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| D-D | At | Formation | Play | Analysis |
| 1-10 | at Fs35 | Clock 15:00. | ||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 65 yards to the WF0, Wade, C return 14 yards to the WF14 (James, D.). | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf14 | 4-2-5 | Colburn, M rush up middle for 3 yards to the WF17 (Nnadi, D.;Walker, D.). | Weird looking play from Wake as the right guard looks like he's trying to pull but the rest of the line appears to be blocking the dive. Double team at the point moves Nnadi but he sheds and makes the tackle as the back goes by. |
| 2-7 | at Wf17 | PENALTY FS offside (Nnadi, D.) 5 yards to the WF22. | ||
| 2-2 | at Wf22 | 4-2-5 | Colburn, M rush up middle for 3 yards to the WF25, 1ST DOWN WF (LawrenceStample). | Split zone which is inside zone with a tight end or H-back blocking back against the flow to trap the unblocked end. Nnadi blows up the play with penetration, the back manages to clear the traffic and NLS is waiting on him to make the tackle for no gain, but just misses it. |
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K post pass incomplete to Hines, T. | FSU shows blitz, Wake makes a check and FSU kills the blitz and plays Cover 2. The Wake QB tries to fit a post route in to the tight end behind the backer and in front of the safety, but Terrance Smith gets enough depth to make it an extremely difficult throw. |
| 2-10 | at Wf25 | 4-2-5 | Bell, T rush over right tackle for 14 yards to the WF39, 1ST DOWN WF (Brutus, L.;Andrews, N.). | Split zone again and Terrance Smith completely misreads it, following the tight end blocking back against the flow and leaving the playside wide open. |
| 1-10 | at Wf39 | 4-2-5 | Bell, T rush over right guard for 3 yards to the WF42 (Nnadi, D.;Smith, T.). | Lead zone this time and Terrance Smith is in the hole to meet the back, but stops his feet and momentum and gets shoved backwards. |
| 2-7 | at Wf42 | 4-2-5 | Colburn, M rush up middle for 3 yards to the WF45 (LawrenceStample;Sweat, J.). | Inside zone and FSU is fitting the run well, they just aren't playing with any aggression. Standing up and hand fighting on the DL, backers stopping their feet instead of getting downhill. |
| 3-4 | at Wf45 | 4-2-5 Nascar | Hinton, K sacked for loss of 4 yards to the WF41 (Walker, D.;Newberry, G.). | End tackle twist from the right side of the line (with Derwin James as a standup DE) flushes the QB and Demarcus Walker cleans it up for the sack. |
| 4-8 | at Wf41 | Kinal, A punt 47 yards to the FS12, downed. | ||
| Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards, TOP 04:14 | Defense is in the right places for the most part, just not playing aggressive. DL standing up and playing patty cake, backers not getting downhill into their run fits or meeting the back with aggression. If you stand there and wait on the back, he will knock you backwards and gain 3 yards even if you fit the gap perfectly. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs12 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 10:46. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs12 | 21 Gun | Golson, E. sideline pass complete to Rudolph, T. for 6 yards to the FS18 (Gaulden, D). | Play action snag route. Good protection and a nice throw in rhythm. The corner route was open, too. |
| 2-4 | at Fs18 | 10 Gun | Golson, E. sideline pass incomplete to Wilson, J., dropped pass. | Overload blitz from the field is picked up well and Golson hits the hitch against soft coverage. Should be a first down but Bobo drops it. |
| 3-4 | at Fs18 | 20 Gun Pony | Golson, E. sideline pass incomplete to Rudolph, T.. | Deep curl against Quarters coverage from Wake. Golson tries to lead Rudolph outside and just overdoes it, making the catch extremely difficult. In the meeting room Jimbo will probably point out that Kermit Whitfield is one on one vs. a linebacker on a vertical route on this play. |
| 4-4 | at Fs18 | Beatty, C. punt 31 yards to the FS49, out-of-bounds. | Missed assignment here as the end man on the line for Wake is completely unblocked. Not sure how he doesn't block it. | |
