Every week we break down the result of the previous game. Who really played well for the Seminoles against Wake Forest? Which players played poorly? Where did the coaches do well, and when did they screw up?
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| D-D | At | Form | Play | Comment |
| 1-10 | at Wf31 | Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, WF ball on WF35. | ||
| Wake will kick to begin the 2nd half and defend the south goal. | ||||
| Centers, A kickoff 62 yards to the FS3, Whitfield, K. return 29 yards to the FS32 (Brown, T). | One block away from breaking it | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs32 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 14:55. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs32 | Winston, J. at QB for Florida State. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs32 | 11 | Winston, J. MR pass complete to O'Leary, N. for 18 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN FS (Wooding, A), clock 14:48. | Waggle. O'Leary wide open in the flat. Jimbo trying to get Jameis into rhythm. |
| 1-10 | at Fs50 | 11 | Winston, J. handoff to Williams, K. for 4 yards to the WF46 (Williams, H), clock 14:09. | OZ. This is blocked really well and probably goes for a huge gain but Hoefeld gets blown up by the NG. Los does a good job to avoid the TFL. |
| 2-6 | at Wf46 | Williams, K. rush over right end for 2 yards to the WF44 (Allen, Z), clock 13:41. | ||
| 3-4 | at Wf44 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. sideline pass complete to Rudolph, T. for 6 yards to the WF38, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds, clock 13:09. | Winston notices man coverage to the boundary on Rudolph. 15 does a good job of pushing his guy upfield before breaking off the route. Looks like Jameis is getting more conformable from a timing perspective with the young guys, |
| 1-10 | at Wf38 | 11 | Winston, J. deep pass incomplete to Rudolph, T., clock 12:59. | PA. In this play NOL is supposed to chip the end and then set him loose while the OL down blocks to sell the run. NOL doesn't quite chip his guy enough and the end is able to apply just enough pressure to force Jameis to let it go a half a second too early. Rudolph smokes the CB in man coverage. Would have been 6. |
| 2-10 | at Wf38 | 11 gun | Winston, J. deep out pass incomplete to Rudolph, T., clock 12:52. | Not quite sure what Jameis is doing here. He has ALL DAY to throw. The OL absolutely stones the WF DL. Jameis has Bobo wide open on the sidelines for an easy 1st down but doesn't see him. Instead he forces a ball late on a crossing route. He just wasn't seeing the field well on Saturday. Odd. |
| 3-10 | at Wf38 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. slant pass complete to Rudolph, T. for 3 yards to the WF35, clock 12:37. | Oh man. This is a sure touchdown. WR slip screen. Perfect call and Rudolph is wide open with blockers out in front. Jameis throws high. Not sure if he expected TR to running a deeper route. :( |
| 4-7 | at Wf35 | Aguayo, R. field goal attempt from 52 GOOD, clock 12:08. | The Robot | |
| Florida State 16, Wake Forest 3 | ||||
| Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, TOP 02:47 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 65 yards to the WF0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 12:08. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | Wolford, J at QB for Wake Forest. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | 425 | Wolford, J deep pass incomplete to Serigne, C, clock 12:03. | WF is trying to catch FSU sleeping. They fake the bubble and try to get behind the defense on a go route. Hunter is all over it. Could have picked it if he was looking for the ball. TH1 playing so much better. |
| 2-10 | at Wf25 | Lee, M at QB for Wake Forest. | ||
| 2-10 | at Wf25 | 425 | Reynolds, O rush up middle for no gain to the WF25 (Hollin, D.;Goldman, E.), clock 11:37. | Zone Read. The QB wants nothing to do with MEJr and gives to the RB. Hollin and Goldman blow up the Guards. |
| 3-10 | at Wf25 | Wolford, J at QB for Wake Forest. | ||
| 3-10 | at Wf25 | 425 | Wolford, J sideline pass incomplete to Crump, J, clock 11:20. | This is where Featherston shows his youth and will get better as he sees himself on film and gets coached up. 41 dips inside on the pass rush and gets pinned inside, losing contain. This allows the QB to get outside on a rollout. Against a better team, this is an easy first down. Darby is all over the WR and swats the pass away. |
| 4-10 | at Wf25 | Kinal, A punt 46 yards to the FS29, fair catch by Wilson, J.. | ||
| Drive: 3 plays, 0 yards, TOP 00:55 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs29 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 11:13. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs29 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. deep pass incomplete to Wilson, J., clock 11:08. | I know what Jameis sees on the play. Wilson has one on one coverage to the boundary. This is usually and automatic read. But on the field side he has Ermon for an easy out route with the secondary playing 8 yards off. Need to make sure you're getting ahead of the chains on 1st down. |
