Florida State’s run through the regular season was a perfect 12-0. There were clear challenges, from the heavyweights (LSU and Clemson) to rivals (Miami and Florida) to a few more ACC opponents who weren’t perceived to be as tough in the preseason but indeed were (Boston College, Duke and Pitt).
While we all watched the games closely from week to week, there was one stat that was surprising when mentioned by offensive coordinator Alex Atkins: FSU trailed in the majority of its regular season games. Eight times in 12 games.
“Everybody’s going to come in with selfish ambition, just want to do things on their own,” Atkins told a group of FSU boosters in April while sitting alongside defensive coordinator Adam Fuller and special teams coordinator John Papuchis. “But if we can get that offense to basically want to do everything for their brothers, for their teammates to get that unselfish mentality, because the closest teams win those games.
“That’s what we found out. We had a lot of close games last year, games where we got behind. We had to answer.”
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While we all watched the games closely from week to week, there was one stat that was surprising when mentioned by offensive coordinator Alex Atkins: FSU trailed in the majority of its regular season games. Eight times in 12 games.
“Everybody’s going to come in with selfish ambition, just want to do things on their own,” Atkins told a group of FSU boosters in April while sitting alongside defensive coordinator Adam Fuller and special teams coordinator John Papuchis. “But if we can get that offense to basically want to do everything for their brothers, for their teammates to get that unselfish mentality, because the closest teams win those games.
“That’s what we found out. We had a lot of close games last year, games where we got behind. We had to answer.”
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