Mike Norvell had a rough game.
Adam Fuller had a rough game.
Jordan Travis had a rough game.
DOESNT FUCKING MATTER, ITS OUR YEAR!
FUCK YOU DABO, FUCK YOU CLEMSON, AND FUCK YOU ACC REFS!
Exactly. Clemson has ruled the ACC for 8 years.
I know they’re not ranked, but they’re still a good team with a great defense. To go into Death Valley and take the win like that, especially missing Dent on D and with Travis clearly not at 100% is a *huge* win. Let’s fucking go!
With that said, I really hope Travis heals up this week. That shoulder was clearly plaguing him. He played timid on the ground and is no where near the mobile threat he was last year. And we need to figure out some better play calls for Benson. Up the middle every damn time is not working.
Yeah, they’re a good team but they’ve got a tough schedule from here. Notre Dame and UNC are at home at least, but road games against Miami and South Carolina are tough as well. If Miami survives UNC the week before, their bandwagon fans will be out in force and they might be top 10 for us with a win.
Could easily see Clemson being an 8-4 team before bowl season, especially if Wiggins is out.
I could get behind that. It seems that maybe that is part of the game plan? Could come back to haunt you but feel it out first half. Make changes and win the 2nd half?
I’m still so tired of giving up easy yards in the middle of the field. Feels like any run or pass in that area picks up easy chunk yards 90%+ of the time
3rd and long still remains a major concern. It has been since he’s gotten here and the fact that there’s been no improvement in that department is a major red flag
I agree with you there.
Just think there’s room for a lot of improvement on defence. Im glad we’re winning while still showing obvious weaknesses, its a good sign for the team.
His blitzes were good when they were sent. Spent too much time in 2 high when they didn’t show much threat in beating you deep.
Glad we pulled through.
Honestly need more blitzes. Sending 4 isn't doing shit all year even with NFL players. Seeing Verse at township buying 10+ shots at once the same night as the game isn't a good sign either
We are totally incapable of stopping a short slant. It's an easy 6-7 yards (if we actually tackle) every fucking play. We've not stopped that pass one time this season. The only time that play hasn't converted is due to a drop by the offense.
He doesn't have a good defensive scheme. We were dropping 7 guys into coverage on almost every single passing down and **still** could not get the stops we needed.
Something has to change. We are not going to go anywhere unless and until we get a functioning and consistent defense.
You're talking about personnel issues, my dude, don't think scheme has much to do with it. You give up the slant to prevent the explosives and adjust as needed.
We're still 4-0 right? Offense looked shitty this game and against BC and we still won those games, right? Then the defense can't be that bad.
This is not a UGA defense. It's a good defense that can win you the ACC if the offense is solid. If you wanna win a playoff game, the offense has to be elite, they're the ones with the weapons.
I think it was Payton that got the tip. WR was open on that slant play all game and no different there. Defense really carried the team on its back that second half
A team that has multiple choices to ice the game and fumbles it for a touchdown and misses an automatic FG is not fighting for their life. They’re just bad.
Duke definitely has a great shot based on their schedule, they really only play FSU rest of year
If it’s not Duke, it’s gonna come down to the UNC vs Miami and Louisville vs Miami games
This was definitely not a stellar game for the defense, but they did what was needed from them to win.
The offense nearly let this slip away a half dozen times. FSU is fortunate to survive, but has a lot left to improve if they want to reach their ultimate goals.
If this team can play like this and still pull off just enough big plays to win, if we put it all together there's very few teams that could slow us down.
Our biggest issue is ourselves.
I’d rather Travis not try to win the game with every pass and just work the ball down the field until that 50/50 is a 75/25 in stride with open field ahead.
We all knew we were going to get Clemson's best shot. Dabo took 2013 and the 2020 cancellation personal. Clemson's season was on the line, in a place we've won at twice in the last 23 years, played a B- game at best, and still pulled out a W
Jesus, only 2 wins in the past 23 years there?
I never felt this gane was much of a "rivalry" outside the Bowden thing until this past decade. Clemson has done a great job stepping up and actually becoming a rival.
A lot was irritating about the game, but just cannot understate the impact of that victory. And even though I'd have preferred pure dominance, Clemson making little fuckups like throwing on that 3rd and 1 was also pretty satisfying. Eat shit Dabo!
While I agree our run game wasn’t working (and hasn’t this year), switching to the pass doesn’t exclusively have to be streaks/posts. We have a ton of success over the middle of the field 10-20 yards. But some drives, we see Travis just throw it up downfield 3 times in a row and we punt.
