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[QUOTE="bigmike, post: 2370829, member: 3928"]
Poor coaching, bonehead mistakes, errors, omissions, @#+ ups - whatever you want to call them, are always more easily overcome by better athletes, and FSU had them.

Upon further reflection, I can't help thinking that the team lost for 2 reasons:

1. We never took their heart away.  The early interception and scores gave them confidence, hope and belief.  An early lead might have done the opposite - forced them into a "here we go again" mindset and if that happened they might have begun to mail it in.  While I think he was wrong to pass on the FG attempt, I think Dino was trying to get at that belief and send FSU into the locker room on a downer which would reopen the door to having them give up in the second half.  If you can tie the score, then hold them on their first second half posession, and then march down the field and take the lead, they might have caved.

At the very least if would have perhaps forced them to throw the ball more which could have lead to sacks, fumbles, interceptions etc.  Instead, we continued to get:

2.  Akers - who was simply the best offensive talent on the field all game long.  That move he put on Paris, a fantastic tackler, was simply extraordinary.  He was IMO the primary reason we lost - we simply could not contain him.

Really looking forward to seeing the team turn this thing around against Wake.  I'm looking forward to the dome being crazy loud.
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