In their first game since getting blown out by Georgia in the Orange Bowl after they were snubbed from the College Football Playoff, it’s fair to say the trip to Dublin was not what Mike Norvell and the Florida State Seminoles had in mind. They came into the contest ranked No. 10 in the preseason AP Top 25 but won’t be after Week 0 as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets pulled off a dramatic upset, 24-21, with a walk-off field goal.
Regardless of how you feel about Florida State this season or their snub last season (and, in turn, how FSU and the fan base handled it), this was a lackluster showing. The defense showed some cracks but, more crucially, the offense looked quite one-dimensional behind D.J. Uiagalelei, who made his first start for the Noles in the third stop of his college football career.
As everyone was piling on Florida State for this loss, though, many fans starting getting defensive. And that ultimately culminated with a big fan and former quarterback, Danny Kanell, who now works with CBS Sports, reaching quite a bit to blame someone for the loss…