FSU Football: 5 observations from ‘Noles win over Boston College
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU Run Defense Showed Up
FSU football had gotten gouged on the ground the last two weeks, giving up 177 and 365 yards respectively.
The supposed strength of the defense appeared to be a liability as the Noles couldn’t stop the run.
We pointed out the biggest key to the game was stopping Boston College’s run game as they run the ball 65 percent of the time this season.
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I’m proud to say the FSU defense showed a lot of pride in going up against veteran offensive line and one of the best running backs in the ACC in AJ Dillon.
Dillon did have 116 rushing yards but only averaged 3.1 yards per rush and Boston College only averaged 2.6 yards per carry for the game.
That’s a solid effort and a good sign the Noles have found some answers to fill the voids that caused opponents to run rampant against them the past two weeks.
Their longest run of the game was 16 yards by Dillon who carried the ball 37 times in the game. FSU did a great job of gang tackling the massive running back and usually kept Boston College behind the chains on first down runs.