Florida State gave its followers some actual purpose for optimism when it opened the 2025 season with a shocking upset win over then-No. 8-ranked Alabama. On the heels of an astonishingly unhealthy 2-10 2024 season, it was an enormous increase for this system and maybe an indication that the season can be totally different.
After blowing out East Texas A&M and Kent State to enhance to 3-0, the Seminoles additionally discovered themselves ranked as excessive as No. 7 within the nation.
It has taken three video games for all of these optimistic vibes to be washed away. After Saturday’s 34-31 loss at house to Pitt, the season would possibly already be slipping away from them. Particularly because it pertains to their ACC convention probabilities.
Florida State has not gained an ACC sport in over a 12 months
There have been quite a lot of regarding issues about Saturday’s sport towards Pitt for Florida State. Not solely did the Seminoles lose at house, they did so towards an unranked opponent that was beginning a real freshman quarterback in solely his second collegiate sport and first street begin. And Pitt’s Mason Heintschel principally dominated them to the tune of 321 yards passing on 21-of-29 passing with two touchdowns, whereas additionally speeding for 64 yards on 16 makes an attempt. That they had no reply for him when wanted.
Even worse than all of that’s the truth that it’s already Florida State’s third ACC lack of the season, dropping it to 0-3 in convention play.
It additionally prolonged Florida State’s ACC dropping streak to eight consecutive video games going again to the 2024 season.
Florida State’s most up-to-date ACC win was a 14-9 win towards California all the way in which again on September 21, 2024. That’s greater than a calendar 12 months and not using a convention win.
After dropping their last 5 ACC video games a 12 months in the past, Florida State has opened this season with convention losses to Virginia (at the moment the highest staff within the convention), Miami and now Pitt. The Seminoles have allowed 91 factors in these three video games.
Florida State HC Mike Norvell again on scorching seat?
It isn’t an unfair query to ask at this level. Whereas quite a lot of it would depend upon how the remainder of this season goes, the underside line is that is Mike Norvell’s sixth season at Florida State. He is taken the staff to solely two bowl video games and has three dropping seasons in his earlier 5 full seasons. If this season retains on this present trajectory they usually stumble down the stretch within the ACC, it is onerous to think about how he wouldn’t be on the new seat.
The remaining schedule appears fairly manageable on paper and not using a single ranked opponent on the schedule. But when the Seminoles had any hopes of taking part in for an ACC championship this season, they may be erased with a 0-3 convention file to open ACC play.
