FSU football: 10 major takeaways from win over Miami

By Kelvin Hunt | Nov 12, 2023

TALLAHASSEE, FL - NOVEMBER 11: A general view from the line of scrimmage of the Florida State Seminoles against the Miami Hurricanes during the game at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium on November 11, 2023 in Tallahassee, Florida. The 4th ranked Seminoles defeated the Hurricanes 27-20. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /

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FSU Defense Was Great Overall

I have to say hats off to Adam Fuller and his defense for winning the game when the offense continued to throw up on itself with its last two possessions.

All we heard from pundits and even some FSU folks was how Miami could run the ball and how good their offensive line was.

Outside of a couple of runs where guys didn’t hit their run fits and a few missed tackles, I felt FSU limited their running game. They only had 132 rushing yards from their running backs.

Miami completed 10 of 30 passes for 204 yards, with 80+ coming on that fluke play from Kevin Knowles in the fourth quarter that should have been an interception. FSU had two sacks, seven tackles for a loss, and eight passes defended.

They also held Miami to field goals when they had two short fields and forced a long field goal that Miami missed early in the game. We have to count the play because it happened, but if you remove the 85-yrd TD pass, Miami only would have averaged 3.96 yards per play.

Miami only converted 4 of 16 third down conversions. It never felt like Miami was going to score a lot of points, and they wouldn’t have scored 20 if FSU didn’t literally give them points with poor decisions or Kevin Knowles doing Kevin Knowles things.

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