FSU Football is just fine if Alex Hornibrook is starting QB this week

FSU Football may be going with the lefty for at least one game – and that’s going to be just fine considering what we saw last weekend.

It was the moment where fans of the FSU football program thought things couldn’t get any worse – just ahead of the second half letdown that has been the symbolic moment in each game this season, the injury bug hit the Seminoles in the worst possible spot when quarterback James Blackman went down with a knee injury.

While Blackman’s injury put a damper on the third quarter as Louisville staged their comeback to take the lead into the fourth quarter, it also allowed one thing to come to the forefront: the Seminoles are going to be just fine if grad transfer Alex Hornibrook has to start at least one game for the Seminoles.

Hornibrook came into the game and took over, getting FSU football the lead back with a great touchdown pass to a wide open Tamorrion Terry that helped take the pressure off. The Noles would add another touchdown later in the quarter and looked like a team that was – dare I say – impressive in the 11 point win.

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With the news this weekend first reported by Noles247 that Blackman suffered a MCL sprain, the Seminoles now may have a chance to turn to their backup for the NC State game – and with his resume and the way he performed, that’s just fine with myself and a decent amount of the fan base.

Some people seem to forget that this is a player in Hornibrook who was essentially one game away from the College Football Playoff just two seasons ago at Wisconsin and has a pretty good record leading a Power Five program for the three seasons he did with the Badgers before graduating and transferring to Tallahassee this summer.

Translation: FSU football is going to be just fine with a man who threw for a touchdown in his first ever pass for the Seminoles and finished the day completing 75 percent of his passes for over 250 yards and two scores – numbers that fans in garnet and gold will take all day, every day to go with Cam Akers running for over 100 yards each game.

With the bye week coming after this week’s game, the Seminoles are in decent shape if Hornibrook can get a win this week against the Wolfpack – something fans in garnet and gold should be a little less concerned about after seeing him in action.