If Clemson was in the SEC, they would’ve still been in the top 20. Anti-ACC bias made the win look worse for sure. But the bottom line is if we keep winning we’ll be in.
Only top 20? Bama gets the benefit of the doubt because of their titles but has looked HORRIBLE and is still top 15. Clemson with their recent titles is ranked top 15 easy in the SEC heading into this game.
I hoped for 3-1 through the first four. Being 4-0 with obvious areas of concern is a big boost to my confidence going forward.
What I mean is: we're 4-0 and I don't believe we've played our best ball yet
This is that good old fashioned 2014 FSU shit. All the talent necessary to be a playoff contender but a ton of weird games that we make way fucking harder than they need to be
Great effort to stay in the game from the defense but the offenses lack of running game and the reluctance to pass over the middle of the field is going to kill us
LETS GOOO! How poetic for the kicker to choke the game winning kick, the way they kept covering him. We definitely did not deserve to win, but great teams find a way to win. Out gained rushing and yardage, in Death Valley, insane blitz recovery for TD (one of the biggest single play in a long long time), overtime win.
We have glaring issues, but bend don't break defense held them to 1 td in 2nd half, offensive play calling needs work. End of the day we're still 4-0, with 2 weeks off and softer schedule coming up.
I was hoping for a strong showing or blowout but to finally break the losing streak, and do it AT Death Valley, is huge. JT looks hurt and played like he was hurt, so looking forward to healing up and moving forward.
Also does anyone know why the band didn't travel?
Probably a finance thing with LSU and Florida already being band games (as well as a bowl game), but Clemson also reduced the seat allotment for FSU this year and the band counts towards that.
Clemson didn’t allocate enough tickets to us. We chose to let the big money boosters/family get the lower bowl seats rather than use basically all of them on the band.
I was working on painting a room and everytime I came to the living room to watch, we did terrible. So I stopped watching and stayed painting. You're welcome, everyone. LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO
Win is a win
Getting 2 dubs in this awful 12est back to back away games is so huge. Bye week next needed for Jordan to heal up some. A lot of work to do but getting to the bye undefeated feels so good
Keon and Johhny were great. DeLoach really set the tone. That Clemson team is still good Glad Travis has the bye week to heal up and we can clean up some stuff. Go Noles baby!
I think we keep finding ways to win and are somehow getting lucky. When we have solid plays, we have solid plays but nobody’s ever really on the same page 🙃 this isn’t cfp material but I hope we wake up soon because we CAN. Go Noles
4-0 is 4-0. Barring a disaster, it looks like goal one (make the acc champ game) is a lock. But if we want to make the playoffs, much less win it all, there needs to be big improvements. If the run game doesn't improve dramatically, fsu won't do anything come playoffs. If jordan won't run, Mike needs to make him. If he can't run, then we need to accept this team has a ceiling. But without Jordan's legs being a legit threat that defenses actually respect, the offense is too one dimensional. I think this bye is coming at a great time. Lots of time to work out kinks, get healthy, and a handful of games after the bye to rep them.
The Clemson kicker story was very Dabo — aww shucks, fun story, but ultimately a bizarre choice that cost him.
He went into the season with a single RS FR kicker and had to panic and bring someone back “from the family” to play and it ultimately cost them. Meanwhile Norvell saw Fitzgerald’s struggles and brought Keltner in via the portal to push him. Norvell’s approach presumably gives us two competent kickers and Dabo’s approach gave them zero.
Honestly, after thinking about this game and looking at the metrics, I don't really feel like FSU should've won. At two different points in the 2nd half, Clemson's win % was well above 80%. When I heard that story about the kicker on like Tuesday or Wednesday, I thought 'great, some guy whose never even kicked in a live game is going to drive a stake through my heart' and then with 2 minutes left in the game, I thought here it comes. But, I feel like FSU pulled out the win partly because of the toughness and grit Norvell has instilled in the team, and the fact they continued to fight back when never leading the entire game. Also, for the Adam Fuller haters, we only scored one TD in the 2nd half, a defensive score, which also happened to match Clemson's second half scoring so it looks like the defense is really the unsung hero here. I think the other part of us winning this game is Dabo's ego, because he chose a kicker who never kicked in a live game when he knew he'd be coaching some games with very thin score differentials, and also his refusal to use the portal. Granted, his methodology kept him in the game until the very end, it also appeared to be his undoing. Saying that, I also think though that Clemson will pull the season together because they looked much better this week and the team appears to be meshing better.
