Saturday marked a chance for Florida State (4-1, 2-1 ACC) to proceed its undefeated begin in entrance of the house crowd in Tallahassee. Regardless of Hurricane Ian hitting components of the state, there was nonetheless loads of pleasure because the Seminoles ready for his or her first top-25 contest in additional than 4 years towards Wake Forest (4-1, 1-1 ACC).
As an alternative, it was the Demon Deacons who have been the sharper crew on either side of the ball as Wake Forest pulled out a 31-21 victory. Florida State struggled to execute throughout key conditions on offense, particularly within the first half, and its injury-depleted protection could not maintain up towards quarterback Sam Hartman and a potent offensive assault.
The Seminoles opened the afternoon with a decisive landing drive capped off by Jordan Travis’ reference to huge receiver Mycah Pittman ultimately zone. The rating marked Pittman’s first to this point in garnet and gold. Florida State’s protection promptly responded by stopping Wake on its opening possession however the offense rapidly went three and out.
From then on, the Demon Deacons dominated for almost all of the primary half. Wake Forest’s first drive of the sport went simply 5 performs for 11 yards. Over their subsequent three drives, the Demon Deacons mixed for 30 performs for 209 yards and 21 factors to take a double-digit lead with 11:15 remaining within the second quarter.
Florida State drove into scoring place late within the first half behind a number of runs and a catch from working again Treshaun Ward. With 1st and 10 on the Wake Forest 11, two quick runs and an incompletion introduced up fourth down. As an alternative of going for it, kicker Ryan Fitzgerald promptly pushed a 29-yard try huge proper, which put the dampening contact on a poor opening half-hour from the ‘Noles.
The third quarter regarded like it will convey a lot of the identical end result because the Demon Deacons marched proper down the sphere for a landing drive. As soon as once more, the defensive backs appeared misplaced whereas the move rush wasn’t making Hartman uncomfortable.
After taking a 7-0 lead, Florida State all of the sudden trailed 28-7 within the second half. The Seminoles had a chance to mail it in, one thing we might seen from this crew for the previous few years after coping with adversity. However they did not, they saved preventing for one another.
The offense scored on two of its subsequent three possessions whereas the protection held Wake Forest to -6 yards over its subsequent 9 performs. A landing move to Johnny Wilson on a fade route and a two-point conversion promptly had Florida State again inside a landing with 9:32 remaining within the recreation.
Alas, a drained and beaten-up protection could not cease Wake Forest with the sport on the road. The Demon Deacons drove 66 yards in 18 performs to empty 6:37 off the clock. Florida State surrendered three third-down conversions on the drive as working again Christian Turner rushed 11 complete occasions on the possession.
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By the top of the sport, the Seminoles’ protection had allowed 405 yards of complete offense, together with 234 yards by the air and 171 yards on the bottom. Wake Forest completed 10/18 on third down and three/3 on fourth down regardless of Florida State’s protection recording 4 sacks and 9 tackles for loss.
Security Jammie Robinson led the ‘Noles with 13 tackles and 1 quarterback hurry. Jared Verse, Patrick Payton, Joshua Farmer, and Kalen DeLoach all recorded sacks.
On offense, Florida State compiled 393 yards of complete offense. Quarterback Jordan Travis accomplished 23 of 35 passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions however he did lose a fumble. Working again Treshaun Ward led the bottom assault with 13 carries for 87 whereas Johnny Wilson and Mycah Pittman every totaled 85 receiving yards.
Penalties have been a killer for the Seminoles as they have been flagged 11 occasions for 96 yards, together with three within the remaining body and two on the ultimate drive. As compared, Wake Forest dedicated 4 penalties for 40 yards. The penalty yardage is a season-high for Florida State by 5 video games.
Florida State will look to bounce again from its first lack of the season on Saturday, October 8 when the Seminoles journey to North Carolina State.
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