FSU football: Grading our top 10 bold predictions for 2021 season

By Kelvin Hunt | Dec 30, 2021

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 09: Jordan Travis #13 of the Florida State Seminoles reacts as he waits for a replay decision on a touchdown call during the second half of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Kenan Memorial Stadium on October 09, 2021 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

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I post BOLD predictions before every season, and they are always fun to do as it involves some projecting and some luck.

Notice the word BOLD for those FSU football season predictions, so they were out of the ordinary for a reason.

The expectations for FSU football were between a pessimistic and wait-and-see mode for the 2021 season.

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I said several times if stayed healthy in the trenches and at quarterback, I liked them to make a bowl game. Their problem was the lack of proven depth at several positions. It’s an issue the staff is still working to address in the transfer portal.

Of course, those injuries happened and greatly impacted the 2021 season.

The Noles also faced a slate of starting quarterbacks that were among the best in the nation for a defense with a few new faces.

The predictions were BOLD, but it doesn’t look like I was too far off with a few of them. Let’s look back at those 10 predictions and see how close I in predicting the future.

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