Coach Willie Taggart’s first game as Florida State University football head coach will go down as one of the most regrettable openings to a college football season as his team suffered an inauspicious 24-3 loss to the Virginia Tech Monday evening.
“We didn’t handle the adversity well. We had a lot of adversity tonight, Taggart said of the defeat. “We had a lot of adversity tonight. We didn’t handle it the way I thought our team will.”
What Taggart expected to be a beautiful opening to his dream job, turned out to be one of Florida’s worst defeats. The last time the Seminoles were subdued to three points in a regular season was in 2008 by that year’s ACC champions, the Demon Deacons.
Last Monday, the Hokies turned up to a sloppy FSU and recorded back to back turnovers (5) before clinching a win in front of a capacity stadium at Tallahassee. The home team was unable to make a touch down throughout the game. The technical bench tried to salvage a touchdown but their series of decisions never worked.
Boos dominated the last quarter and the Hokies fans made things worse by mocking Florida’s Tomahawk Chop. By the end of the game, Seminole’s fans were tweeting #Fire Taggart.
While the defeat was embarrassing, by all means, FSU’s team is on the brink of changing their playing style. Their whole technical bench is made up of newbies with new ideas and systems. By contrast, the Hokies came in with a playing program that has been there for years.
