FSU football: 3 hidden areas Noles must improve in 2022
By Kelvin Hunt
Third Down Conversions(Offense and Defense)
It’s hard for bad teams to win football games. It’s even more difficult when the offense can’t sustain drives and the defense can’t get off of the field.
The FSU offense converted third downs 34.87 percent, and allowed third downs conversions at a 41.27 percent clip.
The latter was an improvement over the previous 46 percent mark, but how could you not improve something that bad?
However, 39.7 percent of those conversions happened in the first four games before Adam Fuller began to figure things out. The averaged allowed dropped to 37.5 percent over the final eight games, and FSU would have won all of those games if the offense was consistent.
The Noles did face several good quarterbacks in 2021, and the same will be the case in 2022, if not better. However, it still needs to improve to at least below 35 percent allowed overall.
Offensively, I think that number would have improved more had Jordan Travis not missed as much time as he did with injuries.
If the offense can improve that number closer to 40 percent? The FSU offense will likely increase their scoring average to closer to 30 ppg.