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| D-D | Spot | Form | Play | Analysis |
| Drive: 1 plays, 36 yards, TOP 00:04 | ||||
| Sade, N. kickoff 65 yards to the FS0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 15:00. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | 10 gun | PENALTY FS personal foul (roughing passer) 15 yards to the FS40, 1ST DOWN FS. | I guess this is some sort of pop pass off play action and NC State just plays it as pass all the way? |
| 1-10 | at Fs40 | 21 | Winston, J. pass intercepted by Fernandez, J. at the ST41, Fernandez, J. return 0 yards to the ST41 (O'Leary, N.). | Play action, FSU wants a deep shot, Cam Erving gets beat around the edge -- one of his only really bad plays of the day. Winston needs to throw the ball away. |
| Drive: 1 plays, minus 15 yards, TOP 00:15 | ||||
| 1-10 | at St41 | NC STATE drive start at 14:45. | ||
| 1-10 | at St41 | 34 | Samuels, J. rush for 13 yards to the FS46, 1ST DOWN ST (Ramsey, J.). | New double wing look for NCSU. Quick jet sweep, Walker plays it fairly well, doesn't allow cutback, and P.J. Williams just whiffs. Bad tackling. Again, is P.J. healthy? |
| 1-10 | at Fs46 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Dayes, M. for 8 yards to the FS38 (Northrup, R.;Williams, P.J.). | Play action, FSU gets great pressure and is covering well, and this is just bad luck. A sack of 6 turns into a gain of 8 because FSU pulls him down on top of another man, so he's technically not down (an in the grasp call would be appropriate), and he somehow flips it to a RB. Incredible play by the QB. You cannot fault FSU's defense for this. |
| 2-2 | at Fs38 | 34 | Brissett, J. rush for 4 yards to the FS34, 1ST DOWN ST (Williams, P.J.). | Casher is juked like crazy by the QB and he whiffs on the sack. Brissett scrambles for yards. The good thing is that FSU is covering better. |
| 1-10 | at Fs34 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Cook, C.. | Quick game, slants, Brissett misfires. Maybe he is tired from all that running? Guy was open. |
| 2-10 | at Fs34 | 425 | Brissett, J. rush for 19 yards to the FS15, 1ST DOWN ST (Hunter, T.). | FSU runs a twist and Brissett is very slippery in the pocket. These are "missed tackles" but not ones you really expect to be made. Just another good play by him. |
| 1-10 | at Fs15 | 425 | PENALTY FS pass interference (Williams, P.J.) 10 yards to the FS5, 1ST DOWN ST. | Legit pass interference. P.J. Williams grabs WR on the slant. Again, is he fully healthy? I have my doubts. |
| 1-G | at Fs05 | PENALTY ST false start (Cook, C.) 5 yards to the FS10. | ||
| 1-G | at Fs10 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Dayes, M. for 10 yards to the FS0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:40. | Angle route from the RB. Fisher on the coaches show sais that FSU was misaligned, and that "the safety needs to set the backer over (I think?)." |
| Sade, N. kick attempt good. | ||||
| NC State 31, Florida State 21 | ||||
| Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards, TOP 02:09 | ||||
| Sade, N. kickoff 65 yards to the FS0, Whitfield, K. return 19 yards to the FS19 (Pratt, G.). | Blocking on this KR is not very good. Not a great kick, either. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs19 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 12:36. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs19 | 20 pony | Cook, D. rush for loss of 2 yards to the FS17 (Fernandez, J.;Noel, R.). | NCSU gets good pressure upfield on this OZ run. Matias may need to help Barron some here. Hart gets beat backside which is bad. |
| 2-12 | at Fs17 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Greene, R. for 12 yards to the FS29, 1ST DOWN FS (Jones, J.). | Orbit motion with Greene, run clearouts to the field, and swing it to him underneath. Great move and acceleration turns a 5-yard gainer into a first down. Fisher called this a screen. |
| 1-10 | at Fs29 | 21 | Winston, J. pass complete to Williams, K. for 5 yards to the FS34 (Jones, H.;Noel, R.). | This almost broke big. I-formation, but Karlos at FB. Motion him to the boundary as a WR all alone. Fake the run to the field, spin throw a screen to Williams, who doesn't set up his blocks well and ruins the play. Neat play by Jimbo and I'm sure he's mad it was wasted. |
| 2-5 | at Fs34 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Wilson, J. for 7 yards to the FS41, 1ST DOWN FS (Jones, H.). | Quick slant, line cut blocking to cut down on aggressiveness. |
| 1-10 | at Fs41 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 4 yards to the FS45 (Rose, M.). | Inside toss play, Karlos seems comfortable running this, doesn't need to read anything. Nice block Jackson. |
| 2-6 | at Fs45 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Greene, R. for 17 yards to the ST38, 1ST DOWN FS (Wright, D.). | Now this is neat. Looks like a crossing route, right? But no, it's a screen. All of the other receivers are blocking. And they do a good job as FSU clears it out and Greene picks up 17! |
| 1-10 | at St38 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 13 yards to the ST25, 1ST DOWN FS (Jones, J.). | This is a counter pivot play to Karlos Williams, blocked well by line and receivers. Williams needs to keep his feet and he's have a lot more on that play. Now NC State is really guessing. |