| Drive: 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 00:46 | Just not in sync. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs49 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 10:00. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs49 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass incomplete to Lewis, C, QB hurry by Pugh, J.. | Play action rollout and FSU covers it very well, QB has to throw it away. Good discipline by Jacon Pugh. |
| 2-10 | at Fs49 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Lewis, C for 6 yards to the FS43 (Ramsey, J.). | Speed out vs. soft coverage from FSU. Easy pitch and catch. |
| 3-4 | at Fs43 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Hines, T for 1 yard to the FS42 (Hunter, T.). | Phenomenal coverage on the jerk route by Tyler Hunter. This route is designed to beat man coverage but Hunter is in the receiver's hip pocket the whole way. |
| 4-3 | at Fs42 | Kinal, A punt 36 yards to the FS6, out-of-bounds. | ||
| Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 01:29 | Wake Forest decides to come out throwing because reasons and promptly goes 3 and out. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs06 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 08:31. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs06 | 22 | Cook, D. rush up middle for 94 yards to the WF0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:17. | Zone counter. This has been FSU's best run play by a wide margin so far this season. Just inside zone with a designed bend backside after the mesh point. The blocking got 4 yards, Dalvin got the other 90. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 7, Wake Forest 0 | ||||
| Drive: 1 plays, 94 yards, TOP 00:14 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 65 yards to the WF0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 08:17. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf25 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K rush quarterback draw for 6 yards to the WF31 (Northrup, R.). | Zone read. Walker and the backers all follow the back and the backside gap is wide open. |
| 2-4 | at Wf31 | 4-2-5 | Bell, T rush over left guard for 6 yards to the WF37, 1ST DOWN WF (Brutus, L.). | Interesting play, Iso blocking with a wing tight end leading through the hole. Lorenzo Philips vacates his gap when he reads the puller and creates a cutback lane for the back. |
| 1-10 | at Wf37 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Serigne, C for 16 yards to the FS47, 1ST DOWN WF (Andrews, N.). | Trey Marshall is fooled by the fake bubble play and lets the tight end get a free release upfield. |
| 1-10 | at Fs47 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K rush up middle for 11 yards to the FS36, 1ST DOWN WF. | QB draw. Lorenzo Philips chases the back across the formation, possibly because it's his coverage responsibility, but it creates a giant lane for the QB. |
| FSU's Andrews injured on the play | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs36 | 4-2-5 | Bell, T rush up middle for 5 yards to the FS31 (James, D.;Northrup, R.). | 91 gets pancaked and 99 gets shoved backwards 5 yards on inside zone. Unacceptable. Vicious tackle by Derwin James. |
| 2-5 | at Fs31 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K crossing pass complete to Lewis, C for 6 yards to the FS25, 1ST DOWN WF (James, D.). | Mesh/shallow cross type concept with the crossers turning into blockers as they come into the middle of the field. Derwin James and Trey Marshall on the same side of the field is probably a little too much youth in one place. |
| 1-10 | at Fs25 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Lewis, C for 7 yards to the FS18, out-of-bounds. | Speed out vs. quarters. Pitch and catch. |
| 2-3 | at Fs18 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Lewis, C for 6 yards to the FS12, 1ST DOWN WF. | Packaged play, counter with a bubble and a hitch. Wake WR gets away with a pretty clear pushoff and makes a great diving catch. |
| 1-10 | at Fs12 | 4-2-5 | Bell, T rush over left guard for 4 yards to the FS8 (Northrup, R.). | Nnadi tries to run around a block on an inside zone run. |
