Every week we break down the result of the previous Florida State game. Who really played well for the Seminoles against NC State? Which players played poorly? Where did the coaches do well, and when did they screw up?
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| 1-10 | at Fs41 | Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs41 | PENALTY FS false start (3-Jesus Wilson) 5 yards to the FS36, clock 15:00. | Now receivers are false starting. | |
| 1-15 | at Fs36 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson rush option right for loss of 1 yard to the FS35 (49-Bradley Chubb;32-Riley Nicholson), clock 14:35. | QB sweep autocheck with back to the 2 WR side. Mavety lets the edge get set on him but does keep running his guy, neither guard picks up the LB. |
| 2-16 | at Fs35 | 10 gun | 6-Everett Golson deep out pass incomplete to 8-Jalen Ramsey, QB hurry by 90-Mike Rose, clock 14:18. | 6-man protection, Are thinks he has help from Eberle on the DT, but Eberle slides to pick up a blitzing backer and Are has no angle on the DT. |
| 3-16 | at Fs35 | Timeout NC State, clock 14:18. | ||
| 3-16 | at Fs35 | 10 gun | 6-Everett Golson post pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for 25 yards to the ST40, 1ST DOWN FS (8-Dravious Wright), clock 14:00. | Deep slant from Whitfield is a really good route against the Cover-2 man NC State is playing. Throw may have been tipped but it gets there. Golson gets hit up high, no call. |
| 1-10 | at St40 | 22 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for no gain to the ST40 (98-B.J. Hill), clock 13:41. | LSU deep toss play to the boundary, Wilson Bell just doesn't move his feet to get the DT, play is dead. |
| 2-10 | at St40 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson wide receiver screen left pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 2 yards to the ST38 (2-Josh Jones;58-Airius Moore), clock 13:15. | Bubble screen, well played by NC STate. Wilson got blown up trying to block. |
| 3-8 | at St38 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson middle left pass complete to 81-Ryan Izzo for 12 yards to the ST26, 1ST DOWN FS (2-Josh Jones), clock 12:34. | Golson screws this up. Izzo is wide open and Golson has time to hit him, but he dosn't see it, then basically allows trouble to get there, but he evades it and hits Izzo again. But this is a bad play with a good result. |
| 1-10 | at St26 | 22 | 9S-Jacques Patrick rush over right tackle for 1 yard to the ST25 (35-Kentavius Street;58-Airius Moore), clock 11:56. | Patrick needs to cut this zone run back, hits the wrong hole. |
| 2-9 | at St25 | 12 | 9S-Jacques Patrick rush over right guard for loss of 1 yard to the ST26 (1-Hakim Jones;58-Airius Moore), clock 11:19. | IZ, Ryan Izzo gets beat across his face and Patrick has nowhere to go. Cook (ankle injury) would have made something out of the previous run, but not on this one. |
| 3-10 | at St26 | Timeout Florida State, clock 10:56. | ||
| 3-10 | at St26 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson deep pass intercepted by 6-Niles Clark at the ST12, 6-Niles Clark return 0 yards to the ST12. | This one is just on Everett Golson. He has BoBo Wilson, but needs to throw the ball earlier and get it over the linebacker, and does neither. Golson had been lucky on late, inaccurate throws earlier in the year but not today. Good play by the backer, too. |
| Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, TOP 04:34 | ||||
| 1-10 | at St12 | NC STATE drive start at 10:50. | ||
| 1-10 | at St12 | 4-2-5 | 7-Nyheim Hines rush right for 14 yards to the ST26, 1ST DOWN ST (5-Reggie Northrup;3J-Derwin James). | NC State blows this, leaves Walker unblocked, Walker gets Juked out and Hunter, Northrup and Smith either don't get off blocks or take poor angles. |
| 1-10 | at St26 | 4-2-5 | 7-Nyheim Hines rush right for 5 yards to the ST31, out-of-bounds (5-Reggie Northrup). | Northrup just not fast enough over the top and it's a decent gain. Smith also gets blocked too easily here by a good blocking tight end. |
| 2-5 | at St31 | 4-2-5 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sideline pass incomplete to 87-Maurice Trowell, clock 09:57. | Bad snap not handled well, throw is rushed and is low on rollout. |
| 3-5 | at St31 | 4-1-6 | 12-Jacoby Brissett middle left pass complete to 86-David J. Grinnage for 10 yards to the ST41, 1ST DOWN ST, clock 09:45. | NC State deserves credit for picking up the blitz. Brissett steps up and throws a strike. |
