Dissecting the Disappointment in Dublin | FSU vs GT Film Breakdown

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[@SMIBRUH]

Auburn fan here that stumbled upon this video- I'm honestly blown away. This is incredible content the EVERY other fanbase should be envious of (I know I'm jealous!). You guys are doing outstanding work, I'll stay tuned in for the rest of the season!

[@XsandNoles]

Thanks for the follow! Check out the rest of the channel. Particularly some off-season content is FSU coded but meant to be enjoyed by any football fan

[@mortalwomprat]

Clemson fan - You guys are absolutely amazing and I never miss a video. Keep up the incredible work!

[@playoffp2738]

Have fun beating us by 30

[@XsandNoles]

Thanks for the support! Glad it's informative

[@stevenbland2736]

Blake Nickelson with his limited snaps was the only D guy that was consistently reading and executing. He has very good instincts and aggression. How is he not a clear starter?

[@tommyjohnson43]

@@stevenbland2736 he was about contact and wrecking shit , we need that .

[@benjamingodfrey8753]

Yeah I've never seen that type of defensive play from fsu before. Looking soft and scared of contact.. damn nil bs

[@Kjbxll]

Because Randy Shannon and fuller want to play favorites. Omar graham got in last year and he was terrible too. Idk how he keeps getting reps. Dude is not a FSU level player. Period

[@jimbeaux89]

@@benjamingodfrey8753do you blame NIL for last year’s success? It’s not NIL’s fault. You’re about to see a shit load of players from other teams that are making more than you and I combined, but that still play with their hair on fire.

[@RacersUnited]

I still have an issue with play-calling, especially if we aren’t executing. GT is forcing us to be perfect by anticipating the obvious runs on 1st and 2nd down. Gotta punish that aggression here and there like on that last drive, and maybe mix it up on earlier downs. Great analysis video, I like the realism and the ball knowledge that you guys have, which tends to be lacking on a certain different site/platform.

[@XsandNoles]

It's hard because I'm with you, make life easier, but the numbers were also there. Blame to be had all around

[@Sterlingrecruitment-m7p]

Man this is cool. Never heard of you guys and not a Noles fan but this came up in my recommended. Wish there were guys who broke down every play like this for my Sooners

[@johncmoore416]

After watching Andy Murray and you guys today, I can see a path to a much improved season. But it requires the 'want to' of fixing the small things.

[@dandrewsATL]

Great breakdown. It's hard to watch us get bullied like this. Really hope to see a big jump between week 1 and 2 ... if not, it's gonna be a long season.

[@stevenhill6031]

This was an excellent breakdown of the game from you guys. There were plays to be made and both sides of the ball failed. I think they can be corrected so we will see. Great job with showing what could have been.

[@travisshuttleworth630]

GT played as a team, and FSU played like 11 strangers in matching jerseys

[@bubbabutler2566]

This team reminded me of a Willie Taggert coached team.. Really soft no want to just catching players and blocks. Offensive line just in the way. Subpar play calls and QB play. Idk ion wanna panic but that was alarming

[@FBI-wn2qo]

Felt more like a late Jimbo-era squad. We had no identity out there.

[@noahciccarelli1131]

I feel like pat payton just showed up for his paycheck. Plus the two transfers in the secondary should sit the rest of the year

[@benjamingodfrey8753]

Payton is lazy. He hasn't been good since his freshman year.

[@Ccs222_rrssa]

Based on the number of substitutions we did all game and how easy the first drive was, I think Norvell saw this as a glorified scrimmage and did not think this was going to be a challenge after 60mins.

[@flch95]

You’d think he learned after that JSU shitshow.

[@RobbyRetro]

You guys are the best! Thanks for making a feel a little better after Saturday!

[@bill33371]

GT put on a Counter Clinic. Night and Day between FSU.

[@michaelsteven3990]

in hindsight, a lot of those vets probably shouldn't have sat out those scrimmages "we know what we have with them". Didnt look that way. Great video guys!

[@humble7713]

Blake nichelson should’ve been in way more than graham

[@willmcelroy6376]

Really great commentary, very entertaining!

