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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| 2-11 | at St24 | Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, FS ball on FS35. | ||
| FSU will kick to begin the 2nd half and defend the north goal. | ||||
| Drive: 1 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 00:38 | ||||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 65 yards to the ST0, touchback. | ||||
| 1-10 | at St25 | NC STATE drive start at 15:00. | ||
| 1-10 | at St25 | 12-Jacoby Brissett at QB for NC State. | ||
| 1-10 | at St25 | 425 | 7-Nyheim Hines rush left for loss of 1 yard to the ST24 (9-Josh Sweat), clock 14:44. | Strangely blocked by NCSU - OL blocked right, run play went left, but this wasn't power/counter/traditional down block run plays. This leaves Sweat free in the backfield to make an easy TFL. |
| 2-11 | at St24 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett middle right pass incomplete to 48-Cole Cook (5-Reggie Northrup), clock 14:33. | Cover 3 against All Curls, nothing doing. Everyone was well covered. |
| 3-11 | at St24 | 416 | 12-Jacoby Brissett crossing pass complete to 86-David J. Grinnage for 14 yards to the ST38, 1ST DOWN ST (14-Javien Elliott), clock 14:20. | Cover 1 man blitz, Elliott gets beat on the dig. Javicito is a good player but a dig is tough to cover. NCSU motioned presnap to trips and Noles did a good job aligning, just got beat in coverage. |
| 1-10 | at St38 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett deep pass incomplete to 86-David J. Grinnage, clock 14:16. | Coverage comes back in too late to see alignments, but James has the post very well covered down the middle. |
| 2-10 | at St38 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sideline pass incomplete to 85-Jumichael Ramos, dropped pass, clock 14:11. | Deep comebacks vs cover 3, Quez plays too far off and isn't there to make the play when the ball is thrown. Brissett throws it too far, so it doesn't hurt them. |
| 3-10 | at St38 | 416 NASCAR | 12-Jacoby Brissett crossing pass incomplete to 86-David J. Grinnage (29-Nate Andrews), clock 14:06. | Pass rush package, Noles show 5-6 blitzers, Ramsey joins 5 others from the boundary for a balls to the wall, cover 0 six man blitz. It doesn't get home quick enough, but Andrews does a great job covering his man in the intermediate middle. This is where 29 can shine. HOWEVER, this TE should be using collision as his friend. Jimbo would chew his ass out for not doing so. Proper technique is to pop the DB and come back to the ball. |
| 4-10 | at St38 | 9A-A.J. Cole punt 45 yards to the FS17, 3-Jesus Wilson return 0 yards to the FS17 (8-Dravious Wright). | ||
| Drive: 6 plays, 13 yards, TOP 01:03 | Great defensive drive - Safeties doing a great job aligning to Pack's motion. Pack trying to catch noles out of position and get advantages with trips. | |||
| 1-10 | at Fs17 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 13:57. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs17 | 10-Sean Maguire at QB for Florida State. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs17 | 20 Pony | 9S-Jacques Patrick rush left for 11 yards to the FS28, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (1-Hakim Jones), clock 13:44. | Noles had a first down before this was even snapped. Split zone left, and NCSU just simply didn't have the numbers here. If Bobo lays down a better cut, this play goes for another 5 yards. |
| 1-10 | at Fs28 | 11 Gun | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 10 yards to the FS38, 1ST DOWN FS (20-Mike Stevens), clock 13:15. | Play 10+ yards off Rudolph and they'll take free yards on the hitch all day. Sean has the arm to make that throw from the far hash all day. |
| 1-10 | at Fs38 | 11 Singleback | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right tackle for 6 yards to the FS44 (35-Kentavius Street), clock 12:48. | Inside zone right, huge hole in the playside A gap, but Bell can't get leverage and wall off the DT or this sucker is out the gate. You could legitimately give every OL a "-" grade on this. |
| 2-4 | at Fs44 | 10 Pony | 10-Sean Maguire wide receiver screen left pass incomplete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield, clock 12:33. | Designed bubble made to look like a package split zone/bubble. Throw on bubble is a little low/ahead but Kermit should catch this. Either way, probably wasn't getting far. The corner shadowing him blitzed but the safety did a good job filling. |
| 3-4 | at Fs44 | 11 Gun | 10-Sean Maguire slant pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 8 yards to the ST48, 1ST DOWN FS (1-Hakim Jones), clock 12:20. | Slant/flat. Great job getting off this slant in the face of pressure, which Cook barely chips as it comes on in. Good catch by Bobo and that's a first. |
