A little over a week ago, we wrote that the FSU defense changed under Tony White shortly after UCLA fired Deshaun Foster. It was only an observation after FSU opened the season against Alabama and looked like a defense that played with its hair on fire.
We noted that Alabama left some plays on the field, but some of that was due to FSU playing physical and fast, too. FSU continued to play with physicality in the next two games against lesser opponents, but the FSU defense hasn’t looked the same since, and looked very different on the road against Virginia.
Ironically, that game was after it became known that White was interested in the UCLA job. Most folks know he intereviewed for the job when they hired Deshaun Foster instead…