FSU Football: 5 reasons James Blackman is Willie Taggart’s QB in 2018

FSU football will have a legitimate quarterback battle in 2018.

FSU football was thought to have a great shot at winning the ACC and competing for a national championship in 2017.

The loss of Deondre Francois in the first game of the season derailed those aspirations, and the ‘Noles had to survive with a true freshman quarterback the rest of the season.

A true freshman quarterback that didn’t early enrollee at that, and there were inconsistencies that were to be expected from running a Jimbo Fisher offense.

James Blackman looked great some games and then had his true freshman moments in others. A lot of FSU fans seemingly had a love/hate relationship with him.

Some thought he excelled under the circumstances and others thought he was terrible. I fall in the former category as a variety of factors were responsible for FSU losing six games in 2017.

Did James Blackman lose any games for FSU? It can be debated for sure. I’ll throw out the Alabama and Boston College losses.

I throw those two games out because he wasn’t a factor in the Alabama game, and the entire team quit after a quarter and a half in the Boston College game.

Blackman played well enough to win the NC State, Miami, and even the Louisville game. The only game he was simply outmatched was the Clemson game and even then he made some plays in the game.

Deondre Francois had an excellent redshirt freshman campaign, but here are five reasons James Blackman will be Willie Taggart’s starting QB in 2018.