| 1-10 | at St25 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 6 yards to the ST19 (Buckley, T.). | Inside zone, well blocked, Williams picks his way for six. Good first down run. No negatives. |
| 2-4 | at St19 | 21 | Cook, D. rush for 19 yards to the ST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:14. | Hey, some old school toss sweep. NC State wasn't expecting that. Matias kicks out, Freeman cuts, everyone else blocks it well, and they're not catching Dalvin Cook. Can't run this all the time, but once in a while ... |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| NC State 31, Florida State 28 | ||||
| Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards, TOP 04:28 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 65 yards to the ST0, Dayes, M. return 12 yards to the ST12 (Haggins, J.). | Excellent kick and coverage | |||
| 1-10 | at St12 | NC STATE drive start at 08:08. | ||
| 1-10 | at St12 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for loss of 4 yards to the ST8 (Featherston, L.;Goldman, E.). | Freshman Lorenzo Featherston makes a TFL here, BUT, it's the WRONG play. He obviously has contain here and jumping to the inside is something he cannot do. If he were to miss, this run is a big gainer. But he saw the opening and hit it. Sort of like swinging on 3-0 in baseball when you hage the take sign and hitting a home run. |
| 2-14 | at St08 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Purvis, T.. | Great job by Jacob Pugh of being disciplined on boot action, getting the hands up and forcing a bad throw. Another freshman. Nice to have a pair like that able to occasionally provide a breather for the vets -- especially with Edwards Jr. out. |
| 3-14 | at St08 | 416 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Thornton, S. for 12 yards to the ST20 (Brutus, L.). | Screen pass, P.J. Williams comes in too fast and too low and misses the tackle. Again, is he healthy? Also grabbing his wrist/forearm at times. This isn't the same P.J. we saw last year. |
| 4-2 | at St20 | Baumann, W. punt 51 yards to the FS29, Greene, R. return 0 yards to the FS29, fumble by Greene, R. recovered by ST Means, M. at FS27. | Critical error. | |
| Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 01:03 | Great defensive drive, taking advantage of great field position, and a drop! | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs27 | NC STATE drive start at 07:05. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs27 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Thornton, S.. | Play action with jet, played well by FSU, nobody open, Brissett throws it away. |
| 2-10 | at Fs27 | 425 | Samuels, J. rush for 17 yards to the FS10, 1ST DOWN ST (Williams, P.J.). | Quick speed jet handoff, Featherston misses the tackle, and Nate Andrews comes in and misses another tackle likely do to taking a bad angle. |
| 1-G | at Fs10 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 10 yards to the FS0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:37. | This is good power running from NC State. Nice down block on Goldman (not sure FSU was lined up properly here), Thornton is a great power runner and is able to get a head of steam, trucking Tyler Hunter at the goal line. |
| Sade, N. kick attempt good. | ||||
| NC State 38, Florida State 28 | ||||
| Drive: 3 plays, 27 yards, TOP 00:34 | ||||
| Sade, N. kickoff 47 yards to the FS18, Haplea, K. return 11 yards to the FS29 (Jones, H.). | Why pooch this? Dumb. FSU's return game had not been very good for many of them. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs29 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 06:31. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs29 | PENALTY FS false start (Jackson, T.) 5 yards to the FS24. | Senior. | |
| 1-15 | at Fs24 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Cook, D. for 5 yards to the FS29 (Noel, R.;Norman, A.). | Good call. Shovel pass is safe, yet takes advantage of DL that wants to pass rush after false start penalty. |
| 2-10 | at Fs29 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Greene, R. for 16 yards to the FS45, 1ST DOWN FS (Jones, J.). | Winston wants a deep shot, checks it down to Greene who, because the ball is thrown in stride, can make someone miss. Winston is so damn good at throwing it in stride. |
| 1-10 | at Fs45 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Rudolph, T. for 40 yards to the ST15, 1ST DOWN FS (Noel, R.). | Bubble with tackle pulling. Rudolph makes two men miss. Explosive plays from safe throws. Nice work. Another good block from Ermon lane. |
| 1-10 | at St15 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass incomplete to Rudolph, T.. | Good protection, trying to work a deep out cut to Rudolph, probably PI but no call. Good ball placement again. |
| 2-10 | at St15 | 10 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Wilson, J. for 15 yards to the ST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:06. | Again, Winston is in such a zone. This is his third read, he starts to throw it before Wilson even makes his break, and the ball placement is absolutely perfect. Insanely good accuracy from Winston on the drive. When you have a QB like this, and a kicker like Aguayo, you're gonna be a tough out. Good route by Bobo. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| NC State 38, Florida State 35 | ||||
| Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, TOP 01:32 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 59 yards to the ST6, Dayes, M. return 15 yards to the ST21 (Pugh, J.). | Decent kickoff. | |||
| 1-10 | at St21 | NC STATE drive start at 04:59. | ||
| 1-10 | at St21 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 9 yards to the ST30 (Northrup, R.). | Just a blast play, missed tackle Featherston, DL gets worked, Smith slow to fill. |
| 2-1 | at St30 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 7 yards to the ST37, 1ST DOWN ST (Williams, P.J.;Northrup, R.). | Featherston shoots upfiedl very quickly, doesn't squeeze at all, large gap for Northrup to get to and he's late. |
| 1-10 | at St37 | 425 | Brissett, J. sacked for loss of 17 yards to the ST20 (Featherston, L.), fumble by Brissett, J. recovered by FS Pugh, J. at ST6. | So we have freshman Lorenzo Featherston not playing his assignments very well on the last few plays, typically allowing for successful runs. But then we have him show great closing burst on Jacoby Brissett, who cannot get the screen off in time and fumbles. Good hustle by Jacob Pugh to get the recovery. |
| Drive: 3 plays, minus 15 yards, TOP 01:08 | ||||
| 1-G | at St06 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 03:51. | ||
| 1-G | at St06 | 21 | Williams, K. rush for 2 yards to the ST4 (Teal, T.;Wright, D.). | Inside zone, Karlos Williams may have had better choices, but he's smart not to bounce this and risk a loss on first down. |
| (4) Fernandez, J injured on the play | ||||
| 2-G | at St04 | Timeout NC State, clock 03:28. | ||
| 2-G | at St04 | 11 gun | Winston, J. pass complete to Greene, R. for 4 yards to the ST0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:24. | Winston a bit late on the slant to Greene after play action. Good catch by Greene. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 42, NC State 38 | ||||
| Drive: 2 plays, 6 yards, TOP 00:33 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 61 yards to the ST4, Dayes, M. return 13 yards to the ST17 (Ramsey, J.;Pugh, J.). | Very good kick coverage. Start them deep. | |||
| 1-10 | at St17 | NC STATE drive start at 03:18. | ||
| 1-10 | at St17 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 6 yards to the ST23 (Smith, Terr.;Featherston, L.). | Trips, bubble look, give to the back. NCSU was doing a pretty good job pounding the rock here and ultimately got away from it a bit at times. Thornton is a good back. |
| 2-4 | at St23 | 425 | Thornton, S. rush for 1 yard to the ST24 (Smith, Terr.;Featherston, L.). | Pugh gets a hand on and slows down Thornton. |
| 3-3 | at St24 | 425 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Hines, B. for 6 yards to the ST30, 1ST DOWN ST (Hunter, T.). | FSU blitzes into the rollout but NCSU picks it up pretty well. |
| (16) Pugh, J injured on the play | 2 blockers landed on him. | |||
| 1-10 | at St30 | 416 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Hines, B. for 6 yards to the ST36 (Andrews, N.). | Option route, good throw and catch, Nate Andrews beat, but barely. |
| 2-4 | at St36 | 416 | Brissett, J. pass complete to Thornton, S. for 7 yards to the ST43, 1ST DOWN ST (Brutus, L.;Darby, R.). | Quick game, FSU not totally lined up, quick flip to RB. Smart play. |
| 1-10 | at St43 | 416 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Dayes, M., QB hurry by Featherston, L.. | Good coverage by FSU, eventually Brissett runs into Featherston and has to throw it away. |
| 2-10 | at St43 | 416 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Hines, B. (Hunter, T.). | FSU flushes brissett, good pressure, good throw to the sideline and Tyler Hunter had good coverage. |
| 3-10 | at St43 | 416 | Brissett, J. pass incomplete to Underwood, B.. | Brissett trying to hit a deep dig route but throw is too high. |
| 4-10 | at St43 | Baumann, W. punt 46 yards to the FS11, fair catch by Greene, R.. | ||
| Drive: 8 plays, 26 yards, TOP 02:21 | Felt like a lot of successful plays, but it didn't go anywhere. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs11 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 00:57. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs11 | FS ball on FS12. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs12 | 22 | Cook, D. rush for 35 yards to the FS47, 1ST DOWN FS (Tocho, J.). | Inside zone, well blocked, good cutback, bad tackling angle, and Cook's hammy is tight otherwise this might have been a run of 88. |
| 1-10 | at Fs47 | 22 | Winston, J. pass incomplete to Greene, R. (Burris, J.). | Play action, great protection, bad decision by Winston to throw into double coverage on first down. |
| 2-10 | at Fs47 | 10 gun | PENALTY ST illegal use of hands (McGill, T.) 15 yards to the ST38, 1ST DOWN FS. | Winston throws this into traffic, pressure came from guy who got flagged for trying to rip off Barron's facemark. Fisher needed to settle Winston down a bit at the quarter break. |
| 1-10 | at St38 | 21 | Winston, J. rush for 3 yards to the ST35 (Noel, R.;Nelson, M.). | Option to the left. Sometimes it's good to get a QB hit to settle him down and not have him taking so many risky shots. |
| Drive: 3 plays, 53 yards, TOP 03:35 | ||||
| Florida State 42, NC State 38 |