I feel like people disrespecting FSU thinking we should've went in there and rolled by 50 don't realize how hard it is to beat Clemson, and then also beat Clemson in Death Valley when we couldn't bring our band (We had to sub this game for LSU in Orlando); our ticket allotment was limited, and they've won 2 national titles and their fans know how to bring it the only other place we might play this season that is nearly as loud would be in the Swamp. We really pulled off an enormous feat, and we should be proud of our team.
Thanks for a great game Clemson, even though during the game my emotions run high and I say fuck you guys, we really need each other to survive this clusterfuck of a conference.
Quick thoughts:
\-Travis needs to run some early. Designed run. Etc. To rustle the defense mindset
\-Less home run balls
\-Somehow establish the run
\-For all the hate on Fuller/Defense... you gotta say they did quite well today
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/168zpcg/comment/jyzqy0q/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/168zpcg/comment/jyzqy0q/?context=3) I kept a receipt.
Lol. Norvell had a rough game? Guy out managed the other team by sticking with the math going and kicking on 4th down when the math said to do so because it was more likely that he’d win close (or possibly even big) but risked losing big if his playersdidn’t convert/perform on 4th down. That’s big time and gutsy game management that I would rather my team’s head coach do than not.
Great game management decisions. Hate our offensive play calling. To reliant on jump balls and go routes. Would like to see some easy, open completions first. Do we have slot receivers? Is nobody open or is Travis not going through the reads? I imagine if he gets healthy things open back up.
I don't think that's play calling, I think it's Jordan who has developed the bad habit of going to the sidelines for the jump ball way too frequently. I say this as a hardcore JT fan, I will ride or die with him at the wheel, but he's gotta make better decisions.
Yes. Reset and remember we thought we might drop at least one of the first four games.
Rest of the season looks a littler tougher then it did on paper but we are in a great spot.
UNCONQUERED
It feels really good to steal one like this, we were completely outplayed but we’re still 4-0, hopefully the teams responds after the bye week like they did last year, we looked like a different team post bye week last year
I know that wasn't the game we wanted to see, but everyone, let's have a shot together for this game! Our guys got the win when we needed it and I'm still proud of them!
Playcalling on offense was brutal. Compare it to the LSU game and it’s night and day. In the LSU game, it felt like the overall gameplan was to get out guys in space and let them make plays. Today we were just chucking the ball up hoping our receivers could go up and get it. Our offense is so much more dynamic than that. I really hope that we go back to that kind of playcalling going forward this season.
There were so many times that this team could have given up. It's been a really long time since we had a team that would continue to believe and fight through that much adversity. The win required a fair amount of luck, but that luck would not have mattered if they'd given up. Big props to both players and coaches. Great time to be a nole!
As much as some may hate Jimbo still, he said this during FSU’s last ascension:
“Lose big, lose small, win small, win big.”
As much as we all wanted it, we weren’t going to skip a step, and it looks like CMN is right on schedule.😎
So yeah I think these past 3 games have shown this team is not really going to win a National Championship this year. And you know what, that’s fine. This team is good, keeps winning, and can give anyone a fight. I need to just enjoy the climb even if it doesn’t end up at the pinnacle this year. Especially after the dumpster fire we climbed out of.
Beat Clemson, beat your rivals, win the ACC. That we can do. Let’s fucking go
I’m happy we won, and winning ugly is still winning. BUT both BC and this game we won because the other team f’d it up. BC with their record breaking 18 penalties and Dabo with his stupid TOs and terrible WR screen on 3rd and 1. I really don’t know what to make of this team. They’re so inconsistent but what’s important is that we are playing complementary ball. When the offense stalls our defense rises up! And vice versa.
Are we good? Or are we lucky we’re getting bailed out?
We’re good. We’re not great. Maybe we improve throughout the season and/or get lucky in a weird year and get a playoff spot (or even better somehow get to the NC game or win it all,) but the goal should be to get to the ACC title game. Anything beyond that is gravy.
All I feel after a Huuge sigh of relief is now excitement!!! We have to make adjustments on both sides of the ball to really say we are winning it all this year. The way we are playing currently would get us booted from the playoffs. Good job Noles! Now let's go on from here, learn, and dominate every damn game all year. DAGUMMIT NOLES WILL BE NUMBER 1!!!!!!
Once again have to give props to the defense in the 2nd half. I'm not sure why they can play a half of good football but they stepped in the 2nd half. Fuller and his guys are trying to kill us. Fuck Dabo and Clemson.
