​Cover Photo: Mark Brown/Getty Images


There's no more hiding behind, "It's still early, it's only Week [whatever]" when defending the start to Florida State football's disastrous 2018-19 season.


When you're a program of Florida State's caliber, there's simply no excuse for having the same odds as Florida International to win the College Football Playoff.


Sorry Seminole fans, but if I were you, I'd be worried about the current state of the program. What's quickly turning into a full two-season slide from national prominence, this has become a future worry on a larger scale now.

And it may be here to stay, when you see how their in-state competition has been performing in the meantime.
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​Sure, FSU played Miami tight in their last game, but one-point loss or not, the result pushed the Noles to an irrelevant 3-3 record through their first six weeks. There's no shame in trailing another storied, Power-Five program like Florida as that's bound to happen every so often.

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​But falling behind the national-competition eight ball to programs like UCF and FAU (and most likely a No. 21 and undefeated USF team, if the odds were available) is call for serious concern.
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​Perhaps the most concerning part of FSU's bleak future is their remaining schedule and the level of competition they'll have to overcome to even make a bowl game this season. The Seminoles still have to face No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Notre Dame on the road, No. 11 Florida and No. 16 NC State on the road this season.
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​That's a gauntlet to run through, even for a good college football team.

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