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Seminoles Get GREAT NEWS Ahead of Matchup with New Mexico State! | FSU Football · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: Florida State up against New Mexico State. And we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: to USC and San Jose State in a moment. But
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  Speaker 1: Florida State, New Mexico State, in our quick preview presented
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  Speaker 1: by PrizePix, the Seminoles have an opportunity to start a
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  Speaker 1: season 1-0, which they haven't done in the last two years,
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  Speaker 1: and a pretty good opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what the line is on this game.
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  Speaker 2: I'd imagine it's got to be at least around 20
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  Speaker 2: or so.
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  Speaker 3: 31.5. 31.5.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe that's a good place to start.
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  Speaker 2: Can Florida State cover that if they want to? I
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  Speaker 2: think they can.
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  Speaker 1: One thing Florida State did do pretty well last year,
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  Speaker 1: even in the back half of the year, was they
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  Speaker 1: kind of put BTA on teams that they were significantly
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  Speaker 1: better than. And when I look at the Virginia Tech game,
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  Speaker 1: obviously downtrodden team without a coach. And then the Wake
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  Speaker 1: Forest game, they absolutely came out and laid the wood. Now,
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  Speaker 1: in games where the talent was similar, like NC State
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  Speaker 1: and Clemson and Florida, down the stretch, they weren't very good.
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  Speaker 1: And so that is something to keep in mind. But
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  Speaker 1: they have a significant talent advantage here. I expect Florida
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  Speaker 1: State to look like honestly, the Florida state of old,
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  Speaker 1: because they're playing a really bad New Mexico state team.
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  Speaker 1: And there are 30 point favorites. I think what you
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  Speaker 1: want out of this game is the same thing. USC
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  Speaker 1: wants here a couple of minutes. You want to get
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  Speaker 1: out healthy. You want to have some live reps. It
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  Speaker 1: is kind of nice to have a preseason game in
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  Speaker 1: week zero to start things off and kind of get
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  Speaker 1: that sure victory and get out healthy. And then everything
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  Speaker 1: tunes up for what SMU will be the next week.
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  Speaker 1: We will certainly talk about that when we get to
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  Speaker 1: next week, but I like this spot for Florida State.
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  Speaker 1: I like that they get an extra buy because of
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  Speaker 1: this and the way that it all works out. I
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  Speaker 1: think this game is a really, really good thing for
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  Speaker 1: the Seminoles who do also have a tough schedule, just
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  Speaker 1: like North Carolina. And there's nothing specific that I need
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  Speaker 1: to see. Everything coming out of camp is about what
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  Speaker 1: I would figure, right? Nothing real good, nothing real bad.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't lose any major players to injuries. You lost
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  Speaker 1: your backup nickel and Hobbs, the Notre Dame transfer. But if,
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  Speaker 1: you know, if a backup nickel is your one preseason loss,
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  Speaker 1: then you'll, you'll probably take that nine out of 10 times.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and so I like this spot for FSU.
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  Speaker 1: I probably feel slightly more confident about this team, uh,
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  Speaker 1: than I did in the off season after going through camp.
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  Speaker 2: That said, I, and moving my wind total from five
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  Speaker 2: to six.
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  Speaker 1: Like I'm not drinking so much Kool-Aid that I'm going crazy,
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  Speaker 1: but I do have a making a bowl now and
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  Speaker 1: you know, still, still finding a new coach hopefully.
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  Speaker 2: But I do, I'm slightly higher on him than I was.
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  Speaker 1: I think Ashton Daniels has a chance to be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit better than maybe I would have even given
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  Speaker 1: him credit for still not elite, still not top 10
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  Speaker 1: in the ACC, maybe around that top 10 in the
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  Speaker 1: ACC mark. But those are my quick thoughts on, on
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  Speaker 1: New Mexico state and the Seminoles this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you might be able to get Tommy Castellanos
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  Speaker 3: back as part of this TRO situation.
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  Speaker 2: Red Raider, eh? Is that where he's going?
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  Speaker 3: That's been the story, at least, or the rumor going around.
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  Speaker 3: If I'm a Florida State fan, I want to see
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  Speaker 3: Ashton Daniels efficiently operate the offense and play a turnover-free game.
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  Speaker 3: I want to see that he has commanded the offense,
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  Speaker 3: that he can move the football, and it's not a grind.
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  Speaker 3: It's not slogging through mud. And you should be able
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  Speaker 3: to do that here against New Mexico State. defensively execute.
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  Speaker 3: It's a very simple process when you're playing a game
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  Speaker 3: of this caliber early on and you're just trying to
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  Speaker 3: shake off the cobwebs. You're trying to see some depth pieces.
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  Speaker 3: You're trying to rotate around. You're trying to get some
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  Speaker 3: different packages out there. You want to try different combinations
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  Speaker 3: potentially with your offensive and defensive line. I think that's
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  Speaker 3: what Florida State fans should look for in this game.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's probably going to be the natural expectation
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  Speaker 3: to hope to see the Seminoles look like world beaters,
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  Speaker 3: look like the team that upset Alabama last year. And
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  Speaker 3: I think there's also that part of the fan base
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  Speaker 3: that maybe is hoping Mike Norvell falls flat on his
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  Speaker 3: face against New Mexico State. Like, that's very real. I
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  Speaker 3: don't expect them to. I think Ashton Daniels is a
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  Speaker 3: capable enough quarterback and the pieces he has to work
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  Speaker 3: with offensively. They shouldn't have any trouble with New Mexico State.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a matter of how it looks. Can you
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  Speaker 3: play a nice, clean, quote unquote, preseason game?