[@jason15212]

If 22 didn’t blow the other safety’s out of the water in camp the nod should’ve been giving to a guy we recruited to play the position

[@wcc1212]

Another great film review. Physical effort---they used to call it, putting your face in the fan.

[@thekushcompletionist8930]

I agree I feel better about the play calling after this. But I 100% agree with Trey the end of half clock management was poor. No argument.

[@jaqondnorris8889]

Love the breakdowns before I even watch the video I know that Georgia tech severely outcoached us and were the more physical team

[@Kramer-tt32]

I really did get the feeling of a lack of effort. I dont want to believe that we were actually that weak on the d-line... but, it may be 2018ish all over again.

[@Amazar01]

It was my 1st time at a game (I'm British). I went with another cherry like myself and an old hand, all supporting the Noles. My abiding memory of the play was hearing "first and ten..... Georgia Tech" regular as clockwork. Watching this breakdown helped explain why the chap we went with was so frustrated.

[@XsandNoles]

Haha glad we could help and glad to hear we have some nole supporters overseas!

[@Hud_Dollaz]

Love this channel, hope you get a huge boost in viewers this season!

[@zachmerritt9882]

Verse, Fiske, Bethune, DeLoach, Renardo and Jarrian all looked like they wanted to feed families. None of that passion on this team. Hussey the only guy who looks like he wants to take someone’s head off

[@TheUnconquered]

I’d include Edwin Joseph (on the special teams play) and Blake Nichelson on some of his snaps as someone looking to take heads off, but I agree, too far and few between.

[@levihannon647]

Thanks for talking us off the ledge fellas

[@jtdesverdad]

On this dagger play the dig was wide open. 55:06 mark. WRs and TEs were getting open on the all 22 film.

[@XsandNoles]

Yup DJ not getting to his second read very often

[@SixthSarg]

This looks like most first week games. The team with the most returning starters looks a lot better. GT wanted it more but looked like this was their 3rd game, not first. FSU takes on BC with 16 returners. Hopefully it being second game will help or else it will be 0-2.

[@evanhesse2856]

We don't tackle in practice. Brent Key talked about how GT had a set number of practices that they tackled. We weren't physical and we tackled poorly. GT was physical and tackled well. This isn't rocket science. You play how you practice.

[@getcheese7663]

Do you watch any practices? We definitely tackle in practice who doesn’t ? This isn’t just a tackling problem .

[@evanhesse2856]

@@getcheese7663 we only thud. We do not actually tackle to the ground. This was confirmed by Chris Nee, who is out at every practice lol.

[@tommyjohnson43]

@@getcheese7663 I agree , it’s a desire to hit , be aggressive w bad intentions.

[@PeopleHateTheTRUTH123]

@@getcheese7663 We do not tackle in practice only scrimmages, get your facts checked.

[@marycrockerrohe2371]

Respect for you breakdown. 🍢

[@JP-ko8jj]

Great job on this by the crew. From this, the major take away was that we had mistakes by either the newcomers or first time starters at crucial times within the game. Riley, Little, D. Brown, MJJ, Davis, Courtney, Jackson West, Lucas, Ferguson, Leonard, with bad games from Payton, DJ, S. Brown, Graham.

[@tommyjohnson43]

Ole’ is what we called it when you’d purposely avoid contact

[@cjmp11]

Thanks for all you do..

[@nicholasshunick3845]

What do you think is going to happen with Thomas Castellanos next week? I’m really concerned with our edges not being able to contain and our lbs being able to keep up.

[@XsandNoles]

We will see. Running QBs have been a bit of an Achilles heel for fullers defenses. You should be able to over power them but if you're going to play this sloppily, anything is possible

[@kevinpierre261]

Love your film breakdowns. Not sure how to find out who else does this especially in the ACC. If they do and they are part of the 24/7 , I will definitely subscribe.

[@nicholasshunick3845]

@@XsandNoles oh trust me I remember last year... LOL. Obviously the troubles we had in 2023 will not be exactly replicated, but we did have much more proven talent on that roster. I am hoping for a big rebound game on monday.

