With five games under its belt, Florida State football has fallen into an abyss.
Each of FSU’s four losses has been unsettling to watch, the latest a 42-16 loss to SMU on Saturday.
“Obviously, very disappointed on our end,” FSU coach Mike Norvell, said Saturday.
“The things coming into the game, (we) had a lot of confidence and how I thought our guys would respond in the first half. We had opportunities, and we weren’t able to capitalize.”
FSU remains in the bottom tier offensively, averaging 278.2 total yards a game and 17.6 points a game. Norvell still has no answers to why his Seminoles cannot be in sync, and his time is running out this season.
Here is the overreaction.
FSU football may not win another game this season
After SMU’s loss, it seems more realistic than an overreaction.
The Seminoles are sitting at 1-4 and 1-3 in the ACC. As we get closer to a new month and halfway through the regular season, FSU will be put into the gauntlet, starting with 15th-ranked Clemson at home Saturday.
Then, following their bye week, FSU will play back-to-back road games against Duke on a Friday night and then eighth-ranked Miami at Hard Rock Stadium.
It is likely a winless month for the Seminoles. Then, with UNC, Notre Dame, Charleston Southern, and Florida on the back end, FSU could be staring at the face of a two-win, three-win season at best.
Not the kind of direction Norvell wants to head after going 13-1 last year.
Mike Norvell is losing the locker room
No one likes losing, especially when the expectations are high. Now, raise a question of whether or not Norvell lost control of the locker room.
There is obviously no evidence to support it other than what is seen on the field and the sidelines.
“This program means a lot to the guys in that locker room. Unfortunately, we are not representing that very well, but we are going to fight to get better,” Norvell said.
Senior running back Lawrance Toafili, who led the Seminoles with 67 rushing yards, gave his input on what the players feel inside the locker room.
“We just want the best for the program,” Toafili said.
“We’re not too much looking ahead or looking how things are standing on the outside or whatever, but we’re just focusing on inside and being our best everyday. So, we just going to go back to work.”
Brock Glenn saw action… a little too late
Backup quarterback Brock Glenn saw action Saturday following DJ Uiagalelei’s pick-six. Norvell said that Uiagalelei was dealing with a finger injury and planned on playing the redshirt freshman based on how the game was going.
It is Glenn’s first game appearance in the 2024 season. He wasn’t effective, as he did not complete any of his four passing attempts. Many would prefer to see Glenn sooner rather than later, hoping he would create a spark for this offense.
It remains uncertain if Glenn will receive significant snaps over Uiagalelei. Whether or not who is at quarterback, the offense still cannot find its identity.
FSU football schedule 2024: TV channels, dates and start times
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Saturday, Aug. 24: vs. Georgia Tech* (Aer Lingus College Football Classic) Lost 24-21
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Monday, Sept. 2: vs. Boston College* | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo) Lost 28-13
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Saturday, Sept. 7: Bye
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Saturday, Sept. 14: vs. Memphis | Noon | ESPN (Fubo) Lost 20-12
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Saturday, Sept. 21: vs. Cal* | 7 p.m.| ESPN2 (Fubo) Won 14-9
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Saturday, Sept. 28: at SMU* | 8 p.m. EST | ACC Network Lost 42-16
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Saturday, Oct. 5: vs. No. 15 Clemson* | 7 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
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Saturday, Oct. 12: Bye
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Saturday, Oct. 26: at No. 8 Miami*
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Saturday, Nov. 2: vs. North Carolina*
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Saturday, Nov. 9: at No. 14 Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | NBC (Fubo, Peacock)
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Saturday, Nov. 23: vs. Charleston Southern
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Saturday, Nov. 30: vs. Florida
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Saturday, Dec. 6: ACC championship game (Charlotte, N.C)
All times Eastern
BOLD = ACC
* = Neutral Site
Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Overreaction: Worst Florida State Seminoles football team in history?
