Is FSU Football bowl streak in jeopardy after 0-2 start to season?

FSU football has started the season 0-2 for the first time in decades – with the remaining schedule, can they get bowl eligible and continue their streak?

As the final seconds ticked off the clock inside Doak Campbell Stadium, FSU football came to the realization that – for the first time since the 1989 season – the Seminoles had started their season with two straight losses. A 27-21 loss to N.C. State pretty much ended any chance of making the College Football Playoff and put a serious damper on ACC title hopes.

Could it also mean the Seminoles’ bowl and winning season streak could be in jeopardy too?

For the last 40 seasons (from 1977 to 2016), Florida State finished with more wins than losses – a number that ties them for the third longest streak in the history of college football to go along with 35 straight seasons in which the Seminoles have gone to a bowl game (of course, the NCAA doesn’t recognize either because of sanctions, but if they give Joe Paterno wins while hiding child sex abuse, we’re giving the Noles their record back).

To get to that 6-5 record which would continue both streaks, the Seminoles will have to win two out of every three games to finish out the season. One look at the schedule shows FSU football will more than likely be favorites in five games they should win: Wake Forest, Duke, Boston College, Syracuse and Delaware State.

If all that holds true, the Seminoles would than have to win at least one of the toughest games left on the schedule when they host Miami and Louisville while hitting the road against Clemson and Florida in the month of November.

Now, when the Noles are playing their best there is no doubt they can beat any of those four teams – but now the pressure is on that the Seminoles can’t afford to lose all four of those games if they want to avoid the first losing season since 1976 and the first non-bowl season since 1981.

Of those four games, the argument on paper would be that the easiest team to beat would be the non-offensive Gators – but you don’t want to put all your hopes on winning a rivalry game on the road because anything is possible. In reality, the best thing to do to take pressure off themselves would be winning October 7th against Miami – also nowhere close to a sure thing.

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Can FSU football turn this thing around, possibly even shocking the world and winning all nine remaining regular season games? Of course. But the law of averages says the Seminoles need to at least beat one team between Miami or Louisville to take that monkey off their backs.