Florida State's Pivotal Season Opener Against Georgia Tech

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00:00Let's get started off. Florida State playing with the chip on their shoulder all season.

00:04There's no question that this is going to be a very pivotal season as far as attitude for them.

00:10They're going to want to show the college football world that not only should they have been in the college football playoff,

00:14maybe that they would have won it, they're ranked 10th coming into the season.

00:17They take on a Georgia Tech team that, once again, Bill, it feels like the Yellow Jackets,

00:22once every like four years are good and then the other three, they're not very good.

00:26Knowles, 11.5 point favorites, neutral site, total of 56.5,

00:31so I guess we're not going to have a shortage of offense in this game, are we?

00:35No, and there's a fascination, obviously, with Florida State and DJ Uyengilele.

00:42Got it right. It takes many years of practice with that.

00:45Coming over from Oregon State, coming over from Clemson, how does he look in this offense?

00:50That's one piece of the puzzle.

00:52Patrick Payton, the edge rusher on the other side for the Seminoles, really good player as well.

00:57And you mentioned that chip on the shoulder after last year.

01:00Playing a really good Georgia Tech team, though.

01:02Hayes King led the ACC in touchdown passes last year.

01:05They have a strong running game.

01:07Their defense was terrible against the run, though, 128th.

01:10So I think Florida State's going to test the running game early, let DJ Uyengilele settle in and go from there.

01:16That spread, though, looks a little high to me,

01:19knowing that Georgia Tech was 7-2 against the spread under Brent Key last year.

01:24I don't know if they're an ACC championship contender,

01:26but I think they can hang around while both these teams get their footing in a, let's just say, unfamiliar setting.