Florida State’s 2024 season is an abject disaster.
The 10th-ranked Seminoles are now 0-2 after a 28-13 home loss to Boston College on Monday. The Eagles outran and ran through Florida State’s defense for 268 yards while Florida State’s offense under new quarterback DJ Uiagalelei was underwhelming for a second straight week.
FSU got the ball back to start the second half after Boston College took a 14-6 lead. It appeared to be a key moment for the Seminoles to drive down the field and either cut the deficit to one point or tie the game.
Instead, Uiagalelei threw a desperate interception on fourth down. The ball was intercepted by Max Tucker and returned to the FSU 7-yard line. Two plays later, Boston College had a 15-point lead.
Florida State showed some life a few minutes later and pulled within eight after a nifty play set up a 29-yard TD pass to Kentron Poitier. But the defense continued to get picked apart by Boston College’s running game. The Eagles responded to FSU’s first TD of the night — and the school’s first passing TD since the fateful 2023 North Alabama game — with an eight-play drive that lasted more than four minutes.
The Seminoles couldn’t respond. Uiagalelei hit Poitier for another big gain on FSU’s next drive, but the QB was called for intentional grounding on the next play and Florida State ended up giving the ball back on downs.
Hell, things were going so bad for Florida State that it punted the ball back to Boston College with just over six minutes left while trailing by 15 points because the Seminoles were facing a 4th-and-20 after offensive lineman TJ Ferguson was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for that push that prompted a celebratory dance from Boston College’s Neto Okpala.
Oh, Florida State never got the ball back after the punt either.
What’s happening at FSU?
It’s hard to pinpoint what’s going right for the Seminoles at this point. They were all struggling Monday night. Uiagaelei was constantly pressured by Boston College. He was inaccurate at times. His receivers dropped catchable passes while he was accurate. The running game was virtually nonexistent. The defensive line got roughed up. The linebackers were in a mess. The Seminoles committed seven penalties while Boston College committed one. The list goes on.
It was easy to dismiss Georgia Tech’s Week 0 loss in Dublin as an aberration. Teams with a lot of new faces sometimes struggle in the season opener, and long-distance travel can take its toll. However, many of the themes that flourished against the Yellow Jackets continued against Boston College. Florida State is a deeply flawed football team right now.