Instant Reaction: How did it happen? FSU overcomes injuries to beat Louisville
On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network
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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Florida State beat Louisville 35-31 in a game that was, as Trey Rowland puts it, was "drunk AF." The Seminoles went to the land of bourbon and came out victorious despite injuries aplenty as well as some serious miscues.
How did the Seminoles do it? A loot at culture, timely play by WR Johnny Wilson, and the remarkable story of Tate Rodemaker.
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| 0:00.0 | How, for the love of God, you've got everything stacked against the nose. |
| 0:10.8 | Your best defensive player, out. |
| 0:14.3 | Your best offensive, maybe best player on the team, out. |
| 0:18.6 | You're starting left tackle, out. |
| 0:21.7 | You give the ball to tape roadmaker, a guy? |
| 0:25.2 | You're going to learn a gentleman like myself, did not fully believe in. |
| 0:28.9 | With a deficit at the half, in the Florida State Seminoles, somehow figure out a way to battle |
| 0:38.7 | back in the land of Bourbon, and it's appropriate because this game was drunk AF. |
| 0:45.2 | And they come back and they win 35 to 31. |
| 0:49.5 | And guys, I'm here, I'm Tray Roll and I'm the Nulls 24-7, we're here at the instant reaction |
| 0:53.8 | podcast. |
| 0:54.8 | I've got to do all the house cleaning because my mind is a scrambled egg. |
| 0:59.5 | I'm here with Coach AB, I'm here with Kevin Little, guys, how, how did it happen? |
| 1:07.6 | Look, what's going on? |
| 1:10.6 | Yes, so let's go over the good first, let's talk about the good Coach AB. |
| 1:16.3 | And then we'll talk about what we're frustrated with. |
| 1:19.3 | We'll find about guys. |
| 1:22.3 | There's going to be plenty of time to figure out how we got there. |
| 1:24.9 | The first half, the defensive approach, the energy, all that good stuff. |
| 1:30.0 | We'll figure out how we got there and we've got the whole triple rate, triple option film |
| 1:34.2 | review to figure out how we got there. |
| 1:36.4 | But guys, we got to the end with the W and if you would have told yourself, hey, I'm |
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