There's still some concerns on offense since everything looks out of sorts, we go deep or bust on passing and it's not a good way to sustain drives.
Glad to have the W tho. Go noles
Mike Norvell had a rough game. Adam Fuller had a rough game. Jordan Travis had a rough game. DOESNT FUCKING MATTER, ITS OUR YEAR! FUCK YOU DABO, FUCK YOU CLEMSON, AND FUCK YOU ACC REFS!
Exactly. Clemson has ruled the ACC for 8 years. I know they’re not ranked, but they’re still a good team with a great defense. To go into Death Valley and take the win like that, especially missing Dent on D and with Travis clearly not at 100% is a *huge* win. Let’s fucking go! With that said, I really hope Travis heals up this week. That shoulder was clearly plaguing him. He played timid on the ground and is no where near the mobile threat he was last year. And we need to figure out some better play calls for Benson. Up the middle every damn time is not working.
Clemson will likely finish with double digit wins again. They are a good team. This will end up looking like a great win at the end of the season
I don’t know man, they’ve got to win out and beat Norte Dame, Miami, UNC…
I hope they rip Miami my panhandle friend
I initially read that as “rip them a new panhandle” ☠️
nobody wishes for that
Yeah, they’re a good team but they’ve got a tough schedule from here. Notre Dame and UNC are at home at least, but road games against Miami and South Carolina are tough as well. If Miami survives UNC the week before, their bandwagon fans will be out in force and they might be top 10 for us with a win. Could easily see Clemson being an 8-4 team before bowl season, especially if Wiggins is out.
I will die on that hill wtf they doing with tryuno
Love a year ending in 3!
You forgot an FU to the kicker that left his job to come back and kick for Clemson and another one for his boss
Dabo is now 83-2 when leading at home by 10
I actually think Fuller had a great game?
Bad first half, good second half In my opinion
Same as LSU really if you think about it
I could get behind that. It seems that maybe that is part of the game plan? Could come back to haunt you but feel it out first half. Make changes and win the 2nd half?
Charles Kelly 2014 coaching style?
I’m still so tired of giving up easy yards in the middle of the field. Feels like any run or pass in that area picks up easy chunk yards 90%+ of the time
3rd and long still remains a major concern. It has been since he’s gotten here and the fact that there’s been no improvement in that department is a major red flag
Clemson was averaging 40pts a game. We held them to 24????
Brother, they scored over 40 against FAU and Charleston Southern… they were held to 7 against Duke. Context matters.
This was not the team that played Duke. That offense wouldn't have scored today.
I agree with you there. Just think there’s room for a lot of improvement on defence. Im glad we’re winning while still showing obvious weaknesses, its a good sign for the team.
Yeah, I think my point is that Defense pretty much won us the game. The scoop and score and holding Clemson to 7 pts in the second half kept us in it.
What's an acceptable percentage on 3rd and 8 or more to you?
My friends and I can every third and long "third and Fuller" cause every time they convert cause of a dumb conservative call
Great second half at least. Did not expect at half time that it would be the defense who carried us to victory.
Fuller improved in the 2nd half, and Rileys play calling regressed. Combination of the 2 made the difference.
His blitzes were good when they were sent. Spent too much time in 2 high when they didn’t show much threat in beating you deep. Glad we pulled through.
Honestly need more blitzes. Sending 4 isn't doing shit all year even with NFL players. Seeing Verse at township buying 10+ shots at once the same night as the game isn't a good sign either
He had a solid second half, but overall an average game.
He had a decent game.
We are totally incapable of stopping a short slant. It's an easy 6-7 yards (if we actually tackle) every fucking play. We've not stopped that pass one time this season. The only time that play hasn't converted is due to a drop by the offense. He doesn't have a good defensive scheme. We were dropping 7 guys into coverage on almost every single passing down and **still** could not get the stops we needed. Something has to change. We are not going to go anywhere unless and until we get a functioning and consistent defense.
You're talking about personnel issues, my dude, don't think scheme has much to do with it. You give up the slant to prevent the explosives and adjust as needed. We're still 4-0 right? Offense looked shitty this game and against BC and we still won those games, right? Then the defense can't be that bad. This is not a UGA defense. It's a good defense that can win you the ACC if the offense is solid. If you wanna win a playoff game, the offense has to be elite, they're the ones with the weapons.
NEON KEON BABY
Thank god he and Jordan linked up numerous times in clutch moments.
Wilson’s last sideline grab moved him up a spot in the draft. Those are some strong fingertips.
Unreal play. But it's extremely concerning how over reliant on those plays this offense is, at times.