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  Speaker 4: TJ, let me ask you, are you at all concerned
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  Speaker 4: that Mike Norvell is failing to release a depth chart
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  Speaker 4: for week zero?
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  Speaker 1: Not really. And I've been a pretty big hater on
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  Speaker 1: most of the things he has done over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: Clearly. Um, but not as we all do.
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  Speaker 1: Like, I, I just, I don't think it matters. I
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  Speaker 1: think the fans look for any possible thing to latch onto.
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  Speaker 1: I think if he released the depth chart, half of
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  Speaker 1: what he put on there, fans would whine and bitch
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  Speaker 1: and moan and cry about that too.
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Like, Oh, well he put over on this one instead
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  Speaker 2: of just naming a guy. What a coward, you know?
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  Speaker 1: So I know I don't personally have a big problem
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  Speaker 1: now because it was a, departure from the norm and
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  Speaker 1: because he closed out the media from practice and because
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  Speaker 1: he's not done the booster tour this year for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in forever it's another thing on that list
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  Speaker 1: of just you know we are ultimately a a clown
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  Speaker 1: show right now in the public's eye and so i'm
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  Speaker 1: all for cracking a joke here there but i don't
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  Speaker 1: i don't have a problem i don't care he'll do
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  Speaker 1: one for smu.
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  Speaker 2: And if he doesn't for that i don't care.
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  Speaker 1: Man just go win freaking football games.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, so the starting running back now because of what
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  Speaker 4: he did throughout all of fall camp is Asume Cora.
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  Speaker 4: Is that how you say his name?
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  Speaker 2: Usman Croma, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Usman Croma. I want to make sure I said that properly.
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  Speaker 2: That way I don't mess it up.
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  Speaker 4: That's probably the one guy that I'm looking forward to
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  Speaker 4: seeing outside of Deuce Robinson. Apparently, he has just been
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  Speaker 4: killing it throughout all of camp. He has now surpassed
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  Speaker 4: Trey Wisner as the new lead running back. So, again,
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  Speaker 4: there were moments last year that he looked really good.
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  Speaker 4: Let's see what he does in another season. I.
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  Speaker 4: Don't get a good gauge on what you're going to
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  Speaker 4: find for this offensive line. Again, you have Xavier Chapman
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  Speaker 4: at left tackle and then figure it out along the way.
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  Speaker 4: I think is where you kind of go with this one.
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  Speaker 4: Like Andre Otto is probably starting at one spot. Bowling
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  Speaker 4: is probably getting some reps at a couple of other spots.
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  Speaker 4: But regardless, I think the fear is, is that if
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  Speaker 4: your offensive line looks terrible against New Mexico State, what
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  Speaker 4: the hell are you going to look like against everybody
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  Speaker 4: else this year? And it's not a shot at New
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  Speaker 4: Mexico State because there's people out there, surprisingly, that actually
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  Speaker 4: do think New Mexico State could be a fun team
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  Speaker 4: this year. But I look at it from the standpoint of,
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  Speaker 4: you're Florida State. You went out in the portal. You
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  Speaker 4: were portal heavy. You have recruits that never would have
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  Speaker 4: considered a place like New Mexico State. You should not
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  Speaker 4: be playing down to their competition at all. And I
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  Speaker 4: understand that there can be a lot of growing times
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  Speaker 4: on the defensive side. I understand that you have a
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  Speaker 4: lot of question marks when it comes to what is
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  Speaker 4: this offensive line going to be? Who is your wide
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  Speaker 4: receiver or tight end that's going to break on out
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  Speaker 4: outside of Deuce Robinson? But this is one of those
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  Speaker 4: games where, again, you have a capable enough starting quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: In Ashton Daniels.
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  Speaker 4: You have a capable enough play caller in Mike Norvell,
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  Speaker 4: who should be able to lead the charge. He's also
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  Speaker 4: been hired office coordinator because if he wants to go
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  Speaker 4: ahead and try to fix the problems himself, so you
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  Speaker 4: should be able to do it against opponents like New
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  Speaker 4: Mexico State. Now, if you don't, maybe for some Florida
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  Speaker 4: State fans, they'll be excited the fact that they don't
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  Speaker 4: have to see Mike Norvell on their sidelines anymore. Because
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  Speaker 4: I don't know about you guys, but there was a
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  Speaker 4: lot of people who said you should have fired Scott
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  Speaker 4: Frost and left him over the pond when we lost
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  Speaker 4: that game a few years ago to Northwestern in Dublin.
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  Speaker 4: I genuinely can understand there are people who say, we
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  Speaker 4: lost New Mexico State. I don't want to see him
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  Speaker 4: coach against SMU. He doesn't even make it to week one.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's justified, but I don't think that's what happens.
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  Speaker 4: I think if they win this game, I think it'll
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  Speaker 4: look pretty convincing winning this game. I think the most
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  Speaker 4: important thing is you talk about this as a matchup
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  Speaker 4: that ends up giving you a little bit of hope
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  Speaker 4: that you can get to bowl eligibility. Not enough to
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  Speaker 4: save Mike Norvell's.
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  Speaker 2: Job, though. Far from it.
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  Speaker 1: I think Florida State wins. I think they win comfortably.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know how you predict games like this,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't know, 41 to.
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  Speaker 2: 41-13 I don't know they don't.
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  Speaker 3: Cover this 41-12.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever we have it's a blowout so you guys have
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  Speaker 1: scores or do we just go to USC.
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  Speaker 4: Let's just go to USC give me a win by
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  Speaker 4: 20 that's it
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  Speaker 1: I think they look convincing enough take their foot off
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  Speaker 1: the gas get some young guys reps that's get out
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  Speaker 1: healthy