| 2-6 | at Fs08 | 4-2-5 | Bell, T rush up middle for 3 yards to the FS5 (Pugh, J.;Northrup, R.). | NLS just gets whooped and shoved 5 yards backwards on another inside zone run. |
| 3-3 | at Fs05 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K crossing pass incomplete to Brent, KJ, QB hurry by Northrup, R.. | FSU rushes 3 and drops 8 into coverage, blanketing the routes. Wake QB has no where to go with it. |
| 4-3 | at Fs05 | PENALTY WF false start (Osterhage, P) 5 yards to the FS10. | ||
| 4-8 | at Fs10 | Weaver, M field goal attempt from 28 GOOD, clock 02:57. | ||
| Florida State 7, Wake Forest 3 | Some really poor effort and unacceptable play from the DL on this drive. | |||
| Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards, TOP 05:20 | ||||
| Weaver, M kickoff 62 yards to the FS3, Whitfield, K. return 21 yards to the FS24 (Dancel, Z). | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs24 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 02:57. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs24 | 21 Offset Strong | Cook, D. rush left for no gain to the FS24 (Banks, J;Calhoun, C). | Outside zone is blocked very poorly. Wilson Bell doesn't even get a piece of the nose, eliminating any possibility of a cut back. |
| 2-10 | at Fs24 | 21 Gun Tight | Golson, E. crossing pass complete to Izzo, R. for 8 yards to the FS32 (Lee, M). | All curls. Travis Rudolph lets the ball bounce off his chest plate and it falls into Ryan Izzo's hands. Better to be lucky than good sometimes. |
| 3-2 | at Fs32 | 10 Gun Trips | Golson, E. screen pass complete to Cook, D. for 8 yards to the FS40, 1ST DOWN FS (Janvion, R). | Fake jet sweep, throw to the back leaking out the back side. Well timed call would go for more but Dalvin pulls up and runs out of bounds. |
| 1-10 | at Fs40 | 10 Gun | Golson, E. sideline pass incomplete to Rudolph, T.. | Double smash. Good read, and throw is behind him. Rudolph does have to turn awkwardly but needs to make this catch. |
| 2-10 | at Fs40 | 11 Gun | Golson, E. screen pass complete to Rudolph, T. for loss of 2 yards to the FS38 (Lee, M). | Tunnel screen works about as well as usual. Jonathon Vickers is the one who misses the block this time. |
| 3-12 | at Fs38 | 11 Gun | Golson, E. deep out pass complete to Rudolph, T. for 25 yards to the WF37, 1ST DOWN FS (Glenn, C;Gaulden, D). | Camera angle is too tight to say for sure, but it looks like a deep comeback vs. Quarters. |
| 1-10 | at Wf37 | Clock 00:00. | ||
| Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, TOP 06:49 | ||||
| Florida State 7, Wake Forest 3 | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf37 | Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf37 | 11 Gun | Golson, E. rush up middle for 1 yard to the WF36 (Banks, J). | All curls. Wake blitzes from the field and Golson doesn't identify it. If he reads the side the blitz is coming from, he has two open receivers. Instead he reads the other side where no one is open and has to tuck it and run. Ball needs to go to the tight end. |
| 2-9 | at Wf36 | 11 Gun | Golson, E. sideline pass complete to Whitfield, K. for 4 yards to the WF32 (Gaulden, D;Kemp, D). | Packaged play, OZ with a bubble. Rudolph has to get a better block on the bubble. |
| 3-5 | at Wf32 | 11 Gun Tight | Golson, E. sideline pass complete to Whitfield, K. for 12 yards to the WF20, 1ST DOWN FS (Okonye, J). | Really really nice throw on the bench route. |
| 1-10 | at Wf20 | 22 | Vickers, J. rush up middle for no gain to the WF20 (Chubb, B;Kemp, D). | Inside zone. Hoefeld gets knocked back into the path of the running back, dooming the play. |
| 2-10 | at Wf20 | 21 Gun Pony Twins | Golson, E. rush left for 8 yards to the WF12 (Chubb, B;Glenn, C). | Snag concept to the twins side, but Golson is reading the tight end the whole way, and pulls it down to run when he doesn't like what he sees. |
| 3-2 | at Wf12 | 23 | Vickers, J. rush over left guard for 3 yards to the WF9, 1ST DOWN FS (Watson, B). | FSU brings in an extra OL, adding Brock Ruble to the strong side of the formation. Play is zone extra, inside zone with a lead block from the full back. Vickers cuts back away from the lead block and secures the first down, but there were more yards behind the fullback. |
