It also didn’t take long for everyone to see that Dalvin Cook was healthy and ready to go.
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“I’m glad he’s on my team, I know that”. That will have to improve for them going forward.
Last year, the Miami native scored the go-ahead touchdown with 3:05 remaining. The team struggled to bring down Cincinnati’s Hosey Williams and Florida Atlantic’s Jay Warren in particular, and Cook is in a different class compared to those two running backs. Florida State is the only team in the country without an offensive turnover. Cook has tremendous speed and the ability to break a long run at any time. “Coming into this week I’d remember those times with my brother and it’s like I’ve already done this”. The Hurricanes are 3-1 but 0-0 in the ACC. The FSU Seminoles are 4-0 and after beating Boston College and Wake Forest, they are 2-0 in the ACC. FSU is heading into their third ACC game this season whereas the Hurricanes are facing their first. Michigan”, Johnson said. “We had a half-a-dozen games every year against marquee-type teams – and you only played 11 games back then.
While Syracuse won its first three games before dropping a tough game against LSU last week, USF is on a three-game losing streak and has not looked good along the way.
“He’s a great back and we missed too many tackles on him and he got free in the open field”, Miami coach Al Golden said.
As a whole, this group had little to no direct effect on the result of the game.
Raphael Kirby made a nice hit in the second half, but for most of the night these guys were trying to chase down Dalvin Cook.
The Hurricanes (3-2) had rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to take a 24-23 lead late in the fourth quarter, but the Seminoles came up with a clutch eight-play, 84-yard, go-ahead touchdown drive to seal a 29-24 victory. Suddenly, this could be a solid RPI top-75 win if the Noles can pull it off.
Cook labored at times, even pulling up midway through the second quarter when he felt his hamstring tighten again. Maryland’s Bruce Perry had 821 yards in 2001.
Near a minute left in the game, Miami would have one more chance to make a comeback, but to no avail. Behind a ground game that got 298 yards, Florida State built a three-touchdown lead en route to a 45-17 victory.
Stacy Coley, WR, Miami: Seven catches for 139 yards and one touchdown. But I also don’t feel like the Hurricanes can line up in shotgun all night and throw their way to a win.
Kaaya threw for 405 yards and three touchdowns.
It was Cook’s first receiving touchdown of his college career. The Seminoles broke tendency and ran the option, which was perfectly executed by Golson and Cook, who raced 72 yards for the opening score of the game. With Nate Andrews likely limited with a knee injury at safety for the Seminoles, the pressure will be on cornerback Jalen Ramsey to slow down featured receiver Rashawn Scott, who has hauled in 23 passes for 307 yards and a touchdown this season. For Seminole fans’ mental sake, I won’t predict a loss on a last-minute missed field goal.
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When FSU stalled on its initial third-quarter drive, UM mounted an impressive 17-play, 80-yard drive that produced Kaaya’s 1-yard scoring pass to Joe Yearby on third-and-goal, making it 20-17. FSU was forced to settle for a 32-yard field goal by Aguayo after the Seminoles dropped two touchdown passes. “We just needed to make one more play somewhere along the line”. If UM can keep Golson from running, eliminate mental errors, and get a big game from Yearby we might just have reason to celebrate tonight.