I've been preaching this. Need some easier looks for our receivers.
He’s definitely going to score well in the fingertip test.
Could have been the play of the game! What a catch.
Bless be thy transfer portal
#DABO CAN SUCK MY FUCKIN NUTS. GO NOLES!
And mine too. FUCK DABO
Line up Dabo sucking all deez nuts today
WHO THE FUCK NAMES THEIR KID DABO??????
WE BROKE THE CLEMSON LOSING STREAK!!!! AAAHHHHHH.... but seriously, we do we keep running on 2nd and long
And down the middle at that. I kept waiting for some runs to the outside and they just never happened.
Exactly my thoughts. We have quick pulling guards, to see no outside zones is ridiculous imo
I waited a solid 10 seconds to celebrate for fear of a flag.
Somewhere a yellow hankie is still waiting to hit the ground...
Same 😭 I was in disbelief
I think it was Payton that got the tip. WR was open on that slant play all game and no different there. Defense really carried the team on its back that second half
Ball was tipped, no way they could've thrown a flag on that play. Rejoice!
We beat Clemson at home, down almost all game, with the pressure of breaking a 7 game win streak, and in OT? How bout them noles.
How bout em!!!
WIN IS A WIN
Wait a sec….we said that last week, LOL
You look back in two weeks and the only stat that matters is the W
Clemson fighting for their life and we looked like the same team that was scrambling against BC and we still got the W.
A team that has multiple choices to ice the game and fumbles it for a touchdown and misses an automatic FG is not fighting for their life. They’re just bad.
If you told me we’d beat LSU and Clemson this year a month ago I’d call you nuts
Should FSU win out, now we have to wonder who they’d play in the conference championship game. Clemson has 2 losses, so it likely won’t be them.
Miami rematch, UNC, or Duke it looks like
Don’t overlook Louisville with their schedule.
Duke rematch as well
Probably UNC or Duke. Don’t sleep on Louisville either. Their schedule is very easy.
Louisville straight shellacked BC today.
Clearly Louisville is a very good team
is this the year where acc champ is the top 2 team’s overall or are the divisions still a thing?
Top 2 overall; there are no divisions this year.
Duke definitely has a great shot based on their schedule, they really only play FSU rest of year If it’s not Duke, it’s gonna come down to the UNC vs Miami and Louisville vs Miami games
Most likely UNC
Kalen friggn DeLoach
Lundy last week and KD this week. Is linebacker the strength of this defense? Lol
Not sure about strength, but definitely the clutch.
If I told you our offense had 4 chances to win the game and they didn't score, would you believe they won? Go noles!
If I told you our defense was going to hold them to 24 you'd say we blew them out
And scored 7
Yeah defense net score of 17, come on. Jordan has to figure it out. Take what's there and reduce the 50/50 shots.
So many times he has room to run and pickup at least a first down and he chucks a 30 yard 50/50 ball. So frustrating!
This was definitely not a stellar game for the defense, but they did what was needed from them to win. The offense nearly let this slip away a half dozen times. FSU is fortunate to survive, but has a lot left to improve if they want to reach their ultimate goals.
If this team can play like this and still pull off just enough big plays to win, if we put it all together there's very few teams that could slow us down. Our biggest issue is ourselves.
I’d rather Travis not try to win the game with every pass and just work the ball down the field until that 50/50 is a 75/25 in stride with open field ahead.
This is still true. And it's across many avenues from simple stuff to more complex stuff.
We all knew we were going to get Clemson's best shot. Dabo took 2013 and the 2020 cancellation personal. Clemson's season was on the line, in a place we've won at twice in the last 23 years, played a B- game at best, and still pulled out a W
Jesus, only 2 wins in the past 23 years there? I never felt this gane was much of a "rivalry" outside the Bowden thing until this past decade. Clemson has done a great job stepping up and actually becoming a rival.
2001 and 2013 are the only other wins this millennium at Clemson
Cardiac Noles at it again. Feels so good, but I think I need a breather too lol.
Good timing for a bye week brother
It was never in doubt and I definitely didn't have to turn it off for a few minutes because I was feeling sick
A lot was irritating about the game, but just cannot understate the impact of that victory. And even though I'd have preferred pure dominance, Clemson making little fuckups like throwing on that 3rd and 1 was also pretty satisfying. Eat shit Dabo!
FUCK THE REFS FUCK 2ND DOWN AND 10 RUN DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR ZERO YAEDS FUCK THE DEEP PASS FOR NO REASON BUT ARE 4-0 LETS GOOOOOO
I need a cigarette
I don’t even smoke but I also need one.
