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Jimbo Fisher should bottle the recipe for the Seminole’s second half success-and keep it on hand for Florida State’s visit to Death Valley the first weekend of November. Louisville Cardinals rank at 19 for 238.0 road rushing yards where as Florida State Seminoles rank at 62 for allowing 140.5 rushing yards at home.
“We finally got it down once again with communication, understanding each other, making the right calls, being able to read defenses and being able to talk it out”, Bell said. “I’m excited how we competed in the game, that we kept the poise and came back but I’m not happy”.
No. 8/11 FSU improves to 6-0 and 3-0 in the ACC. Louisville drops to 2-4 and 1-2 in conference play. I thought I saw a few guys out there that didn’t play hard all the time.
Cook, Florida State’s prized Heisman contender, finished the game with 163 yards rushing on 22 carries, and also caught four passes for 60 yards. Cook twice hobbled off the field after feeling his troublesome hamstring tighten.
“I mean, Dalvin is Dalvin”, Fisher said. However, the team played its best game of the year against the Cardinals, which could be a promising sign looking ahead. He added he does not believe this will be a season-long issue. “I don’t know what to say”.
Golson was quietly efficient, completing 26-of-38 passes for 372 yards and three touchdowns. Golson was 26 of 38 and at least half of those incompletions were because he had to throw away the ball to avoid a sack.
Florida State needed all of one offensive possession to rally from a deficit and beat Miami last week.
The experience is well documented on Golson; his time with Notre Dame wrote a book in itself. “Once I caught the ball, that’s just when I heard everything, the reaction from my teammates”. Kermit Whitfield led in receiving with 95 yards in nine catches.
Brown, a senior, had a helmet-to-helmet to hit on an Everett Golson completion to Travis Rudolph during the third quarter.
But the Seminoles found their groove in the second half, outscoring the Cardinals 35-14.
Streak Ends: The Louisville defense had played 21 consecutive games where they forced a turnover, tied for the longest streak in the college football. Jackson threw an interception when receiver James Quick tripped on a deep pass down field. The Cardinals drop to 2-4 and 1-2 in the ACC. The five sacks by the Seminoles was their highest sack total in nearly two years. He hurt his left arm in the first quarter on the defense’s third series and was walked straight to the locker room without even heading to the sideline first (not a good sign).
Elliott, who entered the game in place of injured nickel back Trey Marshall and struggling reserve Tyler Hunter, was a former walk-on.
“He’s playing aggressive football but smart football”, Fisher said. Explosive second half. Victory.