No. 13 Florida State 13, No. 12 Florida 2
Dalvin Cook ran for 183 yards and two touchdowns, Roberto Aguayo kicked two long field goals and the No. 14 Seminoles upended 10th-ranked Florida 27-2.
In truth, UF’s offense didn’t even score against the FSU defense on the night, the only points coming from a safety after Sean Maguire was sacked in the fourth quarter. Next week, as the Boston Herald noted, the Southeastern Conference championship game features No. 2 Alabama vs. Florida in Atlanta. This week in the teams regular season finale, they host the 13th ranked Florida State Seminoles in the schools annual showdown. Cook is one of the best players in the country and is having a terrific season as he has rushed for nearly 1,500 yards on eight yards per carry and has added 16 rushing touchdowns and a receiving touchdown.
Most of the blame falls on quarterback Treon Harris, whose longstanding accuracy and indecision issues plagued him for a third consecutive game. But in terms of contending for a playoff berth, Florida is on the wrong end of a long drive on the Florida Turnpike from that kind of consistency. Harris was 19-of-38 for just 134 yards.
It seems as if Marco Rubio is avoiding his Twitter mentions, which might not be a bad idea considering the ugly loss Saturday his alma mater Florida suffered at the hands of rival Florida State – the university he jokingly ridiculed two months ago.
Florida reached the red zone twice Saturday, but failed to convert a fourth-and-2 play and had a 37-yard field goal blocked. They got a late touchdown to hold off SC on the road the following week. Finney-Smith kept Florida in the game with 14 first-half pointsFinney-Smith topped 20 points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
In mid-October, Florida was 6-0, sitting pretty in the race for the SEC East title and was a legitimate contender for the College Football Playoff.
Florida coach Jim McElwain said the biggest difference between Cook and Fournette is that Cook has a little more cut back ability and quickness. Regardless, if you want to watch this match up, check below for the FSU Florida game TV details and where to find the game online.
Rubio became a target of the FSU social media team after making a joke at Florida State’s expense during a radio interview on Iowa’s 1460 KXNO AM back in September. If there is any consolation for the Gators defense, it would be the fact that most of those yards came in the fourth quarter. Florida established an all-time attendance mark with a crowd of 90,916…. Maguire’s sole touchdown pass was a doozy however.
The biggest came when Maguire rolled right on fourth down, threw across his body and found Jeremy Kerr between two defenders in the end zone.
The only scoring in the third quarter was Aguayo’s 51-yard field goal, a thing of beauty that he drilled through the wind, with the ball hitting the back of the net.
“Give them credit. They won the game”. “We’re a program on the rise and we’re a program that’s going to continue to get better and this is just another opportunity for us to get out there and match ourselves against the best”.