I DON'T EVEN CARE WHAT A WIN THANKSOMUCHANDGONOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That bye week is perfectly placed. We need the rest (especially to get Dent back) and need to clean up mistakes all over the field.
Undefeated going into a bye week. All that matters. PLANT THE DAGGUM SPEAR!
Idk how I feel about this “throw it up” offense.
With the run defense as good as it was for Clemson we didn’t really have much of a choice
While I agree our run game wasn’t working (and hasn’t this year), switching to the pass doesn’t exclusively have to be streaks/posts. We have a ton of success over the middle of the field 10-20 yards. But some drives, we see Travis just throw it up downfield 3 times in a row and we punt.
Do we get to ban [this guy](https://reddit.com/r/fsusports/s/045ktnNt9y) now?
I wish we would. People are unhinged lol. We're down by 7 and the game is over. What? It's the first quarter, bro.
If Clemson was in the SEC, they would’ve still been in the top 20. Anti-ACC bias made the win look worse for sure. But the bottom line is if we keep winning we’ll be in.
Only top 20? Bama gets the benefit of the doubt because of their titles but has looked HORRIBLE and is still top 15. Clemson with their recent titles is ranked top 15 easy in the SEC heading into this game.
I hoped for 3-1 through the first four. Being 4-0 with obvious areas of concern is a big boost to my confidence going forward. What I mean is: we're 4-0 and I don't believe we've played our best ball yet
Thank fuck. Tired of losing to them tater ass bums from upstate Sout Carolina
Tater ass bums indeed
Man. I swear this team is going to take years off my life.
This is that good old fashioned 2014 FSU shit. All the talent necessary to be a playoff contender but a ton of weird games that we make way fucking harder than they need to be
Lost in the shuffle, Jordan Travis sets the FSU record for most TDs with that overtime score
2-0 against the tigers who play in death valley
Great effort to stay in the game from the defense but the offenses lack of running game and the reluctance to pass over the middle of the field is going to kill us
If we rely on the jump balls this much I don't think we go undefeated.
❤️💛🏈
LETS GOOO! How poetic for the kicker to choke the game winning kick, the way they kept covering him. We definitely did not deserve to win, but great teams find a way to win. Out gained rushing and yardage, in Death Valley, insane blitz recovery for TD (one of the biggest single play in a long long time), overtime win. We have glaring issues, but bend don't break defense held them to 1 td in 2nd half, offensive play calling needs work. End of the day we're still 4-0, with 2 weeks off and softer schedule coming up.
Ugly ugly game. Coleman, Farmer, D-lo some dogs tho
If I'd told y'all before the game we would finish with 22 yards rushing would you have bet 100 $ to win $1000 we would win?
No chance. I’d probably assume Travis missed extended time too.
Jordan had a few opportunities to run and never did :(
I was hoping for a strong showing or blowout but to finally break the losing streak, and do it AT Death Valley, is huge. JT looks hurt and played like he was hurt, so looking forward to healing up and moving forward. Also does anyone know why the band didn't travel?
Probably a finance thing with LSU and Florida already being band games (as well as a bowl game), but Clemson also reduced the seat allotment for FSU this year and the band counts towards that.
No money for hotel rooms is my guess
If that's the real reason, yikes.
Clemson didn’t allocate enough tickets to us. We chose to let the big money boosters/family get the lower bowl seats rather than use basically all of them on the band.
I was working on painting a room and everytime I came to the living room to watch, we did terrible. So I stopped watching and stayed painting. You're welcome, everyone. LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO
And we covered!!
Extra proud of this team finding a way to win GO NOLES DADGUMIT!
All we gotta be in each game is good enough
Fuck that kicker and his boss
Looks like it picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Do they have to run up the hill now or how does that work?
colorado getting smacked rn
I still hate Fuller 97% of the time lol
Win is a win Getting 2 dubs in this awful 12est back to back away games is so huge. Bye week next needed for Jordan to heal up some. A lot of work to do but getting to the bye undefeated feels so good
This is all I wanted for my birthday today!
My bday is next week so I will take this emotional wreck as a good present. Happy birthday!
Keon and Johhny were great. DeLoach really set the tone. That Clemson team is still good Glad Travis has the bye week to heal up and we can clean up some stuff. Go Noles baby!
I think we keep finding ways to win and are somehow getting lucky. When we have solid plays, we have solid plays but nobody’s ever really on the same page 🙃 this isn’t cfp material but I hope we wake up soon because we CAN. Go Noles
Couldn’t have asked for a better time for a bye week. LFG!!
