FSU football: 2024 Game-by-game predictions and win shares
By Kelvin Hunt
Vs. California on September 21st
FSU football will welcome the California Bears to the ACC when they travel to Doak Campbell Stadium on September 21st. California wasn't as bad as their record indicated last year. They were the No. 44 team overall via FEI in 2023. They had the No. 49 ranked offense and the No. 39 ranked defense. The Bears return experience at QB, and running back, and will have a new offensive coordinator.
They rely heavily on the run game, and were not particularly explosive on offense, and turned it over 28 times in 2023. While susceptible to the pass in 2023, their defense was opportunistic with 28 takeaways but allowed nearly six yards per play. I sound like a broken record, but this team doesn't have the overall talent to compete with FSU. It'll take FSU beating itself and Mike Norvell teams usually don't do that. FSU wins this one 31-17 with an 85 percent chance to win.