FSU football: 5 major predictions for back half of 2024 regular season

FSU will get some sort of ground game going

Mike Norvell has always had an excellent running attack, no matter what. The 2020 FSU offense that was terrible averaged 5.11 yards per rush. Some of that was Jordan Travis emerging as a viable option at quarterback, as he was the leading rusher in that COVID-shortened season. However, Jashaun Corbin, La'Damien Webb, and Lawrance Toafili averaged over 4.95 yards and had over 350 rushing yards.

As bad as the offensive line has been over the first six games, it hasn't all been their fault. DJ Uiagalelei was a statue in the pocket, didn't always make the right reads, and teams didn't respect FSU's passing game.

Brock Glenn at least is a threat to run and has some mobility teams must respect. The passing game looked a lot better with Glenn at the quarterback position. Those two aspects should force teams to stop selling out to stop FSU's run game.

I think FSU's ability to self-scout over the last week should help them. FSU struggled to run the ball in the first half of 2022 and found an outstanding rushing attack in the back half of that season. I'm not saying they'll rush for 200 yards per game, as they did in most of the final six games that year. However, they don't have anywhere to go but up after averaging 2.16 yards per rush in the first six games.