Clemson QB Jokes FSU Football Used Artificial Crowd Noise During Tallahassee Win

Reynolds jokes about the crowd

During a Wednesday media appearance, Clemson freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds took a joking shot at Florida State’s home crowd. Artificial noise played in the background of a recent interview as Clemson prepared to travel to Syracuse.

“I think Florida State was playing some crowd noise,” Reynolds said. He added that the sound seemed to grow louder as fans left, and said he expected the upcoming game to be loud.

Clemson wins in Tallahassee

Clemson beat Florida State 36-24 in a Halloween game at Doak Campbell Stadium. The Seminoles entered the fourth quarter 19 points behind, then rallied before their comeback fell short.

Reynolds helped halt that push with a 79-yard touchdown run that sealed the victory. He also threw two touchdown passes, completing 18 of 32 attempts for 189 yards, and led Clemson in rushing with 85 yards. Before the game, he had thrown two touchdown passes all season.

Attendance figures offer context

Florida State announced attendance of 60,472 for the Clemson game. The stadium appeared noticeably vacant late in the contest, but the report notes that Halloween and a losing season may have contributed to departures.

Across its first four home games, FSU averaged 62,111 in reported attendance, compared with 66,815 over the first four home games in 2025. The article describes this as roughly a 7 percent decline, while noting that attendance numbers alone do not show whether artificial noise was used.

Noise claim remains unverified

The article says crowd-noise changes were difficult to assess from the writer’s seat behind thick press-box glass. It distinguishes Reynolds’s joke from evidence, stating that the reported attendance and empty seats do not establish that Florida State used artificial noise.