| 1-G | at Wf09 | Timeout Florida State, clock 11:13. | Not sure why FSU called timeout here. The play they had called was going to score. | |
| 1-G | at Wf09 | 11 Gun | Vickers, J. rush up middle for 9 yards to the WF0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:08. | Outside zone. Good job of sealing the cutback lane by the OL. Good read and cut by the back. |
| Aguayo, R. kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 14, Wake Forest 3 | Really nice drive. | |||
| Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 06:49 | ||||
| Aguayo, R. kickoff 55 yards to the WF10, Wade, C return 12 yards to the WF22 (Hoskins, R.), PENALTY FS offside 5 yards to the WF27, 1st and 10, WF ball on WF27. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf27 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 11:08. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf27 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K screen pass complete to Wade, C for 2 yards to the WF29 (Ramsey, J.;Hoskins, R.). | Packaged play to Jalen Ramsey's side. Not having any of it. |
| 2-8 | at Wf29 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K slant pass complete to Lewis, C for 8 yards to the WF37, 1ST DOWN WF (Marshall, T.). | Pop pass play is open. Would like to see Trey Marshall contest the catch a bit more here. |
| 1-10 | at Wf37 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K crossing pass complete to Serigne, C for 5 yards to the WF42 (Northrup, R.). | Levels concept vs. man free coverage and Northrup can't get under it. |
| 2-5 | at Wf42 | 4-2-5 | Robinson, I rush over right tackle for 2 yards to the WF44 (Nnadi, D.). | Same iso action with the wing pulling through the middle and again it pulls the linebacker out of the gap. Weird play is messing with the backers keys. They're expecting a counter run when they see a tightend pulling against flow. |
| 3-3 | at Wf44 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K rush quarterback draw for 6 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN WF (James, D.;Walker, D.). | Taking advantage of FSU's aggressive 3rd down pass rush with a QB draw. |
| 1-10 | at Wf50 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Robinson, I for 8 yards to the FS42 (Brutus, L.;Hoskins, R.). | Pick play, with the receiver getting in Brutus's way as he attacks the back on the flare route. |
| 2-2 | at Fs42 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K rush up middle for 3 yards to the FS39, 1ST DOWN WF. | Chris Casher fakes an inside move and goes outside, leaving a huge rush lane for the QB. |
| 1-10 | at Fs39 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K slant pass complete to Serigne, C for 17 yards to the FS22, 1ST DOWN WF (Marshall, T.). | Play action freezes Reggie Northrup, allowing the tight end to get open behind him on a post route. |
| 1-10 | at Fs22 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K rush up middle for 4 yards to the FS18 (Northrup, R.;Christmas, D.). | Counter trey with the quarterback carrying the ball. Wake successfully draws the FSU defenders inside then gets the edge. |
| 2-6 | at Fs18 | 4-2-5 | Robinson, I rush over right guard for 2 yards to the FS16 (Hoskins, R.). | Variant of zone read. The backside tackle invites the DE upfield by taking a pass set, and the QB is actually reading the Will backer. Hoskins stays home and then chases the play from behind. |
| 3-4 | at Fs16 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sideline pass complete to Serigne, C for 6 yards to the FS10, 1ST DOWN WF (Smith, K.). | FSU brings the house on a blitz and doesn't get there. A rub route between the WR and TE prevents Keelin Smith from arriving in time to contest the catch. |
| 1-G | at Fs10 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K rush right for 3 yards to the FS7 (Brutus, L.). | Inverted veer catches Walker inside when the QB pulls. Tremendous agility from Brutus to bring the QB down despite having bad leverage. |