| 1-10 | at St41 | 4-2-5 | 28-Jaylen Samuels rush up middle for 1 yard to the ST42 (91-Derrick Nnadi;44-DeMarcus Walker), clock 09:16. | Nnadi and Sweat stand up their blockers and Walker makes the tackle. Just beating blocks physically. |
| 2-9 | at St42 | PENALTY ST false start (71-Alex Barr) 5 yards to the ST37, clock 08:58. | ||
| 2-14 | at St37 | 4-2-5 | 12-Jacoby Brissett wide receiver screen right pass complete to 28-Jaylen Samuels for 6 yards to the ST43 (18-Ro'Derrick Hoskins;3J-Derwin James), clock 08:11. | FSU does not react well here to motion, as NCSU has 4 to the field and yet FSU has 5 on the boundary hash or narrower, but Hoskins has good hustle and Javien Elliott took on a block well to limit the damage. FSU should have bumped out to close distance. One of few times on day it didn't adjust well. Overall very good. |
| 3-8 | at St43 | 3-1-7 | 12-Jacoby Brissett thrown away pass incomplete, QB hurry by 3J-Derwin James. | Very well executed cowboy blitz, Elliott peels to take away a hot, FSU keeps decent contain, James comes free up the middle to force QB off his mark. |
| 4-8 | at St43 | 9A-A.J. Cole punt 42 yards to the FS15, 3-Jesus Wilson return 21 yards to the FS36 (44-Ford Howell;48-Cole Cook). | Good job to avoid BITB by the backer. | |
| Drive: 7 plays, 31 yards, TOP 03:18 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs36 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 07:32. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs36 | 10-Sean Maguire at QB for Florida State. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs36 | 12 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for 8 yards to the FS44 (20-Mike Stevens;49-Bradley Chubb), clock 07:07. | Excellently blocked counter play, would like for Wilson to sustain i sblock better. |
| 2-2 | at Fs44 | 22 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right end for loss of 2 yards to the FS42 (8-Dravious Wright), clock 06:41. | Split zone and man does this have a chance to go is Eberle can get his block, but DL beats him. |
| 3-4 | at Fs42 | 10 gun | 10-Sean Maguire slant pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 11 yards to the ST47, 1ST DOWN FS, clock 06:08. | Awesome job to handle high snap and fire strike for the slant. Good route by BoBo Wilson, too. |
| 1-10 | at St47 | 21 gun | 10-Sean Maguire thrown away pass incomplete to 4-Dalvin Cook, clock 05:51. | First down, doesn't see anyone open, this is fine. |
| Injured player for FSU is #23-Stevenson. Assisted to the sideline. | ||||
| 2-10 | at St47 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire crossing pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for 17 yards to the ST30, 1ST DOWN FS, clock 05:42. | This is one awesome job of hanging in and taking a shot. Kermit gets open and catches it. Zone blitz not well handled by FSU's offensive line. Rod Johnson needs to peel off and take the outside rusher. |
| 1-10 | at St30 | 11 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush left for 30 yards to the ST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:17. | Stretch with numbers, Rod Johnson excellent block after screwing up previous play, Dalvin Cook breaks a tackle, then two NC STate defenders run into each other, Dalvin jogs to the TD. It all starts with Johnson's block. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| NC State 17, Florida State 14 | ||||
| Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, TOP 02:15 | ||||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 65 yards to the ST0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at St25 | NC STATE drive start at 05:17. | ||
| 1-10 | at St25 | 4-2-5 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sideline pass complete to 28-Jaylen Samuels for 7 yards to the ST32, out-of-bounds (3J-Derwin James), clock 05:02. | Javien Elliott is too slow to react here and is still bailing as the ball is released. Better play is probably stopping this a few yards shorter. |
| 2-3 | at St32 | 4-2-5 | 27-Dakwa Nichols rush up middle for 9 yards to the ST41, 1ST DOWN ST (8-Jalen Ramsey;24-Terrance Smith), clock 04:49. | Nile Lawrence-Stample gets wrecked on a double team. Have to split those, gets washed. |
| 1-10 | at St41 | 4-2-5 | 12-Jacoby Brissett rush quarterback draw for 6 yards to the ST47 (3J-Derwin James), clock 04:26. | QB draw, nice play by NC State as FSU is aggressively rushing. Niceslam by Derwin James. |