[@thetrailaheadofus]

All the HYPE got wiped by an unranked average team, that played better, harder, faster and more physical. How '23 ended, how the hype train kept rolling and how we played this game is embarrassing. Not a single position stood out. If anything, we looked like the Orange Bowl team...only worse. Once again, Fuller needs to go.

[@Hogpynn]

They got one TD the second half. Great job Fuller

[@thetrailaheadofus]

@@Hogpynn GT bullied our defense-FACT. Made them look slow and weak. If this is the defense all the hype was about, no thanks.

[@garyglenross2995]

We'll see. I think GT is better than people think.

[@thetrailaheadofus]

@@garyglenross2995 I agree. Their defense is clearly better and if they continue to play that hard, they will have a great season under Key.

[@joshrich6036]

That's because GT knew they were in control so they just played keep away. I promise you they could have probably scored more if they wanted to​@@Hogpynn

[@woodycumbie4569]

“Throw the Dang Ball” - well done!

[@stischer47]

What struck me, as a non-FSU fan, was that visually (no plays) it looked like a college team playing a high school time looking at the OL and DL of FSU vs Tech. FSU was so much bigger. But then Tech played like a college team and FSU like a high school team. As y'all said, Tech wanted it more than FSU.

[@XsandNoles]

Tech was fundamentally sound and FSU wasnt

[@andrewwarnke1288]

“This almost looks like Michael Oher” 🤣🤣🤣.

[@StanGardner4815]

Great breakdown from a Tech fan. Yeah TE #85 is a transfer from Yale 😳

[@treypalmer5105]

Seconded from another Jacket. Fantastic analysis. Good luck the rest of the season, I know the Noles can clean up a lot of this.

[@cadecortes3704]

I am severely disappointed in Payton. Dude set maybe 2 edges all game, the rest of the time was just cannon fodder for a Tackle or TE. Neither Verse nor Johnson would be caught dead being washed out on a run play, let alone multiple plays in a row. We are in deep trouble if he is supposed to be our game wrecker, he isn't Verse or Johnson caliber.

[@mvalle6072]

Honestly, I love these kids and the work they've put in; but you can't seriously expect a check for NIL when your "likeness/image" is this product you put on the field. They got two choices either respond or regress. Really hope they understand how important it is to correct this mess going forward

[@jamesbryan4731]

Great breakdown. The detailed review you guys provide of every play is awesome and greatly appreciated. In reality, we were punched in the mouth. Brent had GT (with less talent) more prepared and tougher than Mikes FSU. Very frustrating! It seems (as many have mentioned) MN is practicing too safe, soft, and "thudding" his players in an effort to prevent injury. Clearly that doesn't work. BK and his OL just walked all over our DL. Absolutely Embarrassing. FSU'S goal line defense is known to be Impenetrable! Mickey Andrews didn't protect his players by practicing "thudding". His defenses were aggressive, nasty and always played thru the end of the whistle. Might be time for MN to rethink how to practice practices. The offense needs to bear shame as well. Poor play calling by Mike. Asking DJU to run RPO like TJ and expecting the same results was (One Flew Over...) crazy. After the first couple of drives, the FSU offense became flat, vanilla and predictable. GT's DL was tougher (ref the need to practice harder) in the end and shut down our running game. Plus, Mike never really opened up the passing game. DJU wasn't able to threaten GT down the field. MN and staff were weak and out coached on both sides of the field. Hold on, one huge bright spot.......Ryan Fitzgerald kicking 52 and 59 yd field goals!!!!!!! What a Stud.

[@nah3193]

This game felt like the our emergency offense against Louisville but worse... I don't think DJ was really the problem but I do think we showed about as much trust in him as a 3rd string freshman...

[@deeperson7711]

Also can someone ask Fuller about trying to turn corners into safety’s in one offseason it hasn’t worked they don’t have the eyes and usually don’t have the physicality or understand run fits . Brown was a cast off from Miami and UCF and he’s starting here. Knowles anyone with a brain knew that was a bad move last year. Play the young safety’s that you recruited and coach them up better.

