 | at Fs38 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 3 yards to the FS41 (Jones, H.;Moore, A.). | Toss sweep. NCSU again loading the box expecting run. Nice gain |
| 2-7 | at Fs41 | 21 | Winston, J. sacked for loss of 4 yards to the FS37 (Wright, D.). | This looks like it may have been designed to go to Cook off of the PA. But NCSU is in a blitz and both O'Leary and Cook and knocked off their routes. Jameis doesn't see the backside pressure and is sacked. Fisher said Cook must get to the flat and doesn't need to block there. Freshman mistake. |
| 3-11 | at Fs37 | Timeout Florida State, clock 03:36. | ||
| 3-11 | at Fs37 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. rush for 20 yards to the ST43, 1ST DOWN FS (Buckley, T.;Rose, M.). | This is just Jameis being Jameis. He senses pressure and steps up and finds an open lane. Huge scramble. He's good for one of these a game. OSTRICH |
| 1-10 | at St43 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 28 yards to the ST15, 1ST DOWN FS (Buckley, T.). | OZ. Beautiful. OL holds the point and then gets to the second level.O'Leary seals the end. Stevenson gets a great block on teh outside and Los explodes down the sideline. NCSU knows its coming and can't stop it. |
| 1-10 | at St15 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 3 yards to the ST12 (Teal, T.). | IZ 3 tough yards with NCSU loading the box. |
| 2-7 | at St12 | Timeout NC State, clock 02:12. | ||
| 2-7 | at St12 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 12 yards to the ST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:07. | IZ. This has been there a ton for Karlos this year. He finds the cutback lane! nobody can catch him after that. Big time drive for Los and the OL. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 56, NC State 41 | ||||
| Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:07 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 65 yards to the ST0, Dayes, M. return 26 yards to the ST26 (Northrup, R.;Casher, C.). | ||||
| 1-10 | at St26 | NC STATE drive start at 02:01. | ||
| (21) Casher, C injured on the play | ||||
| 1-10 | at St26 | 326 | Brissett, J. rush for 9 yards to the ST35 (Hollin, D.). | FSU only rushes 3. Will let Brissett scramble all he wants. |
| 2-1 | at St35 | 326 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Grinnage, D. for 8 yards to the ST43, fumble forced by Ramsey, J., fumble by Grinnage, D. recovered by ST Alston, J. at ST47, 1ST DOWN ST. | FSU giving up the underneath stuff. Need to make tackles. |
| 1-10 | at St47 | 326 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Alston, J.. | Hollin gets pressure on Brissett to force an incompletion |
| 2-10 | at St47 | 326 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Valdes-Scan, M. for loss of 2 yards to the ST45 (Pugh, J.). | Nice job by Terrance to close on the quick pass in the flats to the RB. |
| 3-12 | at St45 | 326 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Valdes-Scan, M. for 3 yards to the ST48. | FSU content to give up 2 yard passes |
| 4-9 | at St48 | 326 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Hines, B. for 7 yards to the FS45 (Darby, R.). | nice tackle by Darby to prevent the 1st down. Ball game |
| Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards, TOP 01:35 |