The Florida State Seminoles were unable to ignite their offense after an 0-2 start to the season, falling to the Memphis Tigers on Saturday by a score of 20-12.
Although the ‘Noles have yet to surrender more than 28 points in a contest this season, the offense has been completely non-existent – as evidenced by Saturday’s abysmal performance. Florida State scored just one touchdown, a four-yard run from Roydell Williams late in the third quarter to take the score from 20-3 to 20-9.
Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei had another poor performance, completing just 16 of 30 passing attempts for 201 yards and an interception. Through three games the former Clemson and Oregon State signal caller has completed under 58% of his pass attempts with 465 yards and one touchdown, and it’s fair to wonder how much longer he will keep the job under center.
The ‘Noles futility is now breaking records, as CBS reporter Shehan Jeyarajah noted Florida State is the first preseason top ten team to start a season 0-3 against all unranked opponents.
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Florida State hosts new ACC member Cal in Week 4, and after the Golden Bears defense held Auburn to just 14 points in Week 2 it’s hard to be too optimistic win number one is coming next week for the ‘Noles.