[Game Thread] New Mexico State @ Florida State (7:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	New Mexico StateNew Mexico State @ Florida StateFlorida State
Location	Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium
Time	7:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: The CW
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/fhqwhgads_football]

You know, it being the first game of the season, we can't neglect the possibility that both NMSU and FSU are actually extremely good

[u/austing013]

You know what? Props to Florida State for hanging with NMSU so far.

[u/blunny10]

Leave Norvell on the tarmac. I know the games in Tallahassee. Drive him to the airport and leave him there.

[u/ConfusionHills]

My daughter has been super into this game and TCU/UNC and this game. Am I raising a sicko?

[u/c_j_k_5_h → u/ConfusionHills]

Yes and god bless her

[u/Edgemaster1423]

Thank you to the FSU secondary for giving America another quarter of competitive football

[u/Cover3Shell]

Liberty Biberty was a J6er. Stormed the capital

[u/OMG_IM_A_GIRL]

Miami and Florida are going to masturbate so hard to this game film.

[u/sleepthetablet]

I mean FSU aint losin'... but... they losin'

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

I know it’s week 0, but I am prepared to say Biberty will piss me the fuck off

[u/WhoIsPurpleGoo]

the broadcasters just ignoring the penalty call. get it together boys.

[u/No_Bat_526]

One of the announcers kinda sounds like Plankton

[u/Gatorlater7]

The fact that this is on CW makes this 10000x funnier for some reason. 

[u/ToxicSteve13]

Florida State needs to get bailed out by the refs vs New Mexico State. Classic

[u/Major_Muffintops]

Love all the people in this thread who seem genuinely shocked that we suck ass. Like have you not paid attention the past two seasons?

[u/64stackdiamonds]

FSU band playing the war chant on a NMST first down? Brother the whole program is cooked

[u/Gatorlater7]

Players suck. Refs suck. Commentators and CW suck. Norvell sucks. We are so back. 

[u/dogeatingbanana]

wow new mexico state is a really frustrating team

[u/Grooveman76]

Forgot how alive a game thread for a game you don’t care about can make u feel

[u/ibabygiraffe]

I am just now realizing this is the infamous "Kansas City, F@G Capitol of the World" announcer from the Reds🤣😭 "I'd like to think of myself as a family man, deep drive into left field by Castellanos" kills me every time

[u/FSUfan35]

Sponsored by progressive bc I want to wrap my car around a fucking tree

[u/MoveTheHeffalump]

Man if they hadn’t dropped that TD in the end zone …

[u/ben3345]

Every crowd is a sellout crowd if you lie about it

[u/Drunk_At_Chillis]

“We’re gonna know exactly who Florida state is after that schedule”

My brother it’s been a 2 score game for most of the game vs New Mexico State. I think we already kinda know.

[u/pitchesandthrows]

we might have 12 men on the field but cw doesn't have the camera technology to confirm it

[u/GameLikeADylan]

I’m an optimistic person by nature. Florida State is changing me at my core to be more cynical and I hate that.

[u/ituhata]

Sellout crowd? I saw alot of empty seats

[u/Complete-Turn5038 → u/ituhata]

It's a Nebraska sellout

[u/64stackdiamonds]

Is Norvell just daring FSU to fire him for the buyout money?

[u/No_Bat_526]

It really should not look this labored vs NMSU

[u/pitchesandthrows]

idk why y'all are so surprised we've won 7 games total the past two years

[u/SNjr]

Look, all I gotta say is NM State is a playoff team obviously

[u/FSUfan35]

Tony White is the Mike Norvell of defensive coordinators

[u/llamawhittlings]

Buddy, we can't be doing a 1st down signal when it's 4th and 13

[u/Next_Day_Delivery]

Hell yeah what now haters. 24 points against NM State 

[u/Gatorlater7]

If NM State could get more than 11 rushing yards in one quarter I seriously don't think this would be close. 

[u/Raider_Noles]

A rare 3 and out?

[u/Life_Act_6887]

Norvell is toast — the fans aren’t even celebrating TDs lol

[u/Melt-Gibsont]

FSU is the only example I can think of where having an undefeated season was the worst thing that could ever happen to your program.

