Florida State football's offense was abysmal last season where it scored a lousy 15.4 points per game. That is not the standard of the Seminoles' program. This offensive unit was advertised as being "Built for Playmakers."
Head football coach Mike Norvell is known as one of the more innovative offensive minds in all of college football. The Seminole fan base thought that Norvell could ensure that the program would not lose a beat after the 2023 squad had a dynamic offense in its respective manner.
While individuals thought that the 2024 version would take a step, it didn't feel like it would freefall into what transpired. As a result, Norvell stated that, after the season, major changes would happen.
He went out and fired offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Alex Atkins and wide receiver coach Ron Dugans on that side of the football. Then the Seminoles went and hired offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, wide receivers coach Tim Harris Jr., and offensive line coach Herb Hand.
All three of them had experience last year for the UCF Knights. I guess you can laugh and call the Seminoles, "The Florida State Knights." Even though UCF finished 4-8 last season, their offense averaged 248.1 rushing yards per game (5th in the FBS). The Seminoles' coaching staff wants to get back to their identity of running the football and this is a great way to do so.
Not to mention, UCF averaged 30.4 points per game in 2024. Florida State looks to be going all-in with transforming their offense into something notable as they added transfers such as Thomas Castellanos, Duce Robinson, Squirrel White, Randy Pittman, Markeston Douglas, Gunnar Hansen, Micah Pettus, Luke Petitbon, and Adrian Medley.
That doesn't even account for the fact that the Seminoles are still going after other offensive weapons, such as Rahsul Faison, Traylon Ray, and Kaedin Robinson. It isn't out of the ordinary to expect the Seminoles' offense to jump to 30 points per game (which would be around 50th in the FBS) with all of the weapons that they have added.