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FSU football: The impact of Jaiden Lars-Woodbey’s injury

By Kelvin Hunt

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 06: Florida State Seminoles mascots Renegade and Osceola perform prior to the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game against the Auburn Tigers at the Rose Bowl on January 6, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 06: Florida State Seminoles mascots Renegade and Osceola perform prior to the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game against the Auburn Tigers at the Rose Bowl on January 6, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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Final Thoughts

FSU football has had a tough go of it with injury luck through four games. They’ve lost two defensive starters for the year in Josh Kaindoh and Jaiden Lars-Woodbey.

It was the best Kaindoh had looked during his time in Tallahassee and Lars-Woodbey’s move to outside linebacker seemed to galvanize the team a bit during the first half against Louisville.

I can’t attributed all of their success to him going out of the game, but teammates watching him leave on a cart had to affect their mindset somewhat.

It also seemed to put a little pep in the step of Louisville as their running backs were really running behind their pads as momentum began to shift in the game.

The Noles will face another team that likes to run the ball in NC State Saturday night. In fact, they ran it down the throat of the Noles in 2018 to the tune of 177 rushing yards on 49 carries en route to a 47-28 victory.

For comparison’s sake, Louisville ran it 47 times last week.

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A huge part in the success of the FSU defense moving forward is their continued improvement in stopping the run against teams. NC State likes to run it as does Wake Forest who they’ll have after Clemson.

If they can limit the run games of these teams, FSU’s offense should be able to put up enough points to get victories.

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