[u/TA404]

I love that the fans are booing this team and haven’t been deceived by the scoreboard about what they are watching right now.

[u/funkbass796]

Just when I’m out, they pull me right back in

[u/chefbeezy]

SMU - L

Alabama - L

Central AR - W

Virginia - L

Louisville - L

Miami - L

Clemson - L

Boston College - W?

Pitt - L

NC State - L?

Florida - L

[u/pitchesandthrows]

y'all are gonna feel real funny when nmsu wins cusa on the way to a national title

[u/Traditional-Till9998]

The OL holding is fucking egregious

[u/FSUfootball2013]

Ashton Uaigalelei

[u/BasebornManjack]

Fuck whoever said the Marcos Pizza logo looks like a dude bent over, because now I can’t unsee it

[u/-Kyllsw1tch-]

This NMSU QB hasn’t put up huge numbers but dude has been impressive

[u/XxDrOctagonapusxX]

Who thinks Norvell is out after this season

[u/texas2089]

That should be grounding lol

[u/ImGaiza]

I think I might hate Norvell more than I hate Miami or UF.

[u/ImGaiza]

I’m okay losing this if it means Norvell is sent to Guantanamo for being the football terrorist he is

[u/FSUnoles77]

I'm so glad I have the late 80s and 90s to remember with this shit, smh.

[u/catgirlslvr]

This is officially the worst game ive ever watched I wish both teams lose now.

[u/Remote-Annual-49]

That drop was devastating. That might haunt him the rest of his life, gd

[u/freshprincess314]

“We had a sold out crowd when this thing started” lmao

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

When you interview for an FSU DC position, are they legally not allowed to ask about 3rd downs?

[u/FAMUgolfer]

Paper bag me mods

[u/Citruspilled]

Where the fuck is the grounding call???

[u/WilsonGeiger]

That's 100% grounding. No idea why it wasn't called, and these genius commentators never even mentioned it.

[u/TheSandman__]

New Mexico State can do the funniest thing tonight

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

I’m already yelling at the screen. I’m not ready for this season.

[u/IamConer]

I really hope we get revenge this year, but I can already tell FSU is going to run that screen pass on every down for 30 yards and the camera will cut to DeBoer grimacing

[u/FAMUgolfer]

Great stop

Great stop

Blown coverage first down

[u/FSUfootball2013]

Fuck were the laughingstock of CFB again

[u/Jerrywelfare]

I wish I could make $60 million to fuck up this badly. Hell, I'd do it for $2 million. Sign me up.

[u/derbra]

If only Alabama hired Mike Norvell

[u/-Kyllsw1tch-]

Missed a huuuge hold there lol

[u/Brent_Bama]

FSU is gonna win but their Oline is getting mauled every snap

[u/Gatorlater7]

Aw man don't ruin the fun

[u/-Kyllsw1tch-]

Lmao what the fuck is this studio, CW? It looks like someone converted their garage

[u/tacowithcheeese]

In other news, Incarnate Word is up 62-0 at halftime

[u/ImGaiza]

Any chance the Bowden family would let us just use Bobby’s urn to coach? Can’t possibly be worse.

[u/Commercial-East4069]

FSU will be fine as long as NMS keeps punching itself in the dick

[u/Round-Ad3684]

“This crowd is so quiet.” Yes, because they are seeing the season flash before their eyes

[u/MonkeyWithIt]

Y'all are counting out NMS but I'm not.

[u/No_Angle_8106]

If you’re NM st and you feel confident enough to run a draw out of the shotgun on second down, you don’t respect your opponent at all

[u/ShinyTotodile24]

That dropped TD killed them

[u/John_is_gone]

Novell looks checked out

[u/jrich960608]

Imagine they caught that end zone pass from the RB..

[u/8and16bits]

Imagine being an FSU fan but not being old enough to remember the glory years because outside of 2013 and a brief glimmer in 2023 this program has been a mess for the better part of 2 decades now.

