FSU football: Explaining how FSU becomes elite for 2023 season
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU football has started to garner attention with the close of the 2022 season. Some pundits have started placing FSU as a top-five program in their way too early polls.
I don’t put much stock in preseason polls, but this makes sense with what FSU did in 2022 and as the season ended. The Noles won 10 games and had three losses by a combined 18 points against three ranked teams.
FSU has been uber-aggressive in roster retention and adding the best transfer portal class in the nation. They return massive experience at every position on offense, defense, and special teams. When I look back at key moments in the 2022 season, the Noles proved elite in several areas.
They had the most explosive offense in the nation. They rarely turned the ball over (14) and averaged 36.1 points per game. FSU converted third downs 51 pecent of the time.
Defensively, they only allowed 4.85 yards per play and 20.6 points per game. Despite how good the offense and defense were at times, they lacked elite play in certain situations.
had nothing to do with coaching but the lack of depth/personnel. Let’s look at how FSU can transition to an elite team in 2023.