Mangum is a Rover so I’m not sure that analysis holds up, unless he was in a man assignment against Benjamin. That would be a bonehead move, but I wouldn’t put it past Mickey Andrews’ aggressive man-to-man scheme.

1. Collier (Miami’s WR) hides behind the TE, pretending to look inconspicuous.
2. Noles’ CB and safety start pointing at him and yelling, taking the bait.
3. Play starts, CB covers Collier, safety panics and ignores his zone assignment to go help.
4. On the other side of the field, The Nole CB Mangum covering Miami’s WR Benjamin doesn’t realize his safety wasn’t going to be there, and plays to take away the outside, giving away the middle of the field.
5. Benjamin scores off a deep post wide open where the safety should have been.
6. Mangum yells at the safety.

If I were Trickett I’da been ticked, my guys were getting it together, we were moving the ball, things were happening as you want, your eating up clock, and then we get away from it.

Also there was clearly one second left on the clock when the ball was dropped, FSU should have gotten another play, but they had plenty of other chances.

Did you notice that Fisher used the “pistol” some? I was surprised. I guess he took a trip to Nevada during the summer! lol

Both teams made a lot of mistakes, but you can tell they have play-makers, and, I think, may be the best of the ACC.

Not Chris, but it looked like FSU did a great job in getting their linemen up to the next level after their combo blocks on the defensive line. FSU’s zone scheme can be hard to deal with for an undersized linebacker when the defensive line can’t hold the PoA.