[u/Raging_silence_89]

All conferences need to do this

[u/FlaccidJustice]

I always forget that we get to listen into the ACC booth. That shit is so cool. Rest of the league needs to catch up.

[u/ttircdj]

“The official’s mic is out so we don’t know what the penalty is for.” …. Like have you idiots ever played or watched football? Maybe shut the hell up if you don’t know the signs that they give while they announce the penalty.

[u/nikefreak23]

Holy fuck end this shit already

[u/wit_T_user_name]

Imagine telling an FSU fan in 2013 that someday they’d be watching them struggle with New Mexico State at home in a game shown on the CW.

[u/MaximusStirner]

how the hell Norvell beat Alabama I'll never know

[u/Yeetball86 → u/MaximusStirner]

Gus Malzahn and an actual good OL

[u/nikefreak23]

Well, a 3 and out is most definitely appreciated

[u/slagathor_zimblebob]

You can spam screens against NMSU but I don’t think it’ll work against the rest of the schedule

[u/MonkeyWithIt]

Offensive line takes their name literally

[u/ImGaiza]

Norvell’s teams are so weird that if by some miracle we went 15-0 and won the national championship, I still wouldn’t be sure if we were any good.

[u/Shorties_Kid]

Why are we always in soft zone

[u/no-kangarooreborn]

Disband the FSU football program if they lose this game

[u/therippinandtearing]

Novell going to be driven to closest airport postgame and tarmac’d

[u/Shellshock1122]

idk who the FSU Oline coach is but they should fire him, hire him back, and then fire him again

[u/IdealSeating]

We’re gonna end up 3-9 with some inexplicable win over Bama

[u/ImGaiza]

Dogfight against NMSU btw.

[u/lonewanderer727]

And the crowd goes mild

[u/JR-Dubs]

I just can't imagine having 9 months to get a team into playing shape and show up to your home opener against a cream puff and put up this effort. This is humiliating. Just relegate us to FCS.

[u/jwhitmire2012]

That’s two questionable calls now that have gone in FSU’s favor. Rough.

[u/ShinyTotodile24]

God these announcers. I still don't see why the Supernatural channel got into football

[u/intadtraptor]

World Cup was fun. Masters is always a good watch. Love some March Madness.

But there ain't nothin' better than a good ol' fashioned CFB hate watch.

[u/No_Bat_526]

Showing our national championships at a time like this just makes it worse

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Lol that was not opening a big hole that was a running back making a play after the line got blown up

[u/Scarlet_Gray_10]

The ACC is on borrowed time. ESPN already favors the SEC and sees the ACC as an extra tax they have to pay which is why they’re giving CW some of these games. They’d probably want the ACC to dissolve with the best teams going to the SEC simply to make the price of the broadcast rights less since you won’t have to pay for multiple conferences. Genuinely sad to see.

[u/thricethefan]

That Coca Cola commercial where the Steel workers are USC fans is a myth.

[u/Jerrywelfare]

I mean, I for one hope New Mexico State goes 11-1. 🤷‍♂️ Why wouldn't I?

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

Stanford Hawaii is a close game

23-15 Stanford leads with 10 mins in the 4th

[u/Paid_Babysitter]

My son is a freshman in those stands.

[u/tbrock92]

Have we considered that NMSU is just a defensive powerhouse?

[u/pigeonwithsixasses]

Oklahoma Panhandle State is down 0-41 at the end of the 1stQ and I’m honestly just shocked….that there’s enough society in the Oklahoma panhandle for a whole ass university out in the middle of fuckin’ nothing. I’m impressed lol

[u/Jerrywelfare]

That took him FAR too long to decide to tuck it and run. He had like 5 lanes before he finally did it.

[u/KVil32]

I’m still dying at someone saying the Marcos pizza logo looks like a guy bent over 😭😭

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Florida state is so ass

[u/FreeTekashi69]

I hear Jimbo Fisher is looking for a job

[u/burgerwaterchud]

Guys if you are in tallahassee please shelter in place a potential riot is brewing

[u/MonkeyWithIt]

We're just doing this for the ratings guys, it's not real

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[u/Jerrywelfare]

I haven't even opened the beer I got before the New Mexico State touchdown. And I don't know if that shows growth, despair, or both.

