“They came out with a great game plan, executed it and made us have to make decisions throughout the course of the game”.
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For most of the first half Monday night, the Florida State Seminoles were thoroughly outplayed by the Ole Miss Rebels.
Freshman kicker Ricky Aguayo, brother of former Seminoles All-American Roberto Aguayo, went 6-for-6 on field goals in his debut. “Our motto is to keep chopping”.
Regardless, the ‘Noles have always been a second-half team and they came storming out the last half of this game. QB, Deondre Francois threw for 419 yards on 52 attempts with two touchdowns and zero interceptions. I know nobody from MS is getting [in] your ass like Coach Trickett!
KEY PLAY: It’s hard to pinpoint just one moment where it became apparent the Seminoles were going to make this comeback, but Ole Miss’ swagger was officially gone after Kelly fumbled with 10:47 left in the third quarter.
The Ole Miss football team suffered a loss at the hands of Florida State on Monday night, and it is reflected on in the Coaches Poll this week. His teammates believe in him.
“He’s a different guy, man”, running back Dalvin Cook said.
“He’s going to lay it on the line for you”.
Winston, who threw for 356 yards and scored six touchdowns in his first game in 2013, was on Florida State’s sideline during Monday’s game. Freshmen D.K. Metcalf and Van Jefferson caught touchdown passes from Kelly, the first of their respective careers.
Several shortcomings cost Ole Miss, but nothing hurt more than having its up-tempo offense essentially slowed to a halt.
Ole Miss’ longest scoring drive lasting 2 minutes, 19 seconds.
Florida State: The Seminoles won the time of possession battle 42:39 to 17:21.
The Rebels gave up 33 unanswered points over less than two quarters, turning a 28-6 lead late in the second quarter into a 39-28 deficit early in the fourth. Quarterback Deondre Francois found his stride and the defense began forcing the Rebels offense to move backward while creating takeaways.
Defensive end Demarcus Walker was named the defensive lineman of the week after his incredible second half performance against the Rebels.
Buechele carved up the Irish defense to the tune of 280 yards and two touchdowns en route to the victory.
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“You have to give credit to Florida State”, Freeze said. However, Ole Miss held its ground and forced FSU to settle for a 25-yard field goal. “I was a first-time starter so had a lot of first-game jitters but then I settled down”.