[@shanemarshall5333]

It's frustrating, either the coaches are failing the players or the players just don't get the schemes being taught...but how does Georgia Tech bring in Transfer Tight Ends who know where and how to block in one off-season, but our TE's and OL who have been with the program for multiple years, still seemed to have no idea what hole to fill on a run block? It's like the coaching staff has taught our players to be NPC's and when they have to compute where to block based off the opposing defense, their brains get scrambled.

[@shanemarshall5333]

Agree with Trey and Adam though, you can only go up from here and they will fix at least some things. The question as Trey said is if the "want to" is there over the couple weeks.

[@stephenbrett2028]

Yards after first contact was disgusting.

[@JackpotJ]

The ball carrier/receiver on that 3rd&18 was still making forward progress and went down out of bounds. Why did the clock not stop with :48 left, was it the tackle being initiated that prevented the officials from stopping the clock?

[@Lafrm1600]

At least it was by a field goal and not a fumble and non kneel 😭.

[@brianfisher4701]

8:32 the guard down blocks #9 is supposed to fill immediately and the RB would have cut back right into him but instead he scraped over the top for no reason,he don't know how to play LB.

[@jtdesverdad]

Great video

[@cubbyvespers6389]

FSU essentially looked like a team from the dimension of EA's CFB 25.

[@cjflorida5678]

Thank you for helping us make sense of this misery. Still in disbelief the coaches let this happen.

[@Checkyourselfatthedoor]

Thank you

[@torjelanimedia850]

We should’ve kept biscuit over morlock

[@brianhammer8968]

There was honestly so many bad things but especially from Graham, Byers, and the entire D line. MJJ and Payton were absolute no shows. Farmer getting absolutely blown out of his gaps on double teams and Graham couldnt find the right hole to save his life. Byers is awful in Pass pro. D line has 0 moves and 0 block shedding ability. Our o line couldnt move anyone and GT just trashed us when we pulled. Lundy cannot guard man to man. Toe, Kam, Jahki, Fitz, Brown and Blake were the only good players. The fundamentals are bad which is concerning. Just awful awful technique from the trenches. Lotta people gonna hate on DJU, it wasnt great but he might be like 6th or 7th down in terms of things that went wrong.

[@evanhesse2856]

I do think some of the play calling deserves criticism. Just crazy predictable on early downs. Watch GT's backers and safeties first steps. Always downhill. We cant run any RPO or quick pass game stuff? Middle of the field wide open. For example the OZ run on 2nd and 7 in the 4th into a 9 man box. If that is a RPO with slants you are talking house call. There is nobody back there. And GT is selling out for a run. They never believed you would throw over their head.

[@flch95]

We don’t do slants and crosses around here lol

[@philcasesa8626]

We were manhandled. We need to dig deep and find our Seminole Pride. It's a mindset. We know it. They better find it fast! Go Noles

[@saldiven2009]

It seems like, even from the very start, GATech showed zero respect for FSU's passing attack, and FSU couldn't do anything to earn that respect back. It seems like GATech was consistently playing man defense with little to no safety help due to safeties focusing on run defense, but despite that, the FSU receivers couldn't consistently get open, and DJ couldn't consistently throw them open.

[@jackbailey7512]

How much did not having Atkins out there hurt the team? Seems significant

[@leftovergaming9529]

You cannot say the play calling was not an issue when they ran the ball literally every 2nd down in the game... I agree that execution was a big problem as well, but i stand by the play calling being sub par 100%

[@beaconshine3480]

Number 9 on defense is horrible...Coach could still do more than that guy. Defense# 9 should be back in high school He runs back and forth hoping no one will hit him How did he crack the starting D at LB

[@benjamingodfrey8753]

I'm thinking the same thing

[@tommyjohnson43]

DJ is not where we were told he was in the offense . He looked lost, as well as the defense .

[@tommyjohnson43]

Also why was the defense still looking at each other after the ball was snapped ???? Pat was standing there one time w his palms to the sky like “ idkwtd” ??? This was aggravating to watch , they should be past that.

