No. 10 Florida State drops to 0-2 with stunningly disastrous home loss to Boston College
Florida State’s 2024 season is an abject disaster.
The No. 10 Seminoles are now 0-2 after a 28-13 home loss to Boston College on Monday night. The Eagles ran over and through the Florida State defense for 268 yards while Florida State’s offense with new quarterback DJ Uiagalelei was underwhelming for a second straight week.
FSU got the ball to start the second half after Boston College built a 14-6 lead. It appeared to be a key moment for the Seminoles to drive down the field and either close the gap to one or tie the game.
Instead, Uiagalelei threw a desperate interception on fourth down. The ball was picked off by Max Tucker and returned to the FSU 7 yard-line. Two plays later, Boston College had a 15-point lead.
Florida State showed some life minutes later and pulled within eight after a trick play set up a 29-yard TD pass to Kentron Poitier. But FSU’s defense continued to get picked apart by Boston College’s run game. The Eagles responded to FSU’s first TD of the night — and the school’s first passing TD since the fateful North Alabama game in 2023 — with an eight-play drive that took over four minutes.
The Seminoles couldn’t respond. Uiagalelei hit Poitier for another big gain on FSU’s next drive, but the QB was called for intentional grounding on the very next play and Florida State ended up turning the ball over on downs.
Heck, things were so bad for Florida State that it punted to Boston College with just over six minutes to go while trailing by 15 because the Seminoles were facing a fourth-and-20 after offensive lineman TJ Ferguson drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for this shove that drew a celebratory dance from Boston College’s Neto Okpala.