We need a guy who is going to do whatever it takes…

Can we fire him now? How do we get out of this huge mistake?

I can’t believe Mike said they didn’t want to give up a field goal so they weren’t in a prevent defense, with 6 seconds left in the game!
I don’t see any justification for that, not putting your players in the best position to succeed as a coach is pretty much inexcusable. Really says a ton about their decision making under pressure. Something isn’t right here…. These horrific play calls went on all game.

This one has me as depressed as ever. Lol, we all have been through the ups and downs but this one is something else. All the crap I gave the Gate buds for losing to Ga Southern. Son of a %***. It’s like a bad dream.

In 2010 Virginia Tech lost to James Madison. They then reeled off 10 straight to win the ACC.

Now, I don't think that's going to be 2021 FSU's story, but at least there is an example out there of losing an absolutely demoralizing game to a FCS team and coming out ok at the end.

I'm not sure Norvell and Fuller can recover from this. But I went looking for examples of FBS teams who lost to FCS teams, and 2010 VT is a positive example.

The rest are not! And chances are Norvell's fate is already sealed after last night.

"penalties, didn't make the plays, and every time we would get something going we would make a mistake" blaming a lot on the players. To me, it seemed like they were being to cute at the beginning of the game and didn't have a plan when it didn't go their way. This coaching staff has been praised for being on top of every scenario but what happened tonight?

WE should get paid to go play them

Since I don’t get ACC Network, I listened to a lot of the game on the radio. Gene struggled with names and following the action. Never heard that from him before.

Maybe it’s just us….Jimbo’s last year was a disaster, Willie’s tenure was a disaster, Norvell’s tenure is starting to trend that way……we gonna keep blaming coaches or maybe we are the common denominator?

Fire the box of rocks we presently have as a DC and install him in that position.

Resign or fired, one way or the other.

Clearly this is about more than just the players and coaches.

We need a total reset with an actual athletic director to evaluate this thing from top to bottom

I don't know how many people here are on Jason Staples' patreon, but he posted a really damning take on the final play. You can see it easily on the broadcast footage, though...

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Look at Robinson (10) just loafing down the field. He's right there with 9 for Jax...and you can see how he just watches as 9 takes off to throw a block to secure the score and he just has no interest in putting in any sort of effort until it's WAY too late. If he had run with his man, he would have been in position to make the stop. Just get him out of here...play someone who wants to play if this is the level of effort he's going to put in.

After watching once-proud Nebraska suffer another ugly loss this weekend, Corey pondered the question that some FSU fans might have considered -- Could the Seminoles follow the Huskers into this long-lasting pit of despair?

He says no. And he explains why not here:

Clark: Don't worry, FSU fans ... this won't become another Nebraska

Serious question.....

Coburn? What football credentials does he have to question CMN?

FSU's new President? I don't even know the Harvard guy's name but since he had a blue tie on for the Jumbotron interview last night, I'm guessing that he's not too much of a football guy.

Literally CMN might have to hear it from some top donors but he knows he's untouchable.

fsu remains in trouble.

Hope not!

The polish has been knocked officially off of our storied program. I awoke this morning to what I thought was a bad dream, but oh no it’s very real we lost at home to a FCS program. Let that sink in for just a minute, we are now in the company of the Nebraska’s Miami’s USC’s Michigan’s of the world. I remember the days when just having that spear on the side of our helmets was good for 7 wins alone, those days are long gone and not coming back anytime soon if ever. No one in the college world respects us, for Christ sake they even planted their flag smack dab in the middle of OUR field with no consequences where’s George Teuge when you need him. Just like the previous staff this group is in waaaay in over their heads, and should be given the same treatment in my opinion, I know it won’t happen due to financial reasons & I understand that. But I also understand we are one of the laughingstocks of college football & will remain that way until changes are made. The only bright spot from last night is our beloved coach wasn’t alive to see the horrible display of what his life’s work has become.

The destruction of our program has been facilitated by an incompetent bean-counter playing AD. Every decision he has made has been a catastrophe. If you are one of the " anyone can do any job after watching Youtube videos" crowd, you get what you deserve. Also, can we sign 50 more DB's in the next 4 years who can't cover?

Coaching: C-
Head coach made several play calls that made no sense. We had success early running and then decides to go to the passing game. Then after a couple good runs late in the 3rd quarter, he realizes that we can run on ND at will. Putting Milton in the game too late was a mistake as well. He should have come into the game in the 2nd quarter. And then have plays where both of them are on the field at the same time. Why don't we have these plays? Defensive coordinator has a lot of talent out there and the one time they blitzed, on 3rd and 17, the whole world knew but him that a screen was coming.
Offense:B+
Loved our running game. The OL still a major problem. And we need to go with Milton going forward. He's just a winner and makes magic happen. Put Jordan in there for wildcat or trick plays. But this was a great site to see despite the turnovers.
Defense: B+
Our pass rush has improved 100%. LBs still seem a bit lost and still can't tackle. But the transfers/young LBs look good. Can't wait to see some new recruits come in to improve our DBs.
ST:C+
Punting was good. PK was good until overtime. Our returners can't return much. Wish we could get a Peter Warrick/Deion Sanders type, but he won't be here until next season.
Overall-B

He better have learned his system of play calling is his own kryptonite. He had better Learn on how to throw to the middle, slants, Tight ends and learn misdirection. He had surely better understand that using the wild cat 2x in a row continuously is amateur hour. Also running a 170 lb speedster like a 200 lb full back up the middle is brain dead.
his plays are predictable as in the DB who jumped the route on Milton whom had a good fake.
Beyond this he better realize you don’t ever ever when the game is on the line with a team going for a miracle pass with 6 seconds to go - go to 2 man deep coverage.

It was the worst defeat in FSU football history.

I was upset with the rest of you last night. But, after thinking about this all night and now all morning. I feel we just need to accept reality and that we will just have more downs than ups this year. It is just going to take time to get this ship back. Norvell might have to get rid of some coaches and change up some positions. But, I feel this is just going to take some time. We have hit some bad times and you can't change the course over night. You have to go through pain to fix problems!

As bad as last night was (biblically disastrous for Norvell tenure/FSU program), next Saturday is still a chance for the rare perfect trifecta:

Michigan State looks fully capable of running Miami off the field.
Bama is going to treat uf like JSU treated us. FSU might (maybe, possibly, there’s at least a chance) beat Wake.

Can we get at least one good Saturday a season? Have we not sacrificed enough since 2013 to the football gods?

We scored 3 dang points in the second half against a team that was losing players left and right due to “injuries”!! 3 Points!! This is all on Norvell and Dilly! Offensive game plan was amateur at best.

I’m still infuriated from last night, woke up this morning and it wasn’t a dream.

Especially on offense, our team has no identity. For 2 years, I’ve been trying to figure out our offensive philosophy. It seems we don’t run plays with any purpose or to our strengths. As a result we have no rythem or continuity.