Every week we break down the result of the previous Florida State game. Who really played well for the Seminoles against Louisville? Which players played poorly? Where did the coaches do well, and when did they screw up?
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| 2-12 | at Fs49 | Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, LOU ball on LOU35. | ||
| Louisville will kick off and defend the south goal. | ||||
| Drive: 4 plays, 42 yards, TOP 01:01 | ||||
| 45-John Wallace kickoff 65 yards to the FS0, 8W-Kermit Whitfield return 13 yards to the FS13 (2A-Dee Smith). | Didn't look well blocked, but goood kick. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs13 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 14:54. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs13 | 6-Everett Golson at QB for Florida State. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs13 | 20 Pony | 6-Everett Golson wide receiver screen right pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for 8 yards to the FS21, out-of-bounds (25-Josh Harvey-Clemons), clock 14:46. | Package OZ/bubble. Bubble to Kermit. |
| 2-2 | at Fs21 | 21 Tight | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over left end for 4 yards to the FS25, 1ST DOWN FS (97-DeAngelo Brown;55-Keith Kelsey), clock 14:09. | Outside zone left, both Hoefeld and Bell try to get to second level, leaving man unblocked in hole. Also good play by Kelsey. Cook may have been able to take this wide, but always good to get a first down the easy way. |
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | 21 Bunch | 6-Everett Golson thrown away pass incomplete to 4-Dalvin Cook, QB hurry by 99-James Hearns, clock 13:51. | Play action from under center, RoJo gets beat by a nice move. Mavety gets blown off ball and has trouble recovering - can't happen in a pass set, 340 pound dude should be able to take a punch. Great throwaway by Golson here. |
| 2-10 | at Fs25 | 21 Bunch | 6-Everett Golson sideline pass complete to 4-Dalvin Cook for 21 yards to the FS46, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (22-Chucky Williams), clock 13:34. | Curl flat, Golson hits Cook on the flat, Dalvin just turns on the incredible gear to get past the first man and get downfield. Kid is so impressive. |
| 1-10 | at Fs46 | 21 Tight | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for 54 yards to the LOU0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:09. | Counter, the zone action gets UL fast flowing to field side, Dalvin makes one man miss, then another, then breaks 3 would be tackles on his way to the promised land. This kid is incredible. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 13, Louisville 7 | ||||
| Drive: 5 plays, 87 yards, TOP 01:45 | Golson making the simple stuff work and not getting in Dalvin's way. And Dalvin is Dalvin. | |||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 65 yards to the LOU0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Lou25 | LOUISVILLE drive start at 13:09. | ||
| 1-10 | at Lou25 | 8-Lamar Jackson at QB for Louisville. | ||
| 1-10 | at Lou25 | 425 | 23-Brandon Radcliff rush over right guard for no gain to the LOU25 (99-Nile LawrenceStample), clock 12:51. | Broadcast cut back to this late. NLS sheds a double team and is in backfield to meet the back. Heck of a play from 99. |
| 2-10 | at Lou25 | 425 | 7-Reggie Bonnafon rush right for 3 yards to the LOU28 (5-Reggie Northrup;16-Jacob Pugh), clock 12:20. | T block sweep to boundary, Walker BADLY chop blocked. Like TEXTBOOK in front of ref, both high and low blocker engaged and drove him all the way to the ground. I can live with missed holds and the like, but missed horse collars and chop blocks are a valid safety concern. James does a poor job recognizing run and leaves this wide open and Bonnafon gets 3 yards while Northrup cleans this up. |
| 3-7 | at Lou28 | 326 | 8-Lamar Jackson rush quarterback scramble for 10 yards to the LOU38, 1ST DOWN LOU, out-of-bounds, clock 11:44. | PROWLER! 4 man rush, Sweat has a clean chance at the sack but just misses it, Hoskins takes a poor angle and Jackson stiff arms him. Good scramble from Jackson, kid made a nice play. |
| 1-10 | at Lou38 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson rush right for 10 yards to the LOU48, 1ST DOWN LOU, out-of-bounds (42-Lamarcus Brutus), clock 11:11. | Walker does a good job reading this, but the kid is a really good athlete. When he has the entire field side to outrun Walker, he's going to. |
| 1-10 | at Lou48 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson sideline pass complete to 80-Charles Standberry for 1 yard to the LOU49, out-of-bounds, clock 10:43. | Play action, Jackson hits the underneath crosser. Terrible TV angle, can't see anything downfield. Walker needs to get his hands up but he's clearly worried about the scramble. |
| 2-9 | at Lou49 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson slant pass complete to 7-Reggie Bonnafon for 23 yards to the FS28, 1ST DOWN LOU (3J-Derwin James), clock 10:07. | Noles tip blitz with 6, bring 5 and Pugh drops... But considerably too wide, allowing a massive gap between hook and flat zones where Bonnafon gets the ball with ease. Zone pressure is good. Zone pressure where your dropping DL totally messes up a pretty simple assignment is not. |
