Florida State Seminoles College Football Preview 2023
Florida State Seminoles College Football Preview 2023
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2022 Record: 10-3 overall, 5-3 in ACC
Head Coach: Mike Norvell, 4th year: 18-16; 8th year overall: 56-31
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Florida State Preview: Offense | Defense
Top Players, Keys, What Will Happen
- Florida State Schedule, Picking Each Game
Under the late legendary head coach Bobby Bowden, Florida State won ten games or more in every season from 1987 to 2000.
Under Jimbo Fisher, Florida State won ten games or more in six of seven seasons from 2010 to 2016, with the one outlier a 9-4 2011 campaign before winning the national title two years later. And then soon after there wasn't a whole lot of fun.
Before 2022, the FSU won just 20 games over a stretch of four straight losing seasons at a place that hadn't known a campaign under .500 since 1975.
So you'll have to forgive Seminole fans if they’re a wee bit giddy that the days of pain and suffering appear to be over.
Florida State is loaded with talent helped even more by the transfer portal, and now it has the momentum and upside to take what it did in 2022 up another few notches and …
Let’s slow the Seminole roll just a wee bit before booking tickets to Houston for the College Football Playoff National Championship.
The 24-23 win over LSU early in the season was amazing - a win is a win and they all count the same - but Brian Kelly's team almost pulled it off after looking like it could've used the tune-up game Florida State enjoyed the week before. The two play in this year's opener.
Beating Miami, Florida, and Oklahoma sounds amazing - all three teams finished with losing seasons. This year’s schedule is way nastier for a team with CFP dreams, the national preseason expectations are through the roof, and …
Whatever. If Florida State is good - like, Florida State good - none of that matters.
The program appears to be back to being in the national discussion for really, really big things again. It’s been too long.
Florida State Preview: Offense | Defense
Top Players, Keys, What Will Happen
- Florida State Schedule, Picking Each Game