| 1-10 | at St48 | 10 Pistol | 10-Sean Maguire wide receiver screen left pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for 5 yards to the ST43 (11-Juston Burris), clock 11:44. | Trips left, screen alignment all day. Great job by Kermit to make a man miss and get some yards here. |
| 2-5 | at St43 | 10 gun | 10-Sean Maguire wide receiver screen right pass incomplete to 80-Nyqwan Murray (45-Darian Roseboro), clock 11:21. | Maguire double clutches to let flying DE by, and on his throw the guy still manages to get a paw on it. Nice play by that end. |
| 3-5 | at St43 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire middle right pass complete to 4-Dalvin Cook for 10 yards to the ST33, 1ST DOWN FS (6-Niles Clark), clock 11:08. | Camera angle is terrible. Maguire hits Dalvin in the flats and it's an easy first down. |
| 1-10 | at St33 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire post pass complete to 3-Jesus Wilson for 26 yards to the ST7, 1ST DOWN FS (24-Shawn Boone), clock 10:38. | 6 man protection, great pass pro. Maguire steps up and delivers a strike on the post to Bobo. This kid has a heck of an arm. |
| 1-G | at St07 | 11 pistol | 10-Sean Maguire middle left pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for loss of 2 yards to the ST9, clock 10:05. | Throw is behind on the bubble but this is really well recognized and covered anyway. Alignment is such that you have to, though. |
| 2-G | at St09 | 11 gun | 10-Sean Maguire thrown away pass incomplete, QB hurry by 90-Mike Rose, clock 09:39. | Play action, everyone downfield is covered, had to throw it away. Good throw away. |
| 3-G | at St09 | 10 gun | 10-Sean Maguire crossing pass incomplete to 1-Ermon Lane, dropped pass, clock 09:33. | Ermon gives away a sure TD by dropping this. Excellently schemed, #2 runs a corner leaving #1 Ermon wide open coming over on the slant. Walks in if he catches it. Perfect call, perfect throw, dick fingers. |
| 4-G | at St09 | 19-Roberto Aguayo field goal attempt from 26 GOOD, clock 09:29. | ||
| Florida State 20, NC State 17 | ||||
| Drive: 13 plays, 74 yards, TOP 04:33 | Deserve 6 here. | |||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 54 yards to the ST11, 7-Nyheim Hines return 9 yards to the ST20 (35-Lorenzo Phillips). | Great ST plays here. | |||
| 1-10 | at St20 | NC STATE drive start at 09:24. | ||
| 1-10 | at St20 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett crossing pass incomplete to 28-Jaylen Samuels, clock 09:21. | All curls, Smith is there to disrupt the quick pass. |
| 2-10 | at St20 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett deep pass complete to 86-David J. Grinnage for 12 yards to the ST32, 1ST DOWN ST, clock 09:04. | Throwback to TE, who somehow manages to catch it after juggling it three times. Well set up with midfield switch. |
| 1-10 | at St32 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett screen pass complete to 28-Jaylen Samuels for 3 yards to the ST35 (14-Javien Elliott), clock 08:41. | NCSU goes up tempo and catches FSU with 2 men covering trips to field, throw a quick screen. Javicito does a great job shedding his block and making this play. Noles weren't able to get lined up quick enough because of tempo, but good job by 14. |
| 2-7 | at St35 | 425 | 12-Jacoby Brissett middle left pass complete to 28-Jaylen Samuels for 7 yards to the ST42, fumble forced by 14-Javien Elliott, fumble by 28-Jaylen Samuels recovered by FS 3J-Derwin James at ST44. | Quick hitch, Javicito does a good job tackling and fantastic job stripping the ball. Derwin manages to scoop it up. Always huge to get a turnover, especially at this point in a game. |
| Drive: 4 plays, 24 yards, TOP 00:56 | Good defense. | |||
| 1-10 | at St44 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 08:28. | ||
| Official Review: Call on the field is a fumble, recovered by FSU. | ||||
| Official Review: Ruling on the field is confirmed. | ||||
| 1-10 | at St44 | 20 Pony | 9S-Jacques Patrick rush left for 17 yards to the ST27, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (8-Dravious Wright), clock 08:20. | Stretch to field, Cook lead blocker. Cook does a fantastic job lead blocking, and the OL does a good job. Well run stretch play. |
| Injured player for NCSU is #58-Moore. Helped off sideline. | ||||
| 1-10 | at St27 | 20 Pony | 10-Sean Maguire deep out pass complete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield for 27 yards to the ST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:57. | Major bust by NCSU. Post clears out flat and a second defender followed it vertical, leaving the right side of the field wide open. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 27, NC State 17 | ||||
