r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 08 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] SMU Defeats Florida State 27-24

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
SMU 7 10 0 10 27
Florida State 7 3 7 7 24
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u/Dry-Growth-5620 Florida State Seminoles Sep 08 '26

Ashton Daniels is much worse than expected. My god. I’ve never seen a QB play in slow motion like this before.

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u/chebbys Stanford Cardinal • Oklahoma Sooners Sep 08 '26

Unfortunately yeah. He’s a good athlete but just a really bad quarterback. Hasn’t changed much since he was at Stanford

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u/Shipsink32 Sep 08 '26

And I thought it couldn’t get any worse than DJU.

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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State • New Mexico Sep 08 '26

Honestly I feel like he is better than DJU

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u/n0lefin Florida State Seminoles Sep 08 '26

Literally anyone on earth is better than DJU, Daniels is just DJU 2.0 with a couple bug fixes and small performance improvements.

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u/WorkerMotor9174 California Golden Bears Sep 08 '26

I don’t know what Norvell or the staff saw in him, he was afraid to throw the ball at Stanford, & then “developed” under Hugh Freeze at Auburn.

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u/daltejas SMU Mustangs • Texas Longhorns Sep 08 '26

His decision-making was absent. I watched him on at least a dozen plays running out of the pocket, freezing up, then throwing erratically.

I honestly felt bad for y’all because over the last decade, SMU has always had decent quarterbacks. Not as athletic as Kevin, but at least good decision-makers with strong arms.

Daniel looked really lost out there and more of a backup than a true starter.

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u/Lost-Move-6005 Sep 08 '26

I mean he’s been terrible his whole career sooo…

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u/EinsteinDisguised Florida Gators Sep 08 '26

I genuinely wonder if they'd be more competitive if they ran an triple option-based offense.