| 1-10 | at Fs28 | 425 | 7-Reggie Bonnafon rush right for 9 yards to the FS19 (27-Marquez White), clock 09:23. | Inverted veer, Hoskins tries to play this too wide and opens up a lane. Good job from Quez to force him back inside and get off his block to make the play. |
| 2-1 | at Fs19 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson deep pass complete to 17-James Quick for 19 yards to the FS0, 1ST DOWN LOU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:08. | Hunter slips. Touchdown. Then makes a stupid penalty. |
| Unsportsmanlike conduct on #1-Hunter. Will be enforced on the kickoff. | Take a seat, kid. | |||
| 45-John Wallace kick attempt good. | ||||
| Louisville 14, Florida State 13 | ||||
| 1-G | at Lou35 | PENALTY FS unsportsmanlike conduct (1H-Tyler Hunter) 15 yards to the 50 yardline. | ||
| Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:01 | Some defensive errors here, also a couple nice plays from UL. | |||
| 45-John Wallace kickoff 50 yards to the FS0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 09:08. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | 21 Bunch | 6-Everett Golson screen pass complete to 4-Dalvin Cook for 5 yards to the FS30 (44-Pio Vatuvei), clock 08:42. | Mavety messes up here. Takes too long getting out, may not have realized he was supposed to get out.Dalvin somehow makes 5 out of -1. |
| 2-5 | at Fs30 | 11 Pistol | 6-Everett Golson sideline pass incomplete to 81-Ryan Izzo, QB hurry by 44-Pio Vatuvei, clock 08:17. | Golson looks like he made a mistake here - he fakes PA wrong way, but Bell gets beat so badly even the right play wouldn't have worked. Terrible. |
| 3-5 | at Fs30 | 11 Gun | 6-Everett Golson middle right pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for 70 yards to the LOU0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:05. | Trips to field, can't see anything downfield because of terrible angles. Golson forced out of pockets, scrambles and finds Kermit in MOF. Kermit's speed takes him home. Great throw from Golson doesn't slow him down, either. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 20, Louisville 14 | ||||
| Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:06 | Helps to have great athletes. | |||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 64 yards to the LOU1, 9-Traveon Smauel return 16 yards to the LOU17, out-of-bounds (42-Lamarcus Brutus). | Great kick and coverage. | |||
| 1-10 | at Lou17 | LOUISVILLE drive start at 08:02. | ||
| 1-10 | at Lou17 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson rush over left end for 1 yard to the LOU18 (5-Reggie Northrup), clock 07:46. | Great job by Sweat of playing the block and giving Jackson nowhere to go on the keeper. Probably should have given on the inverted veer. |
| 2-9 | at Lou18 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson slant pass incomplete to 17-James Quick, clock 07:20. | Noles tip blitz and send 5 with Hoskins. They run all slants and throw at Javien Elliott who just entered the game. Poor throw. |
| 3-9 | at Lou18 | 416 | 23-Brandon Radcliff rush over right end for 10 yards to the LOU28, 1ST DOWN LOU (16-Jacob Pugh), clock 07:09. | PROWLER! unexpectedly isn't a great system for keeping a contained pass rush. Javien Elliott slips while trying to break down and Radcliff is able to get the first down. |
| 1-10 | at Lou28 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson wide receiver screen right pass complete to 2-Jamari Staples for loss of 3 yards to the LOU25 (8-Jalen Ramsey), clock 06:52. | Bubble - don't try to do this against Jalen Ramsey if your WR isn't going to give a good effort. Ramsey pops the kid's hat off before making the TFL. Fantastic. |
| 2-13 | at Lou25 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson wide receiver screen left pass incomplete to 87-Jaylen Smith, clock 06:40. | UL has trips to field and Noles playing off - so bubble. Jackson throws it terribly behind. |
| 3-13 | at Lou25 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson crossing pass complete to 87-Jaylen Smith for 16 yards to the LOU41, 1ST DOWN LOU (1H-Tyler Hunter), clock 06:26. | Reggie Northrup jumps underneath drag route in zone! Just terrible here - Jimbo talked bad about the backers for a reason. Can't do that. |
| 1-10 | at Lou41 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson rush over right tackle for 3 yards to the LOU44 (4N-Giorgio Newberry), clock 05:58. | Inverted veer, Jackson keeps. Excellent job by Newberry to stay at home, interior DL holds up at LOS and Jackson has nowhere to go but fall forward. |
| 2-7 | at Lou44 | 425 | 8-Lamar Jackson rush right for 2 yards to the LOU46 (99-Nile LawrenceStample), clock 05:19. | Sprint out to boundary, Newberry does a great job shedding and forcing Jackson back inside to waiting NLS. |
| 3-5 | at Lou46 | 416 | 8-Lamar Jackson sacked for loss of 10 yards to the LOU36 (3J-Derwin James), fumble by 8-Lamar Jackson recovered by FS 9-Josh Sweat at LOU36. | Derwin blitzes from backside untouched and absolutely demolishes Jackson, sending the ball out and letting Sweat recover it. Man, this kid has some Telvin/Joyner type closing speed. |