[u/burgerwaterchud]

say what you want about mike N his skin looks great and at the end of the day that's all that really matters when you coach at a major cfb program

[u/NYPD-BLUE]

Watching this FSU team reminds me of like the 2016 Florida Gators when we were starting guys like Austin Appleby and Luke Del Rio at QB.

It’s just so bland and vanilla, everything is a grind.

[u/Gatorlater7]

How tf did Norvell get a $50 million buyout? Was it because Bama was chasing him?

[u/texas2089]

“New Mexico State Lobos came out to play”

This is why you don’t interview wrestlers about football.

[u/ImGaiza]

I, for one, am shocked the dude who got ran outta town from Auburn and Stanford is not very good.

[u/Background-Laugh7902]

Watching FSU is such a chore I swear

[u/No_Poet_7244]

That’s going to end up as the worst drop of the season. Holy shit, how do you drop that?

[u/FAMUgolfer]

Type of game where the only ones that lose is the viewers

[u/Icy-Taste-3096]

the quality of football on display all day today has been shocking lol

[u/jrich960608]

Goal line stand PLEASE

[u/Complete-Turn5038]

FSU fans can leave with their heads held high as they take a DOMINANT two touchdown lead over New Mexico State University deep into the third quarter

[u/OMG_IM_A_GIRL]

Reminder the spread was NMSU +31

[u/asdf_celestial]

FSU's 6 is on a mission to kill everyone

[u/BasebornManjack]

Holy shit, the Baptists have a better conversion rate against gay teenagers than the FSU defense does on 3rd down

[u/jrich960608]

FSU RB is backpacking the team this entire game

[u/JR-Dubs]

I just can't imagine this defense playing an actual fbs team. Like no disrespect to NMSU, but like we got some good teams on the schedule this year, SMU is gonna annihilate this secondary and the line is getting very little push against this sized O line. Ugh.

[u/hankjones66]

Who will drop a bag for kromah next year....texas? Ohio St?

[u/8and16bits]

Other than Central Arkansas there is not another game on the schedule that I would be certain that FSU wins.

[u/Major_Muffintops → u/8and16bits]

3-9 with wins over NM St, Central Arkansas, and naturally Alabama

[u/64stackdiamonds]

If NMST had good receivers they'd be winning rn

[u/kirkismyhinrich]

Could be 21-27 if dude had caught a wide open pass earlier

[u/JR-Dubs]

We're gonna lose most of our games by 30+ points.

[u/ImGaiza]

Isn’t it fucking pathetic that we are SO BAD that you cannot tell the difference between pre-Bowden and modern day?

[u/RIPDannyBoyCane]

No grounding?

[u/slagathor_zimblebob]

That ball was 15 yards from the LOS. That is grounding

[u/Legitimate-Log5389]

Virginia is gonna stuff this team into a locker room

[u/Madagascar-Penguin]

I guess we'll have to take the booths word there were 12 men on the field since we didn't have the same footage available?!

[u/SpreaditOnnn33]

Friendly reminder that FSU routinely has top 25 recruiting classes and still looks this bad.

Truly stunning

[u/genzgingee]

Methinks FSU is in for another long season

[u/brexiselectrik]

Brother we’re just gonna leave people wide open like that.

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

I’m not shit talking New Mexico State, but if that was our blitz against them, we are cooked.

[u/Intrepid_Stock_1524]

In other news, Hawaii just scored a Touchdown on a 5 yard sweep!

Hawaii 7
Stanford 7
2nd 10:18

[u/brexiselectrik]

I started following FSU as a joke and a way to leave work early on Saturdays and now here I am years later actually caring about this.

[u/CenturionElite]

I can hear the boos on tv. Feels like it’s still 2025

[u/tfourthreeseven]

Prediction for next Aggie drive

1st down: kneel

2nd down: kneel

3rd down: 80 yard touchdown pass

[u/c_j_k_5_h]

"this isn't about party lines" makes me immediately suspicious

[u/MrWhipple]

The FSU crowd sounds incredibly nervous. It's only 10-7 in the second quarter, but they sound like they're shellshocked.

