Before this game was even played, it should have been apparent to anyone who pays even a pedestrian-level of attention to FSU football that, win or lose, James Blackman would be the main focus of this analysis. But the freshman’s play certainly wasn’t our only takeaway from the Seminoles’ home-opening 27-21 loss against the NC State Wolfpack.
Still, it’s definitely where we’ll begin. The first true freshman to start for FSU at quarterback since 1985, Blackman began rather inauspiciously— but then again, so did the entirety of the Seminole offense, facing a stout NC State defensive front.