Adam Fuller was calm but frustrated. He sees the in-game mistakes first-hand and then reviews them on film with Florida State’s defensive staff.
From the first question of Monday’s press conference, Fuller fielded questions about the breakdowns within FSU’s 31-29 win over Boston College. FSU had done a good job through two games on third downs, limiting opponents to a conversion on 6 of 23 (26.1%) attempts. And the Seminoles didn’t allow a conversion on fourth down, 0 for 4 through four games.
But when Boston College’s offense wasn’t committing pre-snap penalties, the Eagles were frequently able to convert on third down. Fuller called one such instance, a third-and-17 with FSU ahead 31-10 in the third quarter, a “third and forever.” But BC quarterback Thomas Castellanos had time and hit a wide open Dino Tomlin on a 52-yard catch-and-run.
“If 10 guys execute and one guy does the wrong thing and the ball finds that place, it becomes a big issue,” Fuller said. “It's another lesson learned that it takes 11 to operate as one, especially on defense. If the ball doesn't find the mistake, then people don't see it. But when it finds it, it becomes very glaring and obvious. That's a hard way to learn the lesson, but that's a lesson that needed to be learned."
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From the first question of Monday’s press conference, Fuller fielded questions about the breakdowns within FSU’s 31-29 win over Boston College. FSU had done a good job through two games on third downs, limiting opponents to a conversion on 6 of 23 (26.1%) attempts. And the Seminoles didn’t allow a conversion on fourth down, 0 for 4 through four games.
But when Boston College’s offense wasn’t committing pre-snap penalties, the Eagles were frequently able to convert on third down. Fuller called one such instance, a third-and-17 with FSU ahead 31-10 in the third quarter, a “third and forever.” But BC quarterback Thomas Castellanos had time and hit a wide open Dino Tomlin on a 52-yard catch-and-run.
“If 10 guys execute and one guy does the wrong thing and the ball finds that place, it becomes a big issue,” Fuller said. “It's another lesson learned that it takes 11 to operate as one, especially on defense. If the ball doesn't find the mistake, then people don't see it. But when it finds it, it becomes very glaring and obvious. That's a hard way to learn the lesson, but that's a lesson that needed to be learned."
TheOsceola - FSU coaches frustrated, think 'third-and-forever' mistakes are correctable
Adam Fuller discusses BC's ability to convert with frequency, 8 of 19 on third downs.
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