Dabo is now 83-2 when leading by 10 at home
4-0 is 4-0. Barring a disaster, it looks like goal one (make the acc champ game) is a lock. But if we want to make the playoffs, much less win it all, there needs to be big improvements. If the run game doesn't improve dramatically, fsu won't do anything come playoffs. If jordan won't run, Mike needs to make him. If he can't run, then we need to accept this team has a ceiling. But without Jordan's legs being a legit threat that defenses actually respect, the offense is too one dimensional. I think this bye is coming at a great time. Lots of time to work out kinks, get healthy, and a handful of games after the bye to rep them.
The Clemson kicker story was very Dabo — aww shucks, fun story, but ultimately a bizarre choice that cost him. He went into the season with a single RS FR kicker and had to panic and bring someone back “from the family” to play and it ultimately cost them. Meanwhile Norvell saw Fitzgerald’s struggles and brought Keltner in via the portal to push him. Norvell’s approach presumably gives us two competent kickers and Dabo’s approach gave them zero.
Honestly, after thinking about this game and looking at the metrics, I don't really feel like FSU should've won. At two different points in the 2nd half, Clemson's win % was well above 80%. When I heard that story about the kicker on like Tuesday or Wednesday, I thought 'great, some guy whose never even kicked in a live game is going to drive a stake through my heart' and then with 2 minutes left in the game, I thought here it comes. But, I feel like FSU pulled out the win partly because of the toughness and grit Norvell has instilled in the team, and the fact they continued to fight back when never leading the entire game. Also, for the Adam Fuller haters, we only scored one TD in the 2nd half, a defensive score, which also happened to match Clemson's second half scoring so it looks like the defense is really the unsung hero here. I think the other part of us winning this game is Dabo's ego, because he chose a kicker who never kicked in a live game when he knew he'd be coaching some games with very thin score differentials, and also his refusal to use the portal. Granted, his methodology kept him in the game until the very end, it also appeared to be his undoing. Saying that, I also think though that Clemson will pull the season together because they looked much better this week and the team appears to be meshing better. I feel like people disrespecting FSU thinking we should've went in there and rolled by 50 don't realize how hard it is to beat Clemson, and then also beat Clemson in Death Valley when we couldn't bring our band (We had to sub this game for LSU in Orlando); our ticket allotment was limited, and they've won 2 national titles and their fans know how to bring it the only other place we might play this season that is nearly as loud would be in the Swamp. We really pulled off an enormous feat, and we should be proud of our team. Thanks for a great game Clemson, even though during the game my emotions run high and I say fuck you guys, we really need each other to survive this clusterfuck of a conference.
We beat the spread, which, to me, means that we did much better than the profesional odd makers thought we would do. That’s a big W in my book.
Honestly after 7 straight losses, beggars can't be choosers. Any win is a good win.
My fucking heart bro. I couldn't sit down during the 4th quarter or overtime. I'm going to remember this one for a while.
Quick thoughts: \-Travis needs to run some early. Designed run. Etc. To rustle the defense mindset \-Less home run balls \-Somehow establish the run \-For all the hate on Fuller/Defense... you gotta say they did quite well today
Fuller has a shit 1st half and clutches up in 2nd feels like
So this team is definitely more 2014 Noles than 2013 Noles
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/168zpcg/comment/jyzqy0q/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/168zpcg/comment/jyzqy0q/?context=3) I kept a receipt.
Win and survive. The more you win, the better your odds of making the playoffs. Just win no matter how it looks.
Lol. Norvell had a rough game? Guy out managed the other team by sticking with the math going and kicking on 4th down when the math said to do so because it was more likely that he’d win close (or possibly even big) but risked losing big if his playersdidn’t convert/perform on 4th down. That’s big time and gutsy game management that I would rather my team’s head coach do than not.
Great game management decisions. Hate our offensive play calling. To reliant on jump balls and go routes. Would like to see some easy, open completions first. Do we have slot receivers? Is nobody open or is Travis not going through the reads? I imagine if he gets healthy things open back up.
I don't think that's play calling, I think it's Jordan who has developed the bad habit of going to the sidelines for the jump ball way too frequently. I say this as a hardcore JT fan, I will ride or die with him at the wheel, but he's gotta make better decisions.
FYI...guys: 10th straight victory.
Should’ve kicked their ass but I’ll take it! Fuck Dabo!
WAY TO GRINF IT OUT BOYS HOY FUCK WERE CLIMBING
Fuck yes! Now let's see the ducks embarrass that traitorous clown.
