Unconquered with Doc Staples

Florida State will miss a bowl after opening the season with a dominant win over Alabama. This team simply found ways to beat itself over and over, and by the end of the season the lack of focus and physicality became an obvious problem, further exposed by a Florida running game that averaged over six yards per carry. The Seminole program will now have to reevaluate every single thing they do and...

Florida has been a tough out for many of the teams on the nation's toughest schedule, but they've not been able to score many points all season. Can FSU take care of business on the road against an offense-challenged Gators team? Possible, but I wouldn't bet on it. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film br...

Florida State has announced that Mike Norvell will be returning for the 2026 season, choosing hope over frustration. The question is whether they'll do the things necessary to facilitate success for the embattled head coach. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and technique...

Just when I thought they couldn't find another way to lose a game they should win, they go and do something like this. Florida State simply does not make the necessary plays to win when the game is on the line, and they play too many games on the margin because of inconsistency at QB. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Pa...

Carter-Finley Stadium has been a house of horrors for Florida State over the last decade, and FSU has been bad on the road this year. NC State, on the other hand, has played significantly better at home than the road. So what is likely to happen in this battle between two bipolar teams? Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast...

Florida State was creaky in the first half but efficient on the whole, scoring on seven of eight drives in this game while forcing two turnovers on defense. The 6.2 yards per play given up to a bad Virginia Tech offense is cause for maintaining concern about the defense, however. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon...

Styles make fights, and this time FSU's style matches up well with a Virginia Tech team that doesn't do the the things that give the Seminoles trouble very well. It'll take a strong self-sabotage effort from FSU to lose this one. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and tech...

Florida State found more ways to shoot itself in the foot than Clemson in a matchup between two teams that have found ways to lose all season. Ultimately, FSU is just a team that doesn't handle the small details in the key situations, and that continues to cost them in tight games. This game was basically a statistical dead heat, but FSU's poor performance in those key situations made it so that t...

One of the only teams in the country that has been more situationally poor or unlucky than Florida State is Clemson. Now these two programs face one another to discover who can find a way to lose another game they ought to have won. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and t...

Florida State finally got a lead and then took advantage of that leverage to blow out a Wake Forest team that had not been blown out this season. This FSU team has been an enigma all season, and the way they blew this game open only reinforces the potential they've had all season, though they still left enough plays on the field for Wake Forest to make that there's no guarantee future opponents wo...

Before getting to the Wake Forest preview, we need to discuss the soap opera that is the CFB job market. Would Florida State consider a guy like Manny Diaz? Or Wake Forest’s Jake Dickert? As for the Wake Forest game, it really comes down to turnovers, whether FSU stays patient enough to make this a line of scrimmage game, and whether FSU’s defense plays hard enough to tackle downhill and stop the...

It hadn't fully happened till this week, but Norvell has now lost his team. They’ve quit. Interactions on sideline & effort in certain spots made that clear against Stanford. Once you get to that point as a coach, there's really no return, and the buyout amount ceases to matter at that point. Hot board after having some time to think through it: Not gettable but make them say no: Brohm Freeman...

A few questions came in after the three-game losing streak that were worth taking before this week's preview. Then we evaluate the matchup against Stanford, which is the first in the last three weeks where the matchup is friendly to Florida State in terms of styles and specific personnel strengths. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconque...

Mike Norvell's seat is scalding after Florida State drops their third consecutive game—and eighth straight ACC contest—with a 34-31 home loss to Pitt. But is patience a better approach for Florida State? Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and techniques will be continuing...

After two losses, can FSU stop the bleeding against a Pitt team that has moved the football on everyone they've played? It's going to be a major challenge for the Florida State secondary, which hasn't played well yet this season. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and tech...

Florida State's lines managed a stalemate against the vaunted Miami (FL) lines, but the Canes still jumped out to an insurmountable lead thanks to turnovers and poor situational play. The FSU defense took the right approach—stop the run (3.0 ypc allowed) and force Carson Beck to beat them down the field. But Beck made the necessary throws, and the Hurricane receivers won their matchups in the seco...

Given the two coaching staffs, Miami needs a significant talent advantage to beat Florida State, especially on the road. Do the Hurricanes have enough to take care of business in Tallahassee, or do the matchups and styles favor the Seminoles?  Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various sc...

Batted-ball interceptions, a missed FG, a ball in the dirt on a throwback that would almost certainly have scored, a bobbled ball in the back of the end zone, and many other single plays might've won it for Florida State, but the Seminoles just came up one play short in the road opener against Virginia. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unc...

After another demolition of an outmatched nonconference opponent, Florida State begins ACC play on the road at Virginia after a short week. This is an especially important game that will tell us quite a bit about the type of team Mike Norvell really has this season. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film b...

Florida State hosts an outmanned Kent State team, while the more interesting game of the weekend for FSU fans is the matchup between the two hated rivals. And how well will FSU have to play each week to win their remaining games? Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and tech...

On the one hand, you usually don't learn much by playing really bad teams because they're not good enough to really challenge you. But you can learn a lot about the culture of your team and whether they're going to focus regardless of the opponent, and Florida State passed that test with flying colors. More than a few backups looked promising in the process. Please rate and review this podcast! Ev...

Florida State looks to avoid a post-huge-win hangover against an overmatched East Texas A&M team. A few additional notes from the Bama win and a look ahead at this game and a few keys for the future. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreon page . Film breakdowns of various schemes and techniques will be continuing...

Mike Norvell guaranteed that the turnaround would be immediate. Tommy Castellanos said he didn't see Alabama stopping him. Both—together with a team that played physical, aggressive football for four quarters—backed up their words as Florida State made a statement against Alabama in the opener in a revamped Doak Campbell Stadium. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Supp...

Alabama arrives in Tallahassee to face an outmanned Florida State, but sometimes the team with less overall talent manages to win after taking advantage of key matchups, generating cheap big plays, and forcing turnovers. Can the Seminoles manage it against the über-talented Crimson Tide? Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast...

After a long offseason and a miserable 2024, what can we expect from the 2025 Florida State team against this schedule? And what is likely to happen in conference and nationally? It's the most wide-open year since before COVID, so buckle up for what should be an entertaining ride. Please rate and review this podcast! Every 5-star review helps! Support the podcast via the Unconquered Podcast Patreo...