It was one season ago that FSU football had to turn to their backup quarterback after an injury sidelined the starter – a move that allowed that backup named James Blackman to throw for over 400 yards and four touchdowns against NC State. Despite that, the Seminoles turned back to their starter for the final three games of the regular season.
A similar situation took place last week when, after Blackman suffered a knee injury in the win over Louisville one week before, it was backup quarterback Alex Hornibrook who went for over 300 yards passing and three touchdowns as the Seminoles got maybe their best win of the first half of the season over those Wolfpack.