“I mean, he does, and I think he will when he gets going”. Receiver Travis Rudolph caught seven passes for 105 yards.
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And still, FSU was a bit disappointed after its 52-8 victory over Charleston Southern Saturday. “It’s not going to affect us on Saturday”.
CSU officials had subsequently declined to discuss the development, although head coach Jayme Chadwell did confirm in an interview with Scott Eisberg of WCIV-TV that “some good players for us” will be left home for the FSU game. Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook ran the ball 23 times for 91 yards.
But after halftime, Cook, Florida State’s all-time single-season rushing leader, showed signs of his old self, rushing 37 yards across the field for the first touchdown of the second half. Cook, who played the first and second quarters and then just one series in the second half, finished with 83 yards rushing on 11 carries. According to CSU, 16 suspensions were spread over the first two weeks of the 2016 season – the Buccaneers will be playing their third game this weekend – while two additional players will serve their suspensions at a later date.
Charleston Southern, meanwhile, closed a trying week for the entire football program, which suspended 14 players – 10 of them starters – on Friday before the game.In all, 32 football players violated an NCAA financial aid rule related to school book purchases, earning each player a one-game suspension.
Four of the team’s starting offensive lineman and four senior running backs were among those suspended for Saturday’s game, Chadwell said.
The Buccaneers lone TD came when Mitchell, who finished 7 of 20 for 142 yards, found wide-open receiver Kameron Brown for a 57-yard score.
Despite some sloppy pursuit angles on Florida State’s first defensive drive, Charleston Southern fumbled, and Demarcus Christmas recovered for the Noles. “We focused on who was there”. “Those guys got an opportunity against a top team and did some good things”.
The Buccaneers, ranked seventh in the STATS FCS Top 25, hope the worst is behind them after they fell 52-8 Saturday to the third-ranked FBS team in the nation. We did it to ourselves early and also let the game get out of hand. Star defensive back Derwin James was carted off the field in the third quarter after suffering a knee injury.
Florida State was only three points behind Clemson for second in last week’s poll. With the Tigers struggling against Troy State on Saturday, the voters might decide to move the Seminoles up a spot when the latest rankings are released on Monday.
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN: The Buccaneers, who were the preseason pick to win the Big South, open conference play on September 24 at Monmouth.
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FLORIDA STATE: A tough road test against No. 13 Louisville, which had 845 yards of total offense in its 62-28 win at Syracuse on Friday.
