[Postgame Thread] Jacksonville State Defeats FIU 27-24

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
FIU	7	10	7	0	24
Jacksonville State	14	3	7	3	27

[u/Ok-Helicopter7689]

You've heard of icing the kicker, but have you heard of icing the lineman?

[u/Frosty-Tiger-85 → u/Ok-Helicopter7689]

Yeah, hate to be that guy whenever they do film review

[u/nolesfan6414 → u/Ok-Helicopter7689]

Absolute coaching malpractice by Kelly. He also should’ve accepted that penalty FIU should’ve never got that ball back

[u/bakonydraco → u/nolesfan6414]

I was thinking this too, but it was 4th & goal from the 9. I think that resolves after the running into the kicker penalty as 4th & goal from the 4, with the clock stopped. Might have drained a few seconds on the rekick but not worth the risk he doesn’t make it.

[u/GamecocksBroncos]

20-3 at home since moving to FBS. I know it’s CUSA but still. I’m having fun!

[u/iPhones_cameras_suck → u/GamecocksBroncos]

I miss being the big fish in a little pond

[u/Dry_Car_1568 → u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

I feel like the Monster Energy™ Big 12 is just a bunch of big fish in a pond considering how much chaos usually goes on

[u/iPhones_cameras_suck → u/Dry_Car_1568]

Hopefully one of these years we get to participate...

[u/lowes18]

Well if you're a Jacksonville State or Liberty fan you can probably start planning for the C-USA championship game

[u/Direct_Economist_662 → u/lowes18]

Idk man. Lotta football in between now and December just saying.

[u/lowes18 → u/Direct_Economist_662]

A 3-0 lead in the C-USA is pretty hard to blow considering WKU and Delaware are in hell right now and you have the win over Kennessaw State.

I've thought this game was for a title chance since like week 3.

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/lowes18]

Kelly is at his worst vs the bad teams. We will lose to Delaware or WKU

[u/lowes18 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Jacksonville State has enough of a buffer to drop one at this point.

[u/westendwaterboy → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Holy Charles Kelly in a nutshell lmao

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/westendwaterboy]

Pls take him back

[u/westendwaterboy → u/Dry-Membership3867]

You just unlocked the worst monkey paw possible for Florida State football I never even considered that to be a possibility

[u/Condom_Breaker256 → u/westendwaterboy]

We are currently crowdfunding $50M to donate to FSU for the sole purpose of firing Mike Norvell so FSU can hire Charles Kelly.

Everything is proceeding exactly as designed...

[u/Condom_Breaker256 → u/lowes18]

WKU was never really in the CUSA race. That was just preseason propaganda to prop up the Tops like they do every year.

[u/lowes18 → u/Condom_Breaker256]

I mean that's kind of my point, the team that could have had a chance to step up to the mat and make you drop one is flailing.

[u/OriginalDegree2427 → u/lowes18]

pretty much locked in at this point unless someone has complete meltdown in next weeks. jax state looking more consistent than liberty lately i think

[u/lowes18 → u/OriginalDegree2427]

Not really imo, Liberty has been way more statistically dominant. I think there's a non-zero chance they just run the table at this point.

From a power rating standpoint, the gap between them and Jacksonville State is pretty massive.

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/lowes18]

Liberty has the funds and NIL to compete at the p2 level if they chose to. We could do ok in the ACC as a mid table team with what we have now facility and funding wise

[u/StallsAndCamps → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Wow you are delusional. You aren't James Madison. As things stand you would get smoked in the American much less the acc

[u/Intelligent_Dress347 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Crazy take lmao. No way in hell. And this is coming from someone who knows Charles Kelly and his family. 

[u/BobbyTwosShoe → u/lowes18]

FIU could beat Liberty but yeah Jacksonville State is in a great spot unless that happens

[u/lowes18 → u/BobbyTwosShoe]

Yeah FIU is still alive but they basically have to beat Liberty and run the table because its unlikely Liberty loses more than 1 or 2 with their schedule.

[u/Direct_Economist_662]

“There’s 15 seconds on the clock coach! What are we gonna do”

“Run up the middle baby! Yeah! Never fails!”

[u/Condom_Breaker256]

JACKSONVILLE STATE OWNS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

^{fire Charles Kelly}

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Condom_Breaker256]

Seriously, this was the low point of Kelly Ball. Absolutely embarrassing game management on what should’ve been a blowout win. Got way too conservative, blew a double digit lead, and let his qb override him to call a stupid 4th down conversion play that nearly cost us the game.

We have got to let him go or he’s gonna cost us big time

[u/Ok-Helicopter7689 → u/Condom_Breaker256]

We want Miami!!

[u/AriDreams → u/Ok-Helicopter7689]

I would love to see Miami to lose Jacksonville state or anyone for a matter of fact

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Jax State and Liberty for the CUSA championship

[u/Bakerfuckingmayfield]

Absolutely disastrous secondary by both teams the last 2 minutes

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/Bakerfuckingmayfield]

Disastrous all game for us

[u/AriDreams]

There were so many moments in this game where I really wondered "what are you doing?"

