Until Saturday Newsletter đ | This is The Athletic âs college football newsletter. Sign up here to receive Until Saturday directly in your inbox. Itâs Week 1 .
.. but donât reveal your depth chart! None of the cool kids are doing that these days.
Today, weâre focusing on Florida State âs Week 0 upset loss, coaching tiers without Nick Saban and Netflixâs new documentary âSign Stealer.â Youâll also have a chance to submit your preseason predictions for this season. Florida Stateâs Fall After all the talk of being snubbed from last yearâs College Football Playoff and wanting to ditch the ACC, No.
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underwhelming fashion . In a 24-21 loss to Georgia Tech , it was brutally obvious how much Florida State missed QB Jordan Travis and last seasonâs plethora of offensive weapons (the Seminoles totaled just 98 rushing yards). Even more, Florida Stateâs defense was completely outmatched by the Yellow Jackets and mobile QB Haynes King .
Advertisement No, itâs not entirely fair to point fingers and mock the Seminoles (despite online critics calling them the biggest whiners in the sport). But we can use their loss as the perfect case study for what regular-season upsets mean in this new 12-team Playoff era . Simply put, Florida State is still entirely in the CFP conversation (the beauty of this expanded format).
The silver lining, as The Athleticâs Chris Vannini noted on the Until Saturday.