FSU Football: 5 observations from ‘Noles win over Boston College
By Kelvin Hunt
Deondre Francois Actually Ran The Ball
Let me be the first to say I have to give Deondre Francois credit on the game winning touchdown throw to Tamorrion Terry.
It was a perfect throw in a pressure situation, but Francois was legitimately awful for about 80 percent of the game.
Aside from that throw one of the most promising things I took away was Walt Bell’s emphasis on using him in the running game.
There were several designed runs for Francois that did a good job of keeping the Boston College defense off-balance since they surely were not expecting that from him.
He had 10 runs in the game for 26 yards(which includes sack yardage) and had good run up the middle that was called back due to a holding penalty.
We’ve been critical of Francois’s refusal to run the ball all season. It felt like he was so terrible passing the ball most of the game Walt Bell made a decision to use his legs with those designed plays.
If he’s going to continue to be inaccurate they might as well use more designed runs to be efficient as possible next week against Florida.