One way to gauge - albeit imperfectly - any roster is the composite rankings from a recruiting site. Sometimes it’s valid. Sometimes you hope that it is….because right now Miami has its highest blue chip ratio since 2006. Sometimes it’s not, as FSU had a weaker composite score in 2023 than 2024 yet performed far better.
Of course we can just throw all of that out. Just go by gut feeling and what you observed not only of high school tapes, but past college performance. Do that and Miami could theoretically have had the number one recruiting class this year. Or FSU. Or Rice. It could all then depend on your point of view.
To me…FSU was historically abysmal because its 2024 quarterback room was far, far worse than 2023’s led by Jordan. That was the chief driver. Have a bad quarterback and everything on the offense breaks down. And if the offense can’t score then the defense wears out. We saw that ourselves in 2023. And FSU’s offense was historically bad - 14 points a game is lower than any team I’ve tracked over the last twenty years.
I want them to be 0-12. I’m annoyed that California somehow screwed up last year. I just think we’re deluding ourselves to expect another 2 or 3 loss season - if their quarterback plays decently. I just don’t think that will necessarily happen.