FSU football: 3 takeaways from ‘Noles loss against Virginia

FSU football had a chance to beat a good Virginia team on the road and squandered opportunities. Here are three takeaways from the loss.

FSU football played its most complete game Saturday night. What I mean by that is they played well through three-quarters instead of just a half for the first time all year.

Maybe the next game they’ll finally be able to put it all together for a complete game and a win?

For now, I want to take a look at three main takeaways from the game. FSU football fans are upset and rightfully so but their anger seems to be in all the wrong places.

I guess being emotionally invested in a team will do that and blame has to be cast somewhere. However, fans blaming Willie Taggart for players committing dumb penalties during the game is pretty funny.

Now, if Taggart doesn’t discipline those players that’s one thing, but to blame him for things that happen during the game is non-sense.

Also, people blaming James Blackman is hilarious too as I don’t recall near the backlash for the mess that FSU had at QB last season.

Did James Blackman miss some important throws? Absolutely, but he also made some ridiculous throws under huge pressure that put the Noles in a position to win in the fourth quarter.

The FSU receivers did him no favors with at least three drops. If those passes were caught he would have had completed 70 percent of his passes instead of 59 percent. Most importantly the offense didn’t turn the ball over.

I don’t think things are quite as bad as they seem. I guess folk forgot many expected FSU to get blown out, so actually playing well for about 75 percent of the game and then losing makes that pill harder to swallow.

Here’s my three takeaways from the game.