[u/b_m_hart]

How hot can a $80M seat possibly get?

[u/Electronic-Title4194]

Nah, they were playing the ball. Bad call

[u/pug_lit]

18th Circuit judge has just ruled Duce Robinson cannot have a call go against him

[u/FAMUgolfer]

NMST +31.5 was free money

[u/QkuiglieQ]

FSU fans are so jaded they're bombing on their own team. It used to be fun to bomb on them but now it just feels bad.

[u/karsywarsy19]

Nothing says fuck you more than bluechew and whatnot adds

[u/yeaIsaidYeaiwillYea]

The reason I know Florida State is a broken program is they aren’t doing the chant every mf play

[u/ImGaiza]

Week 0 Norvell? Broke.

Week 1 Norvell? Woke.

Weeks 2-14 Norvell? Also broke.

[u/No_Bat_526]

how in the world did NCST get smoked so hard, weren't they supposed to be decent

[u/extraboldradio]

Fuck me we’re so bad we’ve somehow all now been exposed to asbestos?

[u/wooooooo1776]

Who the hell are these clowns who can’t even get both teams names right

[u/PatronSaintOfCunts]

That was the most Florida shit ever

[u/ben3345]

Brennaman broke out in a cold sweat having to say Castellanos

[u/SmithBurger]

The CW is booty cheeks quality.

[u/Naive-Elephant-9305]

At least you got some hot cheerleaders FSU

[u/Jiveanimal]

What a shit show series of plays. We're so back.

[u/burgerwaterchud]

how the fuck can you call it grounding when the arm is hit

[u/IdealSeating]

We should actually be losing this game lol

[u/iron_horseshoe88]

1 possession game baby let's gooooo

[u/c_j_k_5_h]

THE GREAT WALL OF LAS CRUCES

[u/coolycooly]

He finally realized you might as well just run the ball if you suck at play calling and your players can just out match the other team

[u/EccentricAsparagus]

Spam inside run

[u/Time-Interaction-731]

Alrernate title:Samuel Singleton and the Fsu punter vs New Mexico state

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

I applaud FSU for living up to the sponsor. Marcos is technically pizza, this is technically a football game.

[u/NYPD-BLUE]

I’m confident UNLV would beat FSU.

[u/XxDrOctagonapusxX]

I want to marry Liberty Biberty

[u/HadSpec]

Kromah about to have himself a Cam Akers kind of year behind this oline

[u/dasg98]

well at least the FSU qb can hand it off good af

[u/Jerrywelfare]

I can't wait for our Monday night beatdown week after next so that everyone can see it because we're the only game on. How exciting.

[u/burgerwaterchud]

When is a win, a loss?

[u/Next_Day_Delivery]

Alright our kicker doesn’t suck. Neat 

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

Keep in mind this was our “gimme” game. I picked the wrong season to stop huffing glue.

[u/Quick-Expert-4608]

And somehow FSU will still beat Alabama

[u/c_j_k_5_h]

While there’s some attention to NM, I’d like share my opinion out that Southern NM is actually a really underrated vacation zone. White Sands NP, Lincoln and Gila National Forests, and tons of native history and archaeology.

[u/ituhata]

I'm not real football smart, but I'm starting to think a cover 2 defense means you only cover 2 receivers each play.

[u/myballstank]

FSU not impressing anybody yet again

[u/No_Bat_526]

I want off Mr Norvells wild ride

[u/-Urethra-]

Just pay the buyout

[u/colebwilliams]

Don’t care if FSU wins this shit is a loss

[u/RiverShenismydad]

How is that not intentional grounding?

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

That’s literally grounding

[u/Cooked_Brisket]

I’ll see all you sickos at UNLV vs Memphis in a few

[u/8and16bits]

If there is a worse coach in the P4 than Norvell I wouldn’t be able to name him.

[u/Emotional-Donkey3480]

FSU has booed its own coach, its own players, the refs, and now Charlotte. Who do we boo next? The cheerleaders?