FSU football: 3 lessons learned from Wake Forest loss
By Kelvin Hunt
Consistent Complimentary Football
FSU did a poor job of playing complementary football against Wake Forest. It’s something we saw in portions of the LSU and Louisville games, and it reared its head again against Wake Forest.
On the flip side, we saw excellent complementary football in the Boston College game, and we saw the results.
What I mean is whenever the offense scores, the defense gets the opposing offense off the field without a score. When the defense gets the opposing offense off the field without a score, the FSU offense takes advantage and puts points on the scoreboard.
We saw the FSU offense open the game with a touchdown and the FSU defense forced a punt on Wake Forest’s next possession. However, the FSU offense failed to take advantage of that opportunity to go up two scores early.
The FSU defense forced a long field goal late in the second quarter that Wake Forest missed, and the FSU offense failed to score on their next possession.
The FSU offense picked up the FSU defense on their first possession in the third quarter after Wake Forest opened the second half with a touchdown.
However, the FSU defense forced two consecutive punts, and the FSU offense only scored one touchdown in that span, wasting a prime opportunity deep in Wake Forest territory. Had the two units played great complementary football, they win the game.