FSU football: 5 takeaways from ‘Noles dominating win over Syracuse

FSU football handed the Syracuse Orange their worst loss of the year in primetime Saturday night.

It was a 38-3 beatdown and could have been by whatever score FSU wanted if Mike Norvell didn’t put the backups in during the third quarter.

Syracuse has nothing offensively, and it was FSU getting in their own way on a couple of series that prevented the blowout from happening sooner.

FSU hasn’t dismantled opponents like this since the 2016 season.

In thinking, who would win a game between the 2016 team and the 2022 team? I thought FSU would cover the touchdown spread whether Syracuse starting QB Garrett Shrader played or not.

However, when I saw him jogging in the pre-game, I could tell he wasn’t 100 percent on that ankle, and the first play of the game indicated that even more.

I’ve mentioned in some recaps already, but the way they dismantled Syracuse on the road after destroying Miami on the road last year is the sign of a very good team.

Credit the coaching staff and the players for their business-like approach since the bye-week. I can finally legitimately put FSU ahead of Syracuse in my ACC Power Rankings like I’ve wanted to for the past few weeks.

Here are my five takeaways from the game.