| Drive: 9 plays, 19 yards, TOP 03:11 | Fantastic defense here aside from a 3rd down fail. | |||
| 1-10 | at Lou36 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 04:51. | ||
| Official Review: Call on the field is a fumbled recovered by FSU. | ||||
| Official Review: Call on the field is confirmed. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Lou36 | 21 Gun | 8W-Kermit Whitfield rush reverse for loss of 1 yard to the LOU37, out-of-bounds. | Reverse off split zone action, well read by UL defenders who don't fast flow. Maybe this action isn't great to set up the reverse because it doesn't cause the same fast flow wide zone action does. |
| Previous play was an end-around reverse rush. | ||||
| 2-11 | at Lou37 | 21 Gun | 6-Everett Golson middle right pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 8 yards to the LOU29 (55-Keith Kelsey), PENALTY LOU personal foul (1A-Keith Brown) 15 yards to the LOU14, 1ST DOWN FS. | Snag and curl/flat. Golson hits Rudolph in hook zone on the hitch on the snag side. Good throw and decision. Really silly, clear targeting from Kelsey. Good call and ejection. |
| 1-10 | at Lou14 | 1st and 10. | ||
| 1-10 | at Lou14 | Clock 04:08. | ||
| Official Review: Call on the field is targeting against #1-Brown. | ||||
| Official Review: Call on the field stands. #1-Brown is ejected. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Lou14 | 21 Tight | 4-Dalvin Cook rush left for 14 yards to the LOU0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:50. | Amazing blocks and effort from Rudolph, Izzo and Johnson on the left side. Dalvin makes one guy miss and he's gone. Fantastic all around. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 27, Louisville 14 | ||||
| Drive: 3 plays, 36 yards, TOP 01:06 | Noles get the 2 score lead and this game is now comfortable. | |||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 58 yards to the LOU7, 4-Corvin Lamb return 33 yards to the LOU40 (19-Roberto Aguayo). | 3 and 4 out of lane, allow far too much space. Good job cleaning it up, 'Berto. | |||
| 1-10 | at Lou40 | LOUISVILLE drive start at 03:45. | ||
| 1-10 | at Lou40 | 8-Lamar Jackson deep pass intercepted by 14-Javien Elliott at the FS13, 14-Javien Elliott return 4 yards to the FS17 (17-James Quick). | Broadcast comes into this super late again. Play action, Quick falls as Jackson throws it and Elliott has as easy a pick as you can expect. | |
| Drive: 1 plays, 0 yards, TOP 00:13 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs17 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 03:32. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs17 | 21 Bunch | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over left guard for 8 yards to the FS25 (25-Josh Harvey-Clemons;32-Stacy Thomas), clock 03:21. | IZ left, Dalvin has space and flies up the hole in the middle. Easy yards. |
| Injured player for Louisville is #55-Kelsey. Walks off the field. | ||||
| 2-2 | at Fs25 | 21 Tight | 4-Dalvin Cook rush left for 8 yards to the FS33, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (22-Chucky Williams), clock 02:58. | Split zone, Dalvin cuts back to boundary side on the left, has tons of space for an easy first down. |
| 1-10 | at Fs33 | 21 I | 4-Dalvin Cook rush up middle for no gain to the FS33 (13-James Burgess;92-Devonte' Fields), clock 02:14. | Inside zone, Kelly and Hoefeld struggle to hold their blocks up and there isn't anywhere to go. |
| 2-10 | at Fs33 | 20 Pony | 6-Everett Golson middle right pass complete to 23-Freddie Stevenson for 17 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN FS (26-Duke Culver), PENALTY LOU personal foul (92-Devonte' Fields) 15 yards to the LOU35, 1ST DOWN FS, clock 01:52. | Play action, snag concept and Golson hits Freddie in the flat. Nice job from Freddie to turn up field and get some extra yards. Fields hits Golson just slightly late, this is a bit ticky tacky. |
| 1-10 | at Lou35 | 1st and 10. | ||
| 1-10 | at Lou35 | 20 Pony | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right tackle for 4 yards to the LOU31 (32-Stacy Thomas), clock 01:21. | Wide zone to boundary, Dalvin cuts up into hole and gets some yards. Mavety and Hoefeld need to do a better job communicating and getting one of themselves up the field. |
| 2-6 | at Lou31 | 20 Singleback | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right tackle for 3 yards to the LOU28 (32-Stacy Thomas;97-DeAngelo Brown), clock 00:58. | Counter off wide zone action. |
| 3-3 | at Lou28 | PENALTY FS false start (15-Travis Rudolph) 5 yards to the LOU33, clock 00:40. | Just jumped a bit. | |
| 3-8 | at Lou33 | 11 Gun | 6-Everett Golson middle pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 13 yards to the LOU20, 1ST DOWN FS, clock 00:09. | Can't see downfield action well, but appears to be a deep switch. Golson does a good job getting this off under pressure to hit an open man with no one around him. Poor throw, but good decision and throw is fine in the circumstance |
| Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, TOP 05:48 | ||||
| Florida State 27, Louisville 14 | Good quarter on both sides of the ball, really. |