A Florida State QB is Playing a Dangerous Game

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By: Lucas Kochevar

Thomas Castellanos is saying a lot to the media. The former Boston College quarterback is slotted in as the starter in Tallahassee and just hand-wrapped some bulletin board material to Alabama. He referenced the Crimson Tide by saying he was “excited to play them,” and he ended the sentence by saying “They don’t have Nick Saban to save them now.” 

A crazy thing to say for a quarterback who hasn’t had a cup of coffee yet as a member of the Seminoles. On top of that, Florida State was downright horrendous last year and could easily be on their way to losing 480-0 in that season opener. He painted an absolute target on their back, but does he have a point?

The Crimson Tide had a bumpy ride under head coach Kalen DeBoer as they finished just outside the College Football Playoff with a record of 9-4. They were handed losses by Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan, but beat the likes of Georgia and LSU. It was an odd year, that’s for sure. 

Surely, it can’t get any worse than losing to Vandy, right? It’ll be interesting to see how the season unfolds for Alabama because Jalen Milroe is gone. DeBoer and his staff will be figuring out the quarterback situation as the season goes, but for now it seems Ty Simpson will have the task of taking down Castellanos and the Seminoles. In the end, they're Alabama. It'll take decades and decades of horrors before the fans and boosters let Alabama sit in a spot where they need saving.

Castellanos did not have a point, at all. Instead, Castellanos teed up the team with that quote. Obviously, Alabama doesn’t have Nick Saban, but I don’t think they need any “saving” from facing 2-win Florida State. Whatever point Castellanos wanted to make, it was a poor one and he could look very funny in Fall when they get crushed because DeBoer took it personally.