Good win. Credit to both sides of the ball. Still room for improvement.
For me, the good:
1. Made field goals
2. Exploited FSU’s weaknesses–QB and O’line plus their speed/aggressiveness
3. Maintained poise in and responded in spite of some hiccups late
4. Pressured the QB
5. Improved DB and LB play
Areas for improvement:
1. I generally think Drink calls a good game between the 15-20’s, but red zone calls leave something to be desired. Slow developing runs outside or short passes to the outside; too often goes away from what’s been successful at critical times; it’s like he has a bag of tricks and needs to use them instead of sticking with what works. Even the 4th down successful TD was a head scratcher imo given the previous sequence.
2. Nothing we can change immediately, and our line strength will allow us to compete, but I still we look slow in the back 7. Maybe some improvement there as injured players return, but NC, Ville’, and CU will better exploit those than Jimbo and a Fr. QB on Saturday after a lay off. Hux gonna have to dial it up more going forward.