[@benjamingodfrey8753]

​@@tommyjohnson43they weren't lined up correctly all game. It was annoying

[@smgill2282]

It just seems like we were unprepared and we didn't make adjustments...

[@smgill2282]

Mike has a tendency in his playcall to get predictable. How many 1st downs did we run the ball? They just started run blitzing on 1st, do we not have a delayed draw play in the playbook?

[@encycl07pedia-]

I've seen a lot of losses, but this was a Taggart-era loss with Fisher-level talent. It's infuriating because it just doesn't make sense, especially after that first drive. The entire team: coaches, players, everyone had their heads up their arses. Did they all get drunk the night before? Why was everyone saying that the team looked great only for THIS to show up? Sorry, it's just that we should have won this game. Honestly it's a lot like the 2015 GT game. Absolutely embarrassing, but I'd say the 2015 defense was leagues better than this one.

[@jason15212]

I’d kill to have 2022 McDonald back to at least make the right blocks in the run game

[@totallynole9983]

Well we definitely don't have JT any more. Obviously, DJ is S~L~O~W.

[@jeremiahboomin8625]

This may sound like a tad bit of an excuse but we are missing Alex Atkins. A key play caller. I feel like when he’s back things will definitely open up for the offense!!

[@mikemyrick1458]

Appreciate the content. It was one game & yes they didn't play like they should have & they only lost by 3 pts. GO NOLES #MIKEGOTUS 🍢🍢

[@pnut3844able]

Cope harder

[@srmillard]

I watched a full breakdown of each of FSU’s O passing downs. There’s blame to go around for everyone but also DJ is late on every throw (even receptions) except the 2nd half 4th downs. That will severely limit the O all season

[@sapalot5660]

I enjoyed this film review as much as it is possible to enjoy watching this again. To me watching the defense it seems to me like some of the players like 18 maybe just don't really know what they are supposed to do almost like they have to think about what their job is rather than just know what to do and doing it without hesitation. I don't know enough about what the offense is supposed to be doing to know if they did the same thing but I think CoachAB pointed out at one point that they are too much in a rush at least in their run blocking. I suppose that might indicate that they are unsure as to what to their job is and are trying to do too much. I hope whatever the issue is is fixable and I still have faith in the staff to fix it but this didn't look good effort wise.

[@straycatnip]

DJ ugly is the best QB we have??? Season over already. Predictable. Never forget, wins don't matter

[@JonathanReed1970]

Cmon guys start of the season and no 60% off memberships??????

[@totallynole9983]

One more opinion... PLAY #20 MORE.

[@andrewwarnke1288]

Finally 😭😭

[@GrannyTea-Bags]

watching this FSU team is making me think we will be lucky if we get a bowl game. Im serious this is high school mistakes, missed tackles, missed assignments, i mean this team is terrible right now, and honestly i dont think its coachable. 11:11 look at patrick payton(DE #11) ...absolutely had no idea who had the ball. This was a problem last year and was hidden because of how good Fiske and Verse was. This is why we should have let him walk

[@zionequitygroup107]

How do we prevent blocks if we 7 yards downfield getting blocked this is ridiculous

[@daltongore2976]

Norbell must’ve watched the same film from 2 years ago that you guys did on your preview LoL

[@XsandNoles]

Tbh y'all did the same stuff. They still couldn't stop it

[@totallynole9983]

I think DJ said when asked who he felt the most comfortable throwing to. He said Kyle. Why didn't DJ target Kyle and use him in the intermediate routes up the middle? Take what they give us. Our "D" played so damn soft and couldn't tackle a middle school kid. The d line couldn't keep contain, couldn't get in GTs backfield. LBs, Where were they?

[@XsandNoles]

He was slow getting into his routes and it was getting quick pressure

[@totallynole9983]

He has to make adjustments. He is a sure handed down field threat.

[@davidhayes7596]

Noles just one big play away from winning that game. Who does Georgia tech play next?

