Every week we break down the result of the previous Florida State game. Who really played well for the Seminoles against Texas State? Which players played poorly? Where did the coaches do well, and when did they screw up?
NOTE: THIS IS ONLY THROUGH THE END OF GARBAGE TIME, WHICH BY DEFINITION SET IN ONCE FSU WENT UP BY 25 POINTS. We will run the final 20 minutes in a separate post.
Read to find out. Note: there are certain schematic and tendency things we do not discuss in these reviews out of respect for our sources, the school and coaching staff.
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| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 2-10 | at Txst45 | Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, TXST ball on TXST35. | ||
| Texas State will kick to begin the 2nd half and defend the south goal. | ||||
| Drive: 2 plays, 19 yards, TOP 00:16 | ||||
| 12-Kaba, Lumi kickoff 65 yards to the FS0, 8W-Kermit Whitfield return 31 yards to the FS31 (20-Johnson, Stephan). | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs31 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 14:55. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs31 | 21 tight | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right tackle for no gain to the FS31 (57-Berry, Karee;40-Smith, Stephen), clock 14:35. | Zone run left, Brock Ruble gets beat inside, forcing Cook to cut it back into waiting tacklers. |
| 2-10 | at Fs31 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson sideline pass incomplete to 15-Travis Rudolph (57-Berry, Karee), clock 14:17. | Brock Ruble beat inside, defender hits Golson. Golson made right read and had Rudolph open for a 5+ yard gain. |
| 3-10 | at Fs31 | 10 gun | 6-Everett Golson screen pass complete to 4-Dalvin Cook for 13 yards to the FS44, 1ST DOWN FS (57-Berry, Karee), clock 14:04. | Very well executed blitz against screen. |
| 1-10 | at Fs44 | 20 gun (pony) | 7-Mario Pender rush left for no gain to the FS44, clock 13:31. | Outside zone, well blocked, Pender just slips down, should have had five+ |
| 2-10 | at Fs44 | 20 gun (pony) | 6-Everett Golson deep pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 21 yards to the TXST35, 1ST DOWN FS (17-Alexcee, Damani), clock 12:57. | Good job by Golson to move up in the pocket after Kareem Are stopped moving his feet. Good throw. |
| 1-10 | at Txst35 | 21 gun | 4-Dalvin Cook rush left for 13 yards to the TXST22, 1ST DOWN FS (7-Anyama, Easy;17-Alexcee, Damani), clock 12:29. | Just awesome blocking here by the line. Johnson shows great athleticism running his man past the play, Are great power, Martinez good climb, Izzo good block on edge. |
| 1-10 | at Txst22 | 21 gun | 23-Freddie Stevenson rush left for 6 yards to the TXST16 (15-Rosemond, Dila), clock 11:43. | Gotta feed the back sometimes. Well blocked. |
| 2-4 | at Txst16 | 21 gun | 4-Dalvin Cook rush over right tackle for 5 yards to the TXST11, 1ST DOWN FS (52-McGowan, Trey), clock 11:15. | Inside zone, blocking is OK, good tough run inside. |
| 1-10 | at Txst11 | 21 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush left for 5 yards to the TXST6, out-of-bounds, PENALTY FS holding (77-Roderick Johnson) 10 yards to the TXST21, NO PLAY, clock 10:53. | Excellent blocks by Kareem Are and BoBo Wilson |
| 1-20 | at Txst21 | 11 gun | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for 10 yards to the TXST11 (52-McGowan, Trey), clock 10:32. | Good run, maybe could have cut back. |
| 2-10 | at Txst11 | 21 gun | 7-Mario Pender rush right for 6 yards to the TXST5 (15-Rosemond, Dila;37-Gay, Tim), clock 09:44. | Zone read w/ bubble look, good hard run. |
| 3-4 | at Txst05 | 12 gun | 6-Everett Golson middle left pass complete to 15-Travis Rudolph for 5 yards to the TXST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:11. | May have had TE Mavin Saunders open early, but good pass pro allowed him to reset, move and find Rudolph. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 28, Texas State 10 | ||||
| Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, TOP 05:44 | ||||
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kickoff 60 yards to the TXST5, out-of-bounds, TXST ball on TXST35. | ||||
| 1-10 | at Txst35 | TEXAS STATE drive start at 09:11. | ||
| 1-10 | at Txst35 | 4-2-5 | 2-Jones, Tyler rush quarterback draw for 2 yards to the TXST37 (99-Nile LawrenceStample), clock 08:49. | Designed QB draw, great job by NLS to recognize and get back up. |
| 2-8 | at Txst37 | 4-2-5 | 2-Jones, Tyler middle right pass complete to 84-Carden, Ryan for 3 yards to the TXST40 (24-Terrance Smith), clock 08:21. | Think LBs need to take 2 steps to the boundary each, easy throw and catch to the TE. Good closing speed by Smith. |
| 3-5 | at Txst40 | 4-1-6 | 2-Jones, Tyler sideline pass incomplete to 84-Carden, Ryan, clock 08:15. | Looks like cover-2, good job to pass guys off by the defensive backs. |
| 4-5 | at Txst40 | Timeout Florida State, clock 08:15. | ||
| 4-5 | at Txst40 | 12-Kaba, Lumi punt 49 yards to the FS11, fair catch by 3-Jesus Wilson. | FSU had to call on Jesus to catch a punt. | |
| Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 01:04 | ||||
| 1-10 | at Fs11 | FLORIDA STATE drive start at 08:07. | ||
| 1-10 | at Fs11 | 20 gun | 7-Mario Pender rush left for 15 yards to the FS26, 1ST DOWN FS, out-of-bounds (17-Alexcee, Damani), clock 08:00. | Very nice job by Pender and Cook. This is into a run blitz and Pendertakes a great angle. |
| 1-10 | at Fs26 | 20 gun | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for 4 yards to the FS30 (63-McClarty, Dallas;44-Pearson, Roosevelt), clock 07:24. | This is blocked well and Dalvin Cook hits the wrong hole, should have pressed frontside. |
| 2-6 | at Fs30 | 20 gun | 6-Everett Golson sideline pass incomplete to 4-Dalvin Cook, dropped pass, clock 07:06. | Texas State covers this well, Golson throws this super hard, difficult to handle. |
| 3-6 | at Fs30 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson post pass complete to 13-Ja'Vonn Harrison for 22 yards to the TXST48, 1ST DOWN FS (17-Alexcee, Damani), clock 06:53. | This is the throw of the night. Texas State drops 8 into coverage and Golson zips this. |
| 1-10 | at Txst48 | 11 | 6-Everett Golson deep pass incomplete to 8W-Kermit Whitfield, clock 06:29. | Excellent, excellent throw, Kermit Whitfield needs to use his speed and athleticism to get around defender and come clean. |
| 2-10 | at Txst48 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson sideline pass complete to 1-Ermon Lane for 11 yards to the TXST37, 1ST DOWN FS (17-Alexcee, Damani), clock 06:14. | Excellent playfake, gives Golson clear vision, ball on time, good work. Basically a bootleg from shotgun |
| 1-10 | at Txst37 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson rush right for 10 yards to the TXST27, 1ST DOWN FS (2A-Woodard, Demetrius), clock 05:37. | FSU has this auto-QB sweep check and has for years under Jimbo Fisher. If teams don't line up to it, FSU checks to it, as Golson did here. Dalvin Cook doesn't block his man all that well. |
| 1-10 | at Txst27 | 11 gun | 6-Everett Golson sideline pass complete to 1-Ermon Lane for 12 yards to the TXST15, 1ST DOWN FS (6-McDowell, Brandon), clock 05:20. | Same play as two plays ago, even more wide open. |
| 1-10 | at Txst15 | 11 | 4-Dalvin Cook rush right for 2 yards to the TXST13 (44-Pearson, Roosevelt), clock 04:39. | Piss poor blocking. Martinez beat doesn't get his head across, Bell out of control doesn't pick up backer. A good defense hits this for a loss. |
| 2-8 | at Txst13 | 21 gun | 6-Everett Golson flag pass complete to 81-Ryan Izzo for 13 yards to the TXST0, 1ST DOWN FS, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:11. | Easy pass here and great pass pro, corner route. Good route by the young tight end. |
| 19-Roberto Aguayo kick attempt good. | ||||
| Florida State 35, Texas State 10 | ||||
| Drive: 10 plays, 89 yards, TOP 04:00 | Golson was super in rhythm and made basically no bad decisions. |