It was a moment where you could say the wheels completely feel off for the FSU football team – a moment that had happened in recent seasons as many times as you would need one hand to count them on – and a moment where the Seminoles realized that the potential for a second dynasty era in program history was out the window.
When the final seconds ticked off the clock on a warm September day in the commonwealth of Kentucky, the Noles not only had lost their first ACC game of the 2016 season – they got beat down in a 43 point defeat at the hands of the Louisville Cardinals and their eventual Heisman Trophy winning quarterback.