| 2-G | at Fs07 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K crossing pass complete to Serigne, C for 7 yards to the FS0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:12. | FSU rushes 3 and drops Josh Sweat into coverage. He doesn't get enough depth and the TE is able to find space on the drive route. Would much rather have Pugh in if that's the defense you're going to call. |
| Weaver, M kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 14, Wake Forest 10 | Actually a really well called drive by Wake. Exploiting FSU's depleted linebackers by putting them in run/pass binds and using rub routes to create space for their receivers vs. the blitz. | |||
| Drive: 13 plays, 73 yards, TOP 06:56 | ||||
| Weaver, M kickoff 62 yards to the FS3, Whitfield, K. return 21 yards to the FS24 (Okonye, J). | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs24 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 04:12. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs24 | 10 Gun | Golson, E. sideline pass complete to Lane, E. for 7 yards to the FS31 (Austin, D). | Hitch vs. soft coverage. Take the free yards. |
| 2-3 | at Fs31 | 10 Gun | Vickers, J. rush over right tackle for 2 yards to the FS33 (Chubb, B;Shaw, R). | Outside zone would have gone for a good gain, but Hoefeld can't sustain his block against the playside backer. |
| 3-1 | at Fs33 | 23 | Vickers, J. rush over left tackle for 2 yards to the FS35, 1ST DOWN FS (Williams, H). | 6 OL package again. Zone extra. Chad Mavety allows some penetration. Really good job by Vickers of staying patient and picking his way forward for the first down. |
| 1-10 | at Fs35 | 10 Gun Trips | Golson, E. sideline pass complete to Rudolph, T. for 6 yards to the FS41 (Dancel, Z;Chubb, B). | Levels concept to the trips side. Nice throw and catch. |
| 2-4 | at Fs41 | 11 Trey | Golson, E. rush up middle for 6 yards to the FS47, 1ST DOWN FS (Stewart, C). | Golson checks to a pass here, has the man wide open in the flat, but hesitates too long and has to scramble. |
| 1-10 | at Fs47 | 10 Gun | Golson, E. sideline pass incomplete to Wilson, J. (Watson, B). | Double smash. Throw to the hitch is a little late, allowing the defender to hit Wilson as the ball is arriving. Still need to catch this ball. |
| 2-10 | at Fs47 | PENALTY FS false start (Hoefeld, R.) 5 yards to the FS42. | ||
| 2-15 | at Fs42 | 10 Gun | Golson, E. slant pass incomplete to Rudolph, T. (Watson, B), QB hurry by Chubb, B. | First bad decision of the day for Golson as he tries to hit Rudolph on a skinny post vs. a single high safety. This is going to result in an interception or a decapitated receiver almost every time. The crossing route is very open. Bad read. |
| 3-15 | at Fs42 | 10 Gun | Golson, E. sacked for loss of 13 yards to the FS29 (Dancel, Z). | FSU has an orbit screen on that will probably go for a first down, but Vickers can't get to his blitz pickup and Golson is flushed from the pocket before he can set up. |
| 4-28 | at Fs29 | Timeout Wake Forest, clock 01:03. | ||
| 4-28 | at Fs29 | Beatty, C. punt 44 yards to the WF27, Hines, T return 7 yards to the WF34 (Northrup, R.;Marshall, T.), PENALTY WF roughing the kicker declined. | ||
| Drive: 8 plays, 5 yards, TOP 03:18 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Wf34 | WAKE FOREST drive start at 00:54. | ||
| 1-10 | at Wf34 | 4-2-5 | Colburn, M rush over right guard for 4 yards to the WF38 (Pugh, J.;Newberry, G.). | Inside zone. Nice shed by Jacob Pugh. |
| 2-6 | at Wf38 | 4-2-5 | Colburn, M rush up middle for 18 yards to the FS44, 1ST DOWN WF (Hunter, T.;James, D.). | Lead draw. Reggie Northrup misses the tackle. |
| 1-10 | at Fs44 | Timeout Wake Forest, clock 00:09. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs44 | 4-2-5 | Hinton, K sacked for loss of 4 yards to the FS48 (Walker, D.), fumble by Hinton, K recovered by FS Sweat, J. at FS48. | Nice pass rush and strip sack. Unfortuantely it comes as time expires. |
| Drive: 3 plays, 18 yards, TOP 00:54 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs48 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 00:00. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs48 | End of half, clock 00:00. | ||
| Florida State 14, Wake Forest 10 |