| 2-10 | at Fs29 | (Johnson, K). | ||
| 2-10 | at Fs29 | 21 | Winston, J. rush OR for no gain to the FS29 (Allen, Z), clock 10:44. | This is Jimbo resetting Jameis' computer. Traditional option, Jameis gets hit. Jimbo loves to do this when he feels like Jameis is doing dumb shit. |
| 3-10 | at Fs29 | 11 gun | Winston, J. sideline pass complete to Wilson, J. for 13 yards to the FS42, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds, clock 10:20. | Pass pro once again really good. Hoefeld starting to get comfortable. Erving is making the calls for the OL. Will be interested to see if this continues against Cuse. Bobo has one on one coverage. Easy pitch and catch. |
| 1-10 | at Fs42 | 11 gun | Winston, J. screen pass complete to Rudolph, T. for loss of 2 yards to the FS40 (Williams, H), clock 09:47. | Bubble package play. This is the right read with man covergae to the outside. Very similar to Rudolph's catch against NCSU. But Kermit whiffs on his block. Kermit is probably not the ideal guy to put in that position. |
| 2-12 | at Fs40 | 11 gun | Winston, J. rush QX for 13 yards to the WF47, 1ST DOWN FS (Lee, M), clock 09:21. | Bobby Hart gets beat, forcing Jameis to step up. JW recognizes that WF was bailing in coverage and there is a wide open running lane. OSTRICH! |
| Injured player for WF is #8-Lee. Walks off under his own power. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf47 | 21 | Cook, D. rush over left end for 3 yards to the WF44 (Chubb, B), clock 08:50. | IZ. This is actually blocked really well but Stevenson misses the block on the backer who makes the play. Looks like Cook probably could have bounced for a huge gain. |
| 2-7 | at Wf44 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. sacked for loss of 5 yards to the WF49 (Allen, Z), clock 08:09. | JW probably holds the ball too long here. He has Ermon on the out but is reading the other side of the field. Unfortunately I cant see the route tree because ESPN loves to have the worst possible camera angles. No idea if the WR were covered or ran the wrong routes. |
| 3-12 | at Wf49 | 11 Gun | Winston, J. deep out pass incomplete to Whitfield, K. (Johnson, K), clock 07:40. | Kermit gets blown up. Fisher mentioned on his show that somebody ran the wrong route that would have pulled the CB away. Honestly, I'm not sure who that would have been. But Kermit needs to gear down and settle in the open zone, instead he runs right into the coverage. Also, hold onto the ball, you know you're going to get hit. Jameis clearly throws the ball behind him to try and slow him down. One last point: If this was FSU, this would have resulted in a penalty and ejection. |
| 4-12 | at Wf49 | Beatty, C. punt 39 yards to the WF10, Crump, J return 10 yards to the WF20 (Ramsey, J.). | Not bad but needs to get it a few yards deeper. | |
| Drive: 8 plays, 22 yards, TOP 03:45 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf20 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 07:28. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf20 | 425 | Wolford, J sideline pass complete to Pike, D for 3 yards to the WF23 (Hunter, T.;Darby, R.), PENALTY WF holding (Ford, A) 10 yards to the WF10, NO PLAY, clock 07:14. | holding all game |
| 1-20 | at Wf10 | 425 | Wolford, J sideline pass complete to Scott, EJ for 5 yards to the WF15, out-of-bounds, clock 06:46. | Featherston again gets pinned inside but does apply decent pressure. He needs to stay outside and shrink the pocket. This will get corrected, I'm sure. |
| 2-15 | at Wf15 | 425 | Wolford, J slant pass complete to Crump, J for no gain to the WF15 (Hunter, T.), clock 06:17. | Hunter once again showing improved physicality. Reads and blows up the slip screen. Positive developments with Tyler. |
| 3-15 | at Wf15 | 425 | Wolford, J sideline pass intercepted by Williams, P.J. at the WF23, Williams, P.J. return 14 yards to the WF9 (Terry, B). | This is such an awful decision by the Wake QB. Goldman and Pugh supply pressure causing the WF QB to do some sort of weird jump pass as he's falling away. Nate and PJ are blanketed all over the WR. Easy pick for PJ. Take it to the house! |
| Drive: 3 plays, minus 5 yards, TOP 01:45 | ||||
| 1-G | at Wf09 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 05:43. | ||
| 1-G | at Wf09 | 21 | Pender, M. rush over left end for 2 yards to the WF7 (Allen, Z;Dawson, G), PENALTY WF personal foul (Dunn, W) 4 yards to the WF3, 1ST DOWN FS. | Power. Looks like WF guessed right on the run. Backers are flowing down hill immediately on the snap. Erving appears to get rolled up on and his guy makes the tackle. |
| 1-G | at Wf03 | 1st and 3. | ||
| 1-G | at Wf03 | 21 | Pender, M. rush left for 3 yards to the WF0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:10. | Power. This is all Pender, WF playing the run Pender recognizes and bounces outside for the score. With Pender, if you're even, you're burnt. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 23, Wake Forest 3 | ||||
