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Florida State’s early-season woes continued on Monday.
The No. 10 Seminoles confronted one other upset following their loss to Georgia Tech of their season-opener, this week shedding to Boston Faculty 28-13 at residence.
After an undefeated common season a yr in the past that noticed Florida State fall simply in need of reaching the Faculty Soccer Playoff, competing for a championship this season already looks like a misplaced trigger.
Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, who transferred from Oregon State to Florida State this offseason, struggled as soon as in opposition to. Whereas he had 272 passing yards and a landing, he didn’t capitalize a number of occasions within the crimson zone and threw an interception within the third quarter that led to Boston Faculty taking a 21-6 lead. He was additionally inefficient in his passing, finishing simply 21 of his 42 makes an attempt.
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A DJ UIAGALELEI INT ON 4TH DOWN LEADS TO ANOTHER BOSTON COLLEGE SCORE 😱
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But it wasn’t just Uiagalelei struggling against the Eagles, the defense was to blame too as it gave up 263 rushing yards.
After the Seminoles’ nightmare start to the season persisted on Monday, fans blasted head coach Mike Norvell and Uiagalelei on social media.
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Breaking: Florida State adding to its ACC lawsuits to force expansion of @CFBPlayoff from 12 to 112 groups this season
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Is Mike Norvell on the hot seat?#FSUvsBC
After missing out on the CFP last year, Florida State sued the ACC in hopes of getting out of the convention and right into a extra aggressive one just like the SEC or Huge Ten. After shedding to 2 ACC groups of their first two video games, that call has now backfired on the Seminoles.
Now 0-2, Florida State will spent its bye week looking for solutions on the way to flip a disastrous begin to the season round. However issues do not get a lot simpler when the Seminoles return to motion on Sept. 14, as they will tackle a robust Group of 5 workforce, Memphis.
Primarily based on their rating coming into the yr, the Seminoles needs to be undefeated and flying excessive. As a substitute, they’ve two losses and head into their bye week demoralized.