| 2-4 | at St47 | 4-2-5 | 28-Jaylen Samuels rush left for loss of 1 yard to the ST46 (14-Javien Elliott), clock 03:41. | Tremendous job to take on and beat the block on the jet by Javien Elliott. Jacob Pugh had good pursuit over top, too. |
| 3-5 | at St46 | 4-1-6 | 12-Jacoby Brissett thrown away pass incomplete to 15-Johnathan Alston, QB hurry by 42-Lamarcus Brutus, clock 03:10. | FSU runs the same blitz it ran on the last series, Brutus free runner, White good coverage down the field, Brissett hs to get rid of it far too early. |
| 4-5 | at St46 | 9A-A.J. Cole punt 41 yards to the FS13, fair catch by 3-Jesus Wilson, PENALTY ST unsportsmanlike conduct (28-Jaylen Samuels) 15 yards to the FS28, 1st and 10, FS ball on FS28. | ||
| Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards, TOP 02:13 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs28 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 03:04. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs28 | 11 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush up middle for 6 yards to the FS34 (32-Riley Nicholson), clock 02:45. | Inside zone for a chunk. If Cook is healthy he has a decent shot to make the corner miss, I think. |
| 2-4 | at Fs34 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 10 yards to the FS44, 1ST DOWN FS (58-Airius Moore), clock 02:20. | Good pass protection, good route, good throw and good job taking what is there. This is the type of routine play Golson does not consistently hit. |
| 1-10 | at Fs44 | 11 | PENALTY FS false start (78-Wilson Bell) 5 yards to the FS39, clock 02:07. | Ugh |
| 1-15 | at Fs39 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass incomplete to 4-Dalvin Cook, PENALTY ST pass interference (8-Dravious Wright) 5 yards to the FS44, 1ST DOWN FS, NO PLAY, clock 01:47. | Well designed blitz by NC State makes it look like 6 rushers, but it's only four. Dalvin Cook should be hot but defender peeled, nobody to block the man up the middle, Maguire tosses it up to Cook and this is all kinds of dangerous, but the defender is interfering on the underthrown ball. |
| 1-10 | at Fs44 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire crossing pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 11 yards to the ST45, 1ST DOWN FS (29-Jack Tocho), clock 01:31. | Another zone blitz by NC State, Izzo held pretty badly by the DE, BoBo open on crosser, Maguire hits him in rhythm. Pass pro better. |
| 1-10 | at St45 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 8 yards to the ST37 (29-Jack Tocho), clock 01:10. | All curls, off coverage, Wilson and Maguire are in rhythm and it's a completion. |
| 2-2 | at St37 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass incomplete to 15-Travis Rudolph, clock 01:05. | I hope to God this is a throwaway but I fear that it is not. Rudolph is not open and this pass is too close to being a legit pass and a pick-six. |
| 3-2 | at St37 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 6 yards to the ST31, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds, clock 01:01. | Maguire has some gunslinger in him, good and bad, and here he moves well in the pocket and throws a dart sidearmed for the first down. |
| 1-10 | at St31 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire thrown away pass incomplete, QB hurry by 98-B.J. Hill, clock 00:55. | FSU's GCG again mishandle the zone blitz, this one up the gut, and Maguire throws it away. |
| 2-10 | at St31 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire middle right pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 8 yards to the ST23. | Maguire again evades pressure (Dalvin Cook blew a blitz pickup) and manages to flip the ball out on the run for a gain. Good improvising. |
| 3-2 | at St23 | Timeout Florida State, clock 00:47. | ||
| 3-2 | at St23 | Timeout NC State, clock 00:47. | ||
| 3-2 | at St23 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass incomplete to 15-Travis Rudolph, PENALTY FS pass interference declined. | Very good job of staying in the pocket, just cannot connect with Rudolph. NC State does good job to jump around pick. Like the play design, but Wilson cannot chuck the backer like this. |
| 4-2 | at St23 | 19-Roberto Aguayo field goal attempt from 40 GOOD, clock 00:38. | ||
| NC State 17, Florida State 17 | ||||
| Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, TOP 02:26 | Decent drive before the half to get more points. |