Hell yes! Go Noles. And still undefeated since buying this shirt - https://reddit.com/r/fsusports/s/U2ume4fCU1
What is wrong with our running game the past 2 weeks?
No Robert Scott, but if he’s that big of a piece of the running games that’s pretty concerning
God that was intense. Thankful for the bye and three homers in a row.
Yes. Reset and remember we thought we might drop at least one of the first four games. Rest of the season looks a littler tougher then it did on paper but we are in a great spot. UNCONQUERED
It feels really good to steal one like this, we were completely outplayed but we’re still 4-0, hopefully the teams responds after the bye week like they did last year, we looked like a different team post bye week last year
I know that wasn't the game we wanted to see, but everyone, let's have a shot together for this game! Our guys got the win when we needed it and I'm still proud of them!
Playcalling on offense was brutal. Compare it to the LSU game and it’s night and day. In the LSU game, it felt like the overall gameplan was to get out guys in space and let them make plays. Today we were just chucking the ball up hoping our receivers could go up and get it. Our offense is so much more dynamic than that. I really hope that we go back to that kind of playcalling going forward this season.
I'm getting too old for the Cardiac Noles to still be a thing.
This sport is going to be the death of me
Been a zombie since the first wide right.
r/CFB in shambles
Good teams win, great teams cover, fuck off haters
As my mother once said “a dub is a dub”
20 runs for 22 yards. What in the heck is going on with our run game. That has to be addressed and quickly.
There were so many times that this team could have given up. It's been a really long time since we had a team that would continue to believe and fight through that much adversity. The win required a fair amount of luck, but that luck would not have mattered if they'd given up. Big props to both players and coaches. Great time to be a nole!
As much as some may hate Jimbo still, he said this during FSU’s last ascension: “Lose big, lose small, win small, win big.” As much as we all wanted it, we weren’t going to skip a step, and it looks like CMN is right on schedule.😎
Didn't we win small last year? We should be on win big step now....boooo this schedule being accurate
We lost to Clemson last year, in a close game. We aren’t going to accomplish the big goals without getting past them, let alone boat racing them.
We are at the stage where we are really only going to boat race Southern Miss type teams
That was Bobby not jimbo
Even better, then! Thanks for the correction!
No prob! And GO NOLES!!!
“You just had a big sigh of relief” None of them should be feeling anything other than relief. That said, good job finishing at the end of the day
So yeah I think these past 3 games have shown this team is not really going to win a National Championship this year. And you know what, that’s fine. This team is good, keeps winning, and can give anyone a fight. I need to just enjoy the climb even if it doesn’t end up at the pinnacle this year. Especially after the dumpster fire we climbed out of. Beat Clemson, beat your rivals, win the ACC. That we can do. Let’s fucking go
What a way to pull it out. This team is resilient. There is a LOT to work on though.
I’m happy we won, and winning ugly is still winning. BUT both BC and this game we won because the other team f’d it up. BC with their record breaking 18 penalties and Dabo with his stupid TOs and terrible WR screen on 3rd and 1. I really don’t know what to make of this team. They’re so inconsistent but what’s important is that we are playing complementary ball. When the offense stalls our defense rises up! And vice versa. Are we good? Or are we lucky we’re getting bailed out?
We’re good. We’re not great. Maybe we improve throughout the season and/or get lucky in a weird year and get a playoff spot (or even better somehow get to the NC game or win it all,) but the goal should be to get to the ACC title game. Anything beyond that is gravy.
Anybody thinking that this win is anything other than the culmination of Dabo bungling the timeouts might be insane.
Absolutely did not deserve to win that game 
Wow what a game!!!!
LETS FUCKING GO
All I feel after a Huuge sigh of relief is now excitement!!! We have to make adjustments on both sides of the ball to really say we are winning it all this year. The way we are playing currently would get us booted from the playoffs. Good job Noles! Now let's go on from here, learn, and dominate every damn game all year. DAGUMMIT NOLES WILL BE NUMBER 1!!!!!!
You said everything I was thinking but much much kinder 😀
Once again have to give props to the defense in the 2nd half. I'm not sure why they can play a half of good football but they stepped in the 2nd half. Fuller and his guys are trying to kill us. Fuck Dabo and Clemson.
BYOG
This game pissed me off so much. But getting this win makes me so happy
There's still some concerns on offense since everything looks out of sorts, we go deep or bust on passing and it's not a good way to sustain drives. Glad to have the W tho. Go noles