Turnovers on Offense
FSU football fans enjoyed watching the Noles in the 2022 and 2023 seasons. FSU went 23-4 in that stretch and won some big games. Those teams had a lot of talent, but there's one major aspect that helped make those two teams incredibly successful.
The offense didn't turn the ball over much when led by Jordan Travis at quarterback. The Noles only had 14 turnovers in 2022 and improved that to only nine in 2023. We must acknowledge a component of luck here, but good decision-making and ball security can help control that luck.
Do you want to know one of the major reasons FSU went 2-10 last season? It was the offense's inability to hold on to the ball. FSU turned the ball over 22 times in only 12 games. That's only one fewer than the last two seasons combined. Opposing offenses scored 93 points off of those turnovers, which equates to nearly 28 percent of the points allowed by the defense.
That doesn't count the number of times FSU went for it on fourth down and didn't convert, which provided some short fields for opposing offenses.
Ball security and decision-making will be paramount for the Noles in 2025. Luckily, Tommy Castellanos appeared to trend in a positive direction with the turnovers in limited action last season.
He decreased his interception totals from 14 in 2022 (13 games) to only five in 2023(8 games). He only lost three fumbles in 2024 and two in 2023.
If the FSU offense can limit the turnovers to 15 or less in 2025, that likely drastically increases their chance to win 1-2 more games. FSU would have probably won the Duke and Memphis games and had a real shot to beat Florida if they avoided turning the ball over a combined 10 times in those three games last year.