Sunday Practice Report

* Florida State held a rare Sunday practice in preparation for its upcoming game on Thursday against NC State.

* The team practiced in shells (shoulder pads and helmets) for 20 periods on the FSU practice fields.

* The Seminoles will practice Monday night beginning at 7 p.m. on the FSU practice fields.

* Offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden will be available to the media Monday at 1:20 and defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews will be available to the media at 1:45 Monday in the press center in the Moore Athletic Center. Quarterback Drew Weatherford will then be available at 2:30 in the press center.

QUOTES

Head Coach Bobby Bowden

On practicing on Sunday

"I don't like to practice on Sunday; we try to dodge that as much as we can. But we either had to practice on Friday or Sunday, and I felt like they needed a day off somewhere in there. It was a pretty good practice. They really picked it up yesterday, and they were ok today."

On the state of the ACC

"The ACC has gotten a lot tougher; they've gotten new kids in from everywhere and gotten better year in and year out. I mean the competition and players have gotten a lot tougher. It's not like we can go out and win outright, we have to work a lot more."