Monday night. The Eagles ran over and through the Florida State defense for 268 yards while Florida State’s offense with new quarterback DJ Uiagalelei was underwhelming for a second straight week.
FSU got the ball to start the second half after Boston College built a 14-6 lead. It appeared to be a key moment for the Seminoles to drive down the field and either close the gap to one or tie the game.
Instead, Uiagalelei threw a desperate interception on fourth down. The ball was picked off by Max Tucker and returned to the FSU 7 yard-line. Two plays later, Boston College had a 15-point lead.
Heck, things were so bad for Florida State that it punted to Boston College with just over six minutes to go while trailing by 15 because the Seminoles were facing a fourth-and-20 after offensive lineman TJ Ferguson drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for this shove that drew a celebratory dance from Boston College’s Neto Okpala.
It’s hard to identify what’s going right for the Seminoles at this point. They were all out of sorts again on Monday night. Uiagaelei was consistently pressured. He was inaccurate at times. His receivers dropped catchable passes when he was accurate. The run game hardly existed. The defensive line got worked. The linebackers were in a blender. The Seminoles committed seven penalties while Boston College committed one. The list goes on and on.