| Drive: 2 plays, 44 yards, TOP 00:38 | Fantastic quick change drive. | |||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 62 yards to the ST3, 7-Nyheim Hines return 27 yards to the ST30 (42-Lamarcus Brutus;37-Keelin Smith). | ||||
| 1-10 | at St30 | NC STATE drive start at 07:50. | ||
| 1-10 | at St30 | 12-Jacoby Brissett deep out pass incomplete to 7-Nyheim Hines, PENALTY FS holding (14-Javien Elliott) 10 yards to the ST40, 1ST DOWN ST, NO PLAY, clock 07:43. | NC State play actions from under center and leaves 7 in to pass protect, allowing them to double team Sweat, Nnadi and Walker. Well run route by the slot who starts to cross the field before breaking back to the sideline and beating Elliot across his face. Elliott is forced to grab to prevent an even bigger play. | |
| 1-10 | at St40 | 12-Jacoby Brissett wide receiver screen right pass complete to 30-Gavin Locklear for 5 yards to the ST45, out-of-bounds (14-Javien Elliott), clock 07:34. | 2 back gun from NC State as they swing a back out into the flat. Elliott hesitates and is late getting there which allows the back to pick up an extra 5 yards. Elliott shows his physciality with the hit on the sideline. | |
| 2-5 | at St45 | 27-Dakwa Nichols rush over right guard for 2 yards to the ST47 (99-Nile LawrenceStample), clock 07:05. | Inside Zone out of pistol from NC State. FSU DT's are so impressive. Nnadi holds the point vs the double team. NLS squeezes the backside scoop and uses his hands to disengage and make the play at the LOS. | |
| 3-3 | at St47 | 12-Jacoby Brissett middle left pass complete to 86-David J. Grinnage for 5 yards to the FS48, 1ST DOWN ST (24-Terrance Smith), clock 06:54. | NC State in Trips Open to the field. FSU blitzes James and Ramsey from the boundary but the ball is out before they can get there. Brissett hits his #3 receiver on a quick out vs Terrance Smith whos playing with inside leverage. | |
| 1-10 | at Fs48 | 12-Jacoby Brissett deep pass incomplete to 15-Johnathan Alston, clock 06:42. | Not on our replay | |
| 2-10 | at Fs48 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sideline pass incomplete to 7-Nyheim Hines, clock 06:37. | NC State rolls Brissett to the right and tries to hit the slot receiver who runs a wheel before stopping just beyond the sticks. This is a tough route to defend in man coverage and Elliott is all over it. | |
| 3-10 | at Fs48 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sacked for loss of 8 yards to the ST44 (3J-Derwin James;44-DeMarcus Walker), clock 06:10. | Boundary blitz with James and Ramsey. Josh Sweat shows his power as he bull rushes the center on his way to the QB. He can't finish the sack but he slows down Brissett enough for James and Walker to clean it up. | |
| 4-18 | at St44 | 9A-A.J. Cole punt 38 yards to the FS18, TM-TEAM return 0 yards to the FS18, fumble by 29-Nate Andrews. | Bobo needs to catch this. | |
| Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 01:51 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs18 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 05:59. | ||
| On the punt, the ball hit #29-Andrews and was recovered by #3-Wilson. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs18 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over left end for 7 yards to the FS25 (49-Bradley Chubb), clock 05:42. | Inside Zone. NC State run blitz as they slant the 1 technique to the B gap. Are does a nice job washing running him outside. If Johnson can stay on the end this play goes for a lot more. | |
| 2-3 | at Fs25 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over left end for no gain to the FS25 (1-Hakim Jones), clock 05:08. | Same play. NC State walks a safety into the box to the boundary. Vs this look, FSU must account for this defender with the WR. Bobo is the receiver to the boundary and he is unable to cut off the safety who meets Cook in the B gap. | |
| 3-3 | at Fs25 | 10-Sean Maguire middle pass incomplete to 81-Ryan Izzo, PENALTY ST holding (1-Hakim Jones) 10 yards to the FS35, 1ST DOWN FS, NO PLAY, clock 04:51. | Double A gap blitz. Wilson Bell has two guys go inside of him and he doesn't touch either one. Maguire takes a shot as he lets it go but he and Izzo are not on the same page. Maguire needs to be more careful here, this is a risky throw in a 2 score game. FSU bailed out by a questionable defensive holding call. | |
| 1-10 | at Fs35 | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 8 yards to the FS43 (20-Mike Stevens), clock 04:32. | Free yards. Throw is a little low but Maguire gets it to the hitch vs soft coverage on the outside. | |
| 2-2 | at Fs43 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right tackle for no gain to the FS43 (32-Riley Nicholson;98-B.J. Hill), clock 04:05. | Power out of gun. This is set up to be a big play vs an NC State blitz. But, Mavety whiffs the downblock and allows the 3 tech to cross his face.3 tech blows up the puller and Cook at the LOS. | |
