Noles Continue Preparations For Miami

FSU Sports Information Excerpts:

The Florida State football team spent 22 periods in shells as the squad continued its preparations for Miami. FSU worked mainly versus scout teams on Tuesday but also found the time to get some work in versus each other. The team will be back out on Wednesday as they look towards renewing their rivalry with the Canes.

After specialty, the team spent a large part of the practice working versus Miami scout teams.

In 1-on-1 Miami native J.R. Bryant and Michael Ray Garvin both had big plays. Garvin broke up two passes while Bryant broke up one and also recorded a pick. D'Vontrey Richardson completed a nice pass to De'Cody Fagg and Christian Ponder hooked up with Bert Reed.

In skel Xavier Lee hit Greg Carr and then connected with Fagg on a short pass before hitting him with a deep ball. Drew Weatherford completed a couple nice gainers to Jamaal Edwards and also hit Joslin Shaw and Reed. Defensively Myron Rolle and Toddrick Verdell broke up passes.

The defense had another good day in pass rush. Letroy Guion, Emmanuel Dunbar and Budd Thacker recorded multiple wins. Eli Charles, Neefy Moffett, Alex Boston and Kendrick Stewart also got to the QB. On the O-Line Ryan McMahon, Jacky Claude, David Overmyer and Tyler Graves got wins.

In 11-on-11 Antone Smith had a big run for a TD. Weatherford hit Antonio White for a first down and Dunbar had a nice stop for no gain.

In 2:00 the first team offense put together a nice drive but with time winding down Verdell picked off a pass near the goal line to end the drive. The two's fared better. With under 20 seconds left Weatherford hit Richard Goodman who dove to the endzone but was ruled just short. With eight seconds left Weatherford had a sure TD dropped (as did Lee in the first drive). With only four seconds remaining Weatherford found an opening and crossed the line as the buzzer sounded.

Head Coach Bobby Bowden

On how the game might impact recruits:

"There might be a case where whoever wins this one might have a bearing on somebody. I don't think like everybody changes their mind or anything like that. But it could be one guy who liked what he saw from one team then the other one and might decide to go there."