TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last time Florida State only won five games, in 1976, Willie Taggart was four months old. It’d be an understatement to say the Seminoles are in an unfamiliar spot, but this situation is anything but for their first-year coach.



Taggart took over rebuilding projects at Western Kentucky, USF and Oregon and seems to have found himself in another one.



“Personally, I don’t think it’s as far as it may look,” Taggart said Saturday in the aftermath of a season-ending loss to Florida. “I think part of it is where we’re at in our program, and our program has never been in this situation before. So, it’s something we all are going through. I’ve been through something like this. No one here really has, so that part of it is frustrating.



“We have some pieces in place, but I think we all see our areas of where we need help. And then we got to fix those things.”



While his...