Tommy Castellanos makes good on jab as FSU stuns Alabama
Tallahassee, Florida-The new quarter-Arrière Tommy Castellanos led a precipitated attack for the Florida State with 78 yards and a touchdown while the Seminoles amazed the n ° 8 of the Alabama 31-17 Saturday, ending the sequence of 23 consecutive victories of the Crimson Tide during the season openings.
After a 2-10 season, Florida State awarded an overwhelming setback to Alabama, which was considered a competitor of the university football playoffs under the supervision of the second year coach Kalen Deboer.
Castellanos, a transfer from the Boston College, made the headlines during the summer after declaring that the legendary coach of Alabama, Nick Saban, was not there to “save” the state of the tide against Florida during their week 1 match and that the signaleur did not “see them”.
He saved this blow by heading to me the dominant FSU ground attack while remaining effective in the air, ending with 16 races when no one else had no more seven attempts at precipitation for the seminoles and finishing 9 of the 14 passes for 152 yards.
“This is one of the reasons why I came here, for moments like these, for days like these,” said Castellanos after the match. “We had a long season to come. Take it a week at a time, continue to cring.”
Students and fans invaded the field at the Doak Campbell stadium to celebrate the upheaval of the seminoles, who closed 13½ points to ESPN Bet.
Under the new offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, who spent eight seasons as a chief coach of Auburn, Florida State was physical from the start, ending with 230 yards on the ground and on average 4.7 yards per race. Noles have an average of 89.9 yards during their 2024 disastrous season.
“We have been training since January,” said FSU secondary, Justin Cryer. “What happened in this match was a surprise for anyone in this room. Perhaps for you. But not us.
“We do not send a message to the world of university football. We are not trying to make a big declaration. This is a daily improvement and the way we want to be better and continue to move forward.”
The tide had not dropped an opening match of the season since it lost 20-17 against the UCLA in 2001 under Dennis Franchione, and this defeat will increase the pressure on Deboer of the demanding faithful of Tuscaloosa. Saban, who was the predecessor of Deboer, led the Alabama to six national titles.
Deboer fell to 6-4 against teams not classified in Alabama; Saban went 124-4 in such games.
Alabama could not resolve the defense of the state of Florida, ending with 87 yards on the ground in 29 races. The FSU stopped Bama three times in fourth times, the last time at 5:39 am to go.
Florida State beat her first opponent classified since her entry in view of Louisville n ° 19 during the championship match of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
“We wanted to be the attacker,” said the Seminoles coach Mike Norvell. “And we were. Our players took up the challenge.”
Micahi Danzy, Caziah Holmes and Gavin Sawchuk also experienced Touches in Florida.
Ty Simpson finished 23 of the 43 passes for 254 yards and two affected during its beginnings in Alabama. Germie Bernard led Alabama with eight catches for 146 yards.
The Associated Press and Andrea Adelson d’Espn contributed to this report.
