This is the second meeting between Ole Miss and the Seminoles.
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A reigning First-Team All-American selection, Cook already broke the school’s single-season rushing record when he passed Warrick Dunn previous year and then some, as he added an additional 450 yards after the fact.
The Ole Miss-Florida State game resembled the Southern Miss-Kentucky game. The Seminoles as a whole had 11 first half penalties for 98 yards. The Ole Miss Rebels take on the Florida State Seminoles in one of the biggest games in Week 1 of the college football on Monday, September 5, 2016 start time at 8:00 PM ET, at Camping World Stadium. The Rebels won 33-0 in Oxford, Mississippi in 1961. Texas had a 17-point lead midway through the third quarter before seeing Notre Dame battle back and eventually get the game to overtime. The Rebels defeated Georgia Tech 25-17 in the Music City Bowl on December 30, 2013, after losing to Maryland in 1953 and Wake Forest in 2006 and 2008.
The FSU defense held Ole Miss to minus-7 yards in the third quarter.
Kelly, the SEC’s leading offensive player a year ago who broke 14 single-season school records, finished with 313 yards passing, four touchdowns and three interceptions in defeat Monday.
Buechele was the first freshman quarterback to start a season-opener at Texas since Bobby Layne in 1944.
ESPN’s streaming audience set new all-time highs for a regular season ESPN college football game with an average minute audience of 231,000 viewers and a total of 854,000 unique viewers viewing 59,700,000 minutes overall.
Jameis Winston can’t pull off any more second-half comebacks for Florida State, but that doesn’t mean he can’t inspire them.
Ole Miss has to replace its top two receivers but has en excellent tight end in Evan Engram. A dime from Kelly that has been his highlight of the game. The final score was 45-34 in favor of Florida State. “He is hungry, he is determined, he is studying hard, preparing himself – so I hope I see the same one that ended the last seven games, and I believe that will happen”.
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Regardless, the ‘Noles have always been a second-half team and they came storming out the last half of this game. Three plays later, the Seminoles were in the end zone. After the previous six losses, FSU bounced back with a victory.
