There were growing pains, to say the least, in Head Coach Willie Taggart’s first year in Tallahassee. For the first time in 36 years, the Florida State Seminoles failed to make a bowl game, as they ended 2018 under .500—a rather shocking result for a school that is heralded as one of college football’s most storied programs. Indeed, it has been a steep fall off since the team’s days under Jimbo Fisher, who now hopes to lead Texas A&M to prominence in the ever-difficult SEC West, when the ’Noles seemed to be consistent national title threats. Now, Taggart just hopes to make Florida State an above-average ACC team before his coaching seat starts to warm up.