Early look at Florida State football’s Week 3 opponent California

Florida State football will be the first team to introduce the new members of the Atlantic Coast Conference over the next two weeks.

In Week 3 of the 2024 season, FSU will play the California. The Golden Bears will travel over 2600 miles to Doak Campbell Stadium for its ACC debut.

Cal, Stanford and SMU are the new members of the ACC. The Seminoles will play Cal and SMU in back-to-back weeks before its showdown against Clemson.

If Cal were still in the Pac-12, it would’ve been the first time since 2018 that the Golden Bears faced an ACC team. That year, the Golden Bears opened the season against North Carolina and won 24-17.

In its final year in the Pac-12, Cal won three of the last four games, losing to Texas Tech 34-14 in the Radiance Technology Independence Bowl.

Who is Cal’s head coach

California coach Justin Wilcox, left, and Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire share a stage before an Independence Bowl press conference on Friday in Shreveport, Louisiana. Their teams meet at 8:15 p.m. Saturday at Independence Stadium.

Justin Wilcox will be entering his eighth season with Cal. Last season, Cal finished 6-7 (4-5 in conference).

Last FSU-Cal meeting

This season will be the first-ever meeting between FSU and Cal.

Cal’s top players

Offense

QB Fernando Mendoza, 1708 yards, 14 TDs, 10 INTs; RB Jaydn Ott, 1315 yards, 12 TDs; RB Isaiah Ifanse, 365 yards, seven touchdowns; WR Trond Grizzel, 39 rec. 590 yards, 5 TDs; TE Jack Endries 35 rec., 408 yards, 2 TDs

Defense

DL Ricky Correia, 35 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, two sacks; LB Cade Uluave, 67 tackles, 2.5 sacks, two interceptions, two forced fumbles;

LB Davis Reese, 33 tackles, eight tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, three passes defended; DB Craig Woodson, 79 tackles, four passes defended, two forced fumbles, one interception;

DB Nohl Williams, 53 tackles, six passes defended, two interceptions; P…

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Author : Tallahassee Democrat

Publish date : 2024-07-20 12:09:52

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