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FSU football: Why 2013 FSU is superior to 2018 Clemson

By Kelvin Hunt

LOUISVILLE, KY - OCTOBER 30: Jameis Winston #5 of the Florida State Seminoles throws a pass in the fourth quarter against the Louisville Cardinals during their game at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on October 30, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY - OCTOBER 30: Jameis Winston #5 of the Florida State Seminoles throws a pass in the fourth quarter against the Louisville Cardinals during their game at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on October 30, 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Defense

A lot of people seem to forget just how dominant the FSU defense was all season. Let’s take a look at how the defenses stack up.

FSU Defense

  •  FSU points allowed-12.1 ppg
  • Third down conversions allowed-31.92 percent
  • YPP-4.09
  • Red Zone Success-76.67 percent
  • Red Zone TD allowed-16

Clemson Defense

  • Clemson points allowed-13.1
  • Third down conversions allowed-28.45 percent
  • YPP-4.19
  • Red Zone Success-72.22 percent
  • Red Zone TD allowed-15

The Clemson defense does manage to barely take a couple of categories. However, the stats that matter most are points allowed per game yards per play and FSU takes those.

There’s just no way to justify 2018 Clemson as the best team of the last decade in the ACC. Not to mention they almost lost two regular season games that year against Texas A&M and Syracuse.

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FSU didn’t have any competition until the national championship game with Auburn stealing their offensive signals the entire first half. That still wasn’t enough to take the Noles down.

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