I was very serious when I said if they could hold them to under 40 points I would consider it somewhat of a victory. I had no idea the spread was 41 1/2 until a Bama fan that parked next to us told me.
The defense just was not able to stop the Tide offense with any consistency in the 1st half. Although after going 73 yards on 2 plays to open the game, I though the score was going to be a lot worse the 28-3 at half time. And the final Bama score came with under 2 minutes to play I think. The offense just seemed like they were 2 steps behind. The RB's thought they could juke their way to a hole, instead of hitting it while the blocking was there. FSU did not have the caliber player to make Bama miss! Bright spot on defense, well, there really weren't a lot, they did force 2 punts on the 1st team offence. Bright spots on Offense, about the same, the did muster 10 points against the 1st team D, but I believe 2 DB's were out.
I think they only had 3 penalties for 16 yards, that is encouraging, as I believe that all starts with coaching. 1 INT, so will hope that gets better against U of W next week. Will be interesting to see if they improve.
All I know is that you could feel a difference in this team over the last 3 years. I truly hope for great things over the next 5 years!
