By: Robert Craft

TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services

With fans on social media torching coach Willie Taggart in the aftermath of Saturday’s season opening loss to Boise State, Seminole fans are wondering what it will take for the FSU administration to Fire coach Willie Taggart.

Florida State played in 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982-2017. Before last year’s 5-7 season Florida State opened the 2019 season by blowing an18 point lead at half and getting beat down by a less talented Boise State.

This game, like the whole state of Florida, was impacted by Hurricane Dorian. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday night in Jacksonville, but the venue and time changed.

It looked like Florida State was benefiting from a noon start at Doak Campbell Stadium. The Seminoles jumped out to a halftime lead 31-19 thanks to explosive plays from James Blackman and Cam Akers. Florida State fans were gloating about offensive coordinator Kendal Briles had succeeded and raised the bar for the Seminole offense.

Someone forgot to tell FSU they had to play four quarters on Saturday.

Florida State’s collapse was a complete (lack of) team effort.

Boise State’s ability to run the football wore down the Seminole Defense, and the offensive side of the ball.

The Seminoles stopped hitting those explosive plays shown in the first half. Boise State ran 108 plays and controlled the clock with 40:03 minutes of possession.

I could breakdown more stats on how Florida State choked on Saturday, but the bottom line is Boise State’s coaches out coached Willie Taggart and FSU’s staff.

Social Media went crazy after the epic melt down by the Seminoles. One Florida State fan posted a poll suggesting replacing Willie Taggart with Urban Meyer. TALK ABOUT POLL RESULTS!!

“We laid an egg in the second half,” Taggart said.  This is Taggart’s second straight home opener loss and Florida State’s third.

Florida State is a premier college football program. Rivals recruiting ranks over the past five years had the Seminole recruiting class at number three.

The Seminoles won a National Title in 2013 and were in the playoffs in 2014. Many Florida State fans still want to blame Jimbo Fisher on the lack of talent, but the Seminoles don’t have a problem with talent

Some media outlets say Willie Taggart is on the “hot seat.” I do not believe this to be entirely true.

Willie Taggart’s buyout after this year is $17 million, not including assistant coaches.

Florida State Athletics has lost $3 million last year and had to get $6 million from boosters to balance the budget.

Florida State fans, Willie Taggart is not going anywhere!

Taggart amazes me with his ability to rise up and convince Athletic Director’s to pay him insane money with a record (52-57).

Also, Taggart just hired Kendal Briles as offensive coordinator in December. Briles served on his father’s staff at Baylor and received and NCAA sanctions for recruiting violations. He was also named in a Title IX lawsuit filed against Baylor.

Florida State fans are fed up with Willie Taggart and it’s hard to blame them when you consider how last year went and how awful the collapse was in the second half Saturday against a non-power five opponent.

Considering the talent on the Florida State roster, Willie Taggart is in over his head.

Unless a Big Booster comes up with a pile of cash, Willie Taggart will be coaching Florida State this season and next, so buckle up Nole fans it’s going to be a bumpy ride.