| 3-2 | at Fs43 | Timeout Florida State, clock 03:44. | ||
| 3-2 | at Fs43 | 10-Sean Maguire middle left pass incomplete to 9S-Jacques Patrick, dropped pass, clock 03:38. | Well designed boot from FSU on 3rd and short that gets Patrick wide open in the flat. Looks like Maguire tries to aim this rather than throw it and it's high. You would still like to see Patrick makes this catch. | |
| 4-2 | at Fs43 | 38-Cason Beatty punt 39 yards to the ST18, fair catch by 13-Bra'Lon Cherry. | ||
| Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards, TOP 02:27 | ||||
| 1-10 | at St18 | NC STATE drive start at 03:32. | ||
| 1-10 | at St18 | 12-Jacoby Brissett rush quarterback draw for 12 yards to the ST30, 1ST DOWN ST (24-Terrance Smith), clock 03:22. | Empty set and FSU is in man coverage with Terrance Smith robbing underneath. Nnadi gets out of his rush lane and allows the center to get upfield to lead for Brissett. | |
| 1-10 | at St30 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sideline pass incomplete to 13-Bra'Lon Cherry (27-Marquez White), clock 03:11. | Brissett roll out to the field. Pugh does a nice job keeping contain on the QB.Outside receiver releases inside, pushes vertical and then breaks to the sideline. Excellent coverage by White showing patience in coverage, attacking the low shoulder out of his break and finding the ball to get his inside hand on it. | |
| 2-10 | at St30 | 12-Jacoby Brissett screen pass complete to 28-Jaylen Samuels for loss of 5 yards to the ST25 (14-Javien Elliott), clock 02:54. | NC State throws a quick flare to the RB in the flat and does not block Elliott. Elliott breaks on the ball, comes to balance and makes a textbook tackle despite being much smaller than the ball carrier. | |
| 3-15 | at St25 | 12-Jacoby Brissett sideline pass incomplete (44-DeMarcus Walker), clock 02:18. | FSU rushes 4 and twists Walker and Newberry in the middle. Walker is in a 3 tech and Newberry in a 1 tech. Walker crashes into the center as a pick for Newberry to loop around him. This is a Coach Lawing special and it ends up freeing Walker to create pressure on Brissett, who has to get rid of the ball. | |
| 4-15 | at St25 | 9A-A.J. Cole punt 37 yards to the FS38, 3-Jesus Wilson return 2 yards to the FS40 (31-Germaine Pratt;34-Dexter Wright). | If Westbrook can stay on his man this goes for more | |
| Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards, TOP 01:23 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs40 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 02:09. | ||
| Injured player for FSU is #3-Jesus Wilson. Walks off the field. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs40 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over left guard for 3 yards to the FS43 (49-Bradley Chubb), clock 01:50. | Inside zone out of the tight double wing formation for FSU. Interesting look from NC State as they are in two 3's with both backers lined up over the A gaps. Mavety gets good movement on the backside 3 tech.The cutback is there but Izzo is unable to reach the backside end who gets inside and makes the play. | |
| 2-7 | at Fs43 | 10-Sean Maguire screen pass complete to 4-Dalvin Cook for 7 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN FS (58-Airius Moore), clock 01:29. | Quarters coverage from NC State makes it easy to get Cook matched up on a LB. Maguire hits him on a flare to the boundary and Cook is able to make the LB miss just enough to fall forward for the first down. | |
| 1-10 | at Fs50 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for 16 yards to the ST34, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (1-Hakim Jones), clock 00:56. | Outside Zone to the field. Great reach block by Mavety but Izzo gets away with an obvious hold. | |
| 1-10 | at St34 | 10-Sean Maguire sideline pass intercepted by 49-Bradley Chubb at the ST33, 49-Bradley Chubb return 0 yards to the ST33, out-of-bounds, QB hurry by 98-B.J. Hill. | Wilson Bell lunges at his man in pass pro and cannot get his feet back under him to stay in front, allowing the pressure on Maguire. Very lackadaisical from Maguire as he tries to throw it away, have to get it out of bounds. | |
| Drive: 4 plays, 26 yards, TOP 01:39 | ||||
| 1-10 | at St33 | NC STATE drive start at 00:30. | ||
| 1-10 | at St33 | 12-Jacoby Brissett rush quarterback draw for 1 yard to the ST34 (5-Reggie Northrup), clock 00:10. | QB Power to the nub. FSU is in a good position to defend this by alignment but an outstanding play by Josh Sweat. He squeezes down the TE with his outside pad free and forces Brissett to turn back where Walker and Northrup are waiting. | |
| Drive: 1 plays, 1 yards, TOP 02:03 | ||||
| Florida State 27, NC State 17 |