[@kendalllodman]

This film was painful to go back and rewatch.

[@larrycrawford8692]

Offense line was terrible defensive line terrible quarterback did only what the defense allowed him to do. Your problem wasn’t quarterback. Your problem was your defensive line your defense secondary linebackers. They were all out of place.

[@smokezilla3975]

Im just wondering how meny times odell lets us down by not haveing his group of guys ready to play befor mike gives him the pink slip

[@MattGinNY]

You can't pass only on predictable pass plays....3rd and long for example. You need to pass on 1st downs (the opened up the game with a pass play that went for 11 yards), 2nd and short, etc. Way too conservative...way too "playing scared". The play calling doomed FSU...

[@danaowens3160]

This game gave me Wake Forest 2022 vibes, Defense couldn't get a stop, offense scored on first drive and did nothing after only scoring 21 against a bad Wake defense that year. Mind you this was with Jordan Travis at QB so maybe it's not on the players, it's hands down coaching. Their job is to get talent on your roster, develop it, and put them in position to be successful. This hasn't really been done, most of our better players the last 5 years have been transfers. Maybe it's time to start giving younger guys opportunities then relying on transfers to come in and make an immediate difference. Could you imagine if Keon didn't come to FSU in June last year? How bad would the offense have looked last year? Have we developed a WR in house? Same for LB, other than Kalen D its been pretty slim in those departments. All in all this is a 5 star program or was and there is nothing wrong with losing, it happens but losing like that is and will always be unacceptable!

[@colbybarton3205]

Go jackets!!!!!!

[@worldstallestdrummer]

first time seeing you guys, excellent show. go Jackets

[@jamesbryan4731]

Is there a "Hands to the Face" penalty in CF? At the 32-33 min portion of the video DW is face masked under the chin like....

[@teeetekkr3xx]

Completion percentage don't mean shit so what he had a 70% completion he could have threw 5 passes and made 3 that's 70%

[@dusten.johnson]

At 20:48, why would you not have LT in the game and running that play? I understand Kam Davis is gonna be a player for you and i feel like he didnt play bad but the substitutions in this game drove me crazy. Get a decent lead and then sub some guys but not while the game is a one point lead and this early on. That goes for both sides of the ball. This game reminded me of 2021 Jacksonville state when they had jordan travis and Mckenzie Milton both in the game at the same time. Save the gimmicks for garbage time. If they dont clean this thing up by week one they are in trouble and it will be a long year. And get jaylen lucas more touches. That kid has a spark in him.

[@mikemachado2913]

Cheeks cheeks booty cheeks!!!!! Make a theme song instead of the Warchant

[@jason15212]

Benson not blocking… shocker. He hasn’t done anything 1 or 21 hasn’t done in college so if he can’t block sit his ass down. That’s piss poor.

[@countryfriedhvac]

I should’ve known when these boys started carrying purses that physicality would vanish.

[@deangelograte5260]

Damn! A team of Brendan Gants!! Lol

[@outofposition]

FSUgoes 8-4 this season, they are to underdeveloped, coach should of spent more time with guys than portal picking.

[@micahmay862]

Only time we can throw the ball when they spread the field he always with the bunch sets trying run the ball if they stack thd box spread them out

[@SuperElvis1951]

Very disappointed fsu fan QB was handled like his was freshman bad coaching bad effort from the players

[@ChieffySZN]

DJ has to trust himself to be able to throw the ball on drop back on first downs. Linebackers are very inexperienced and playing like robots. They’re playing the ideal scenario in practice, but it’s not translating into real game reads

[@jason15212]

I don’t think it was a matter of WR not getting open. They didn’t really get many opportunities.

[@zionequitygroup107]

This depressing to watch wtf are we doing we play no sound gap discipline this is bad

[@deeperson7711]

Team looked like it wasn’t coached on both sides of the ball. Fundamentals were horrible along with personal decisions. Just flat out coached. Fullers defense looked like he was the 1 st year coach and not GT Zantuchi who showed how the 4-2-5 should be coordinated with lesser talent and a horrible run defense last year.