SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Florida State Seminoles head to South Bend, Ind., to tackle the 10th-ranked Notre Dame Combating Irish in a recreation that has misplaced all of its luster within the traditionally disastrous season of FSU.
FSU entered the season ranked within the Prime 25, and the sport towards Notre Dame was anticipated to be an enormous recreation. The Combating Irish held on till the top, rolling to a 7-1 document. The Seminoles have been, nicely, horrible this season.
Heading into the sport, Florida State is 1-Eight on the season and has one of many worst offenses within the nation. The Noles offense ranks 132nd out of 134 groups in complete offense and 133rd in scoring offense, placing up simply 14.four factors per recreation.
Florida State can't run the soccer, managing to run the ball higher than solely Kent State and UCLA. And when the rookies take to the air, they're solely barely higher, rating 108th within the nation in speeding for 188.four yards per recreation.
Defensively, FSU offers up 27.three factors per recreation, rating 86th within the nation. The Seminoles' protection ranks 96th within the nation in complete protection, giving up 392.Eight yards per contest.
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“I'm shocked at the place we're at,” Norvell mentioned Monday. “You take a look at a number of the outcomes we've confronted, you take a look at a number of the circumstances which have come up, you go right into a season and you’ve got an image in your thoughts of how issues are going to look. It's been actually surprising a number of the issues which have advanced over the course of this season.”
The Noles are a 26.5-point underdog to the Combating Irish on Saturday, and FSU might solely be favored in a single recreation this season, towards Charleston Southern.
If FSU wins yet one more recreation or doesn't win one other recreation this yr, it might be the Seminoles' lowest win complete since 1974, when the staff went 1-10.
For Seminoles followers searching for a very good facet, the 1975 staff solely gained three video games. After that season, the varsity employed a coach named Bobby Bowden. The Noles didn't publish one other shedding season till 2018.
Nonetheless, since 2018, Florida State has posted a profitable streak simply twice, in 2022 and 2023.
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