Noles Begin Preparing For Tigers

FSU Sports Information Excerpts:

While most of America was wrapped up in the presidential election, it was business as usual Tuesday afternoon for the 24th-ranked FSU football team. The Seminoles spent 22 periods on the practice fields getting their first look at Clemson. The players were told to take care of casting their votes before they came to meetings early this afternoon and then turn their focus to Dabo Swinney’s Tigers.

Head Coach Bobby Bowden:

“For some reason, we threw and caught better today than a long time. I hope we can protect our passer Saturday. That will be the biggest challenge I think, is protecting our passer ‘cause their defense is very strong and big and good athletes. They’ve got a lot of skill on offense. They’ve got guys that can fly on offense.”

On how the team has recovered from Saturday’s loss:

“I haven’t seen any let down at all. I saw good spirit out there today. This has been a good group of kids as far as willingness to work. They come out to work. You don’t have to prod them that much.”