The State of Florida reaches its climax with an embarrassing loss for Syracuse, its first since 1966

Willie Taggart will probably not be "one-and-done" as a coach at Florida State.

The simple fact that this sentence can be written in three parts in the season tells you just how unhappy the first-year coach of the Seminoles was. During the first road trip of the year, they fell to Syracuse 30-7 in a match that looked like the first two of Taggart's tenure in Tallahassee, Fla. – an absolute mess. It was the first loss of the state of Florida against Syracuse since 1966.

The offense supposed to work with a "deadly simplicity" was simply appalling. The offensive line – a seemingly annual problem for garnet and gold – actually looks worse now than under the previous regime. Quarterback Deondre Francois was sacked four times, put pressure on almost every game and had no chance of finding deep receivers. It was so bad that late in the match, Francois stopped helping his offensive linemen.

Third offense? It was almost non-existent, regardless of the distance. The Seminoles beat 1: 14 in third place and added a fourth missed time for good measure.

Defensively, the Seminoles allowed Orange substitute quarterback Tommy DeVito to separate after pitcher Eric Dungey injured his shoulder. DeVito, a four-star prospect in the 2017 category, completed 11 of 15 passes for 144 yards and one touchdown.

To put it more simply, the Seminoles (1-2) were dominated in every facet of the game by an unskilled team. This year, it's the same for the old Seminoles.

At the opening match of Labor Day night against Virginia Tech, they returned the ball more than three times and were able to get the offensive through the offensive line. A week later against FCS Samford, the Seminoles needed a strong comeback in the fourth quarter against a Bulldogs team that spun the ball more than five times.

This should not happen to a team that has finished in the top 11 of the 247Sports Composite team's recruiting rankings in each of the last four years. A transition to Jimbo Fisher's Taggart is no excuse for being disorganized, uninspired, distracted and constantly dominated despite a marked advantage in terms of talent.

If you thought the bottom of Florida was the fall of pre-season # 3 at 7-6 and the departure of Fisher last year, you were wrong. Taggart's "deadly simplicity" killed any idea that Seminoles fans had taken into account on the national scene in 2018.

But Taggart will not be one-and-done. Probably.