| Drive: 2 plays, 9 yards, TOP 00:33 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 53 yards to the WF12, out-of-bounds, WF ball on WF35. | Jimbo rips Aguayo. Aguayo looks at Jimbo with the "are you serious?" face. | |||
| 1-10 | at Wf35 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 05:10. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf35 | 425 | Wolford, J middle pass incomplete (Nnadi, D.). | Man...Nnadi is a stud and he's really coming on. Nnadi gets doubled and still gets into the backfield. He has enough awareness to get his hands up and bat the ball down |
| 2-10 | at Wf35 | Clock 05:04. | ||
| 2-10 | at Wf35 | 425 | Robinson, I rush left for no gain to the WF35, fumble forced by Northrup, R., fumble by Robinson, I recovered by FS Northrup, R. at WF31, Northrup, R. for 31 yards to the WF0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:55. | Levenberry fills the hole really well. Northrup gets in the pile and rips the ball, scoops, and scores. More of this please. |
| Drive: 2 plays, minus 4 yards, TOP 00:15 | ||||
| Official Review: Previous play is under review. Call on the field is | ||||
| Official Review: a fumble, returned by FSU for a touchdown. | ||||
| Official Review; Ruling on the field stands. | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 30, Wake Forest 3 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 65 yards to the WF0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 04:55. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | Cameron, T at QB for Wake Forest. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | PENALTY FS offside defense (Nnadi, D.) 5 yards to the WF30. | ||
| 1-5 | at Wf30 | 425 | Wortham, D rush up middle for no gain to the WF30 (Nnadi, D.), clock 04:31. | oh wow. This is all on the two stud Fr DT's. Christmas explodes off the ball and is in the backfiled immediately causing the RB to cut back. Nnadi destroys his man and is there to meet the RB in the backfield. |
| 2-5 | at Wf30 | 425 | Cameron, T crossing pass complete to Scott, EJ for 8 yards to the WF38, 1ST DOWN WF (Hunter, T.), clock 04:02. | Fake draw to the RB pulls the backers into the LOS a bit. Hunter actually has nice coverage on the TE but its a really nice pass to squeeze it in. |
| 1-10 | at Wf38 | 425 | Cameron, T WS pass complete to Williams, J for 9 yards to the WF47 (Levenberry, E.), clock 03:31. | Slip screen the the WR. This actually a blocked well for WF. Would like to see Nate recognize and react a little quicker. Levenberry is able to navigate traffic and make the tackle. |
| 2-1 | at Wf47 | 425 | Cameron, T rush QX for no gain to the WF47 (Northrup, R.;Featherston, L.), clock 02:46. | Holy Crap. Christmas has an insane first step. He once again explodes off the ball and is standing in the backfield but doesnt see the RB run right by him. Nnadi and Featherston are there to make the stop. Freshmen all over the DL. |
| 3-1 | at Wf47 | 425 | Cameron, T rush quarterback sneak for 2 yards to the WF49, 1ST DOWN WF (Andrews, N.), clock 02:30. | Sneak. They barely get it. |
| 1-10 | at Wf49 | 425 | Cameron, T slant pass complete to Scott, EJ for 7 yards to the FS44 (Hunter, T.), clock 01:57. | Excellent pass rush from 41 and 91. Quick slant to the slot guy. Hunter recognizes it but is just a hair late. Wouldn't mind seeing us play press a little more in the slot. |
| 2-3 | at Fs44 | 425 | Wortham, D rush right for 2 yards to the FS42 (Levenberry, E.;Northrup, R.), clock 01:18. | WF runs an OZ. 41, 90 and 43 do a nice job to hold the point but don't get off their blocks. Levenberry gets caught up in traffic and his late to fill. RB shows nice patience to gain positive yards. |
| Injured player for FSU is #41-Featherston. Walks off the field. | ||||
| 3-1 | at Fs42 | 425 | Cameron, T rush quarterback sneak for no gain to the FS42 (Hollin, D.), PENALTY WF false start (Helms, C) 4 yards to the FS46, NO PLAY, clock 00:49. | Mario destroys the LT and forces the WF QB to unload. Ramsey is blanketing the slot WR and breaks up the pass. |
| 3-5 | at Fs46 | Timeout Wake Forest, clock 00:37. | ||
| 3-5 | at Fs46 | 425 | Cameron, T ML pass incomplete to Scott, EJ (Ramsey, J.), clock 00:33. | |
| 4-5 | at Fs46 | Kinal, A punt 28 yards to the FS18, fair catch by Wilson, J.. | ||
| Drive: 8 plays, 29 yards, TOP 04:29 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs18 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 00:26. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs18 | 21 | Winston, J. sideline pass complete to Lane, E. for 11 yards to the FS29, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (Noel, M;Janvion, R), clock 00:14. | Jameis hits Ermon on an out route. Wake is playing 8 yards off the ball. This is there whenever they want it. |
| 1-10 | at Fs29 | 21 | Winston, J. screen pass complete to Stevenson, F. for no gain to the FS29 (Chubb, B). | PA. This is designed play for Freddie off of the play action. Jimbo is pissed that Freddie runs a route for "0 yards". Thought that WF played this really well. |
| Drive: 2 plays, 11 yards, TOP 02:10 | ||||
| Florida State 30, Wake Forest 3 |