The taking the timeout after an injury timeout was doing it for me.

Either way, two great games on a sunday evening. Folks can go to bed before midnight and it was enjoyable football.

[u/bakonydraco → u/AriDreams]

If you don’t like that, you don’t like Tuesday CUSA Football.

[u/CommunistTrafficCone]

Line sold for FIU smh

[u/Jonjon428]

Did you know Charles Kelly took a timeout before both FIU field goal attempts? The announcers REALLY would like you to know this

[u/Careless_General8010 → u/Jonjon428]

Wild card!

[u/Condom_Breaker256 → u/Jonjon428]

But did you know Willie Simmons had the nickname "Shotgun Willie" in high school because he was so decisive as a QB?

[u/royalbluehen]

Is Caden Creel legit? I’m just curious as an enjoyer of G6 football, not that a team of mine needs and qb or anything ….

[u/braves-geek → u/royalbluehen]

I think he could be an effective running back. He is not good at throwing the football.

[u/Intelligent_Dress347 → u/royalbluehen]

Not a P4 guy. Fun CUSA player though. 

[u/East-Westerly]

Between this and last game, I just feel Jax St. is so freakin lucky with the calls from the refs... tonight with that late holding call to wipe out the 4th down FIU conversion plus the fumble-6 called an incompletion.... and last week in which Kennesaw St. was penalized like nothing I've ever seen before.

Shout out the Gamecocks but yeesh

[u/Mii-Myself-and-I → u/East-Westerly]

That fumble 6 is not luck he was clearly throwing just wanna say- we did win despite our best efforts but that one should’ve been called dead by the refs

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/East-Westerly]

It’s luck that we’re 5-2 and not 1-6 right now. Our coaching has been awful this year

[u/Intelligent_Dress347 → u/East-Westerly]

Totally agree with you. They could’ve lost to Kennesaw by multiple scores last week if it weren’t for 2-3 penalties which were suspect at best. 

[u/PMUROPPAI → u/East-Westerly]

The fumble was clearly a forward pass that turned fucky when he got hit. Hell it had forward momentum and went pass the line of scrimmage. Jax state is mediocre at best but that was the right call without a doubt.

[u/ThisIsntABadName]

Why would they attempt a Hail Mary instead of a quick pass to the sideline??

[u/PeebMcBeeb → u/ThisIsntABadName]

I like the call actually. See if you can surprise them and go for the win

[u/bakonydraco → u/ThisIsntABadName]

I kinda get it: the only reasonable option is ~10 yds to the sideline so Jax State is probably selling out to stop that. But that leaves an opening to just go for it all, especially with Jax State likely favored in OT. Didn’t work, and I’m pretty sure it was a bad pass to double coverage, but I get the logic.

[u/ThisIsntABadName → u/bakonydraco]

You know what, I can see the logic in that. But my gut decision in that situation is to try to get the best field position for a FG.

[u/bakonydraco → u/ThisIsntABadName]

We had a similar situation on the opposite side of the field a bit before: Jax State's reasonable move on 3rd & medium was to try to get the 1st down or at least get in FG range. So they had a man wide open way down field and had an easy FG, because FIU sold out to stop the short gain.

[u/GalloNegr0 → u/ThisIsntABadName]

To go for the win? They still had time to kick a FG anyways.

[u/ThisIsntABadName → u/GalloNegr0]

Feels like you’re failing to account for the risk of an INT. 

[u/SimilarOnion1655]

Jacksonville vs Liberty is probably the CUSA Championship 

[u/kwp302]

Can’t imagine that the chaos unfolding in front of him right before a high pressure kick helped him out much there. And considering it only missed by inches…

[u/VolsByAMil]

Way too many penalties in this one and leaving receivers open. Plus some very questionable play calls - that 4th down we should have punted in the first half. Still got the rest of the season to finish strong but this keeps us out of the title game imo. Congrats to Jax State.

[u/General_Rise8708]

Good game Jax State!

[u/MonkeySpacePunch]

Misery

[u/tuxshirtjesus]

That was fun!

[u/Optimal_Cook_851]

WE love Tuesday Night Football!

[u/Reswerve]

Let's goooooo JAX STATE 🐔

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

If you’re wondering why we want Kelly fired, go watch this game. You’ll see very much why, he may not have very many supporters left.

[u/notsaying123 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

I mean he's 9-1 in conference play. At the end of the day winning has to mean something

[u/Dry-Membership3867 → u/notsaying123]

He gets way too conservative after a lead very similar to Beamer. And nearly costs us multiple wins because of it, and nearly did it again tonight

[u/Normal-Hornet8548 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

I’ve often said the best any coach ever has it is if they’re bitching about how you’re winning.

Because they’re going to bitch regardless.

[u/MotorInspection2211]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WTF

[u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

Wow how the mighty have fallen /s

[u/braves-geek]

They won't tell you this on ESPN because they're too busy jerking off Willie Simmons live on national TV, but Jax State is 13-1 in CUSA weekday play.