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Pamela Maldonado
Through two weeks, Florida State Two have been given a very different win, and together seminols are shaping a very different interaction in 2025.
First got upset, 31-17 wins at number 8 Alabama In the week 1. It was not a miracle of a flukey pick-six or special teams. It was structured discipline and balance.
The Florida state went into a heavyweight matchup and controlled the line of scribe, Alabama does not allow anything often. Seminols arrived at a distance of 230 yards at 49 careers (4.7 yards per crowd), bent on positional execution (5 -for -12 on the third down, 2 -for -2 on the fourth), and limited themselves to only four punishments.
Analysts across the country called it a “program-shifts win” and “statement” for the culture of Mike Norwell. It was not just that Nools defeated Krimson tide; Forcing Alabama in aggressively uncomfortable situations, he played clean, physical football, how did it do this. He put Tide for 87 Rushing Yards, pressurizing QB Ty Simpson The whole night, and never looked out of control. It kept the rest of the ACC and, honestly, on notice.
Then week 2: Florida State 77, East Texas A&M3 came. Yes, it was an FCS rival. Yes, seminles were very favored. But the story is not that he scored 77 points, again, how it is.
The Florida State raked a touchdown at 10 straight assets, racking at a distance of 729 total yards, and rotated about 90 players without a visible decline in execution. Tommy Castalonos Threw for just 11 attempts for 237 yards and three for touchdowns, Duce Robinson The 173-receiving yard and a highlight were exploded to grab a one-hand, and the ground game produced a 361 rushing yard at 7.1 yards per carry.
It was clinical, accurate and incredible. Nolles never took his leg with gas and he matters. Good programs winning games are going to win. Great programs dominate them.
It is not that Eastern Texas A&M was a challenge, but that FSUs executed at an aristocratic level in the depth chart. Everyone was involved-even the third-stringers-and defense forced the turnover and allowed only 197 total yards. It was a top -10 team that treated FCS rival like FCS rival.
And now, everything indicates against the week 6 Miami,
This matchup became one of the most important midson conference sports of the year just. The FSU looks sharp, dark and balanced, but Miami has quietly created one of the most physical rosters of ACC. If the state of Florida wants to prove that it is not just warm, but really valid, then there is a Miami test.
Through two weeks, seminols have defeated an SEC squad and slant a lower level team the way great programs should be performed. This combination does not guarantee anything, but it changes everything. My focus is on the state of Florida. Week 6 will tell us whether NOles are also worthy of the country.
How Florida state to bet
After the week 1, Florida became smaller to win ACC from +1100 to +700. It is a huge swing, but it is appropriate. Alabama’s victory largely shifted the FSU’s power rating to a large extent, and the 77-point blowout on the East Texas A&M was about the execution of the 77-point blowout with incomplete efficiency and under the depth chart.
The bookies are paying attention, and therefore there are books. If Florida State Week 6 defeats Miami, it is expected that this number crashes again. I will definitely support FSU as a Dalit in that matchup.
Clemson The market is still a favorite and I am not fully convinced that tigers are worth being. They are deep on defense, but do not believe a loss for LSU and a winning of 27–16 against Troy at home at home that they can get the previous SMU or FSU.
