Noles Begin Two-A-Days

FSU Sports Information Excerpts:

The first two-a-day practice began at 8:40 this morning on the band field. With rain threatening again, the team stayed dry for the most part going through 24 periods in full pads. With the practice fields still too wet to use, head coach Bobby Bowden expects the evening practice to once again take place on the turf.

PRACTICE NOTES

7 vs. 7
Drew Weatherford: 5-for-6
Christian Ponder: 1-for-3
D’Vontrey Richardson: 2-for-3

EJ Manuel: 0-for-2
Brandon Paul – 2 catches
Greg Carr – 2 catches: highlight 30 yard catch from Richards
Rod Owens – 1 catch
Marcus Sims – 1 catch
Jarmon Fortson – 1 catch: highlight – 35 yard catch from Weatherford
Richard Goodman – 1 catch

11 vs. 11 (45 yard line)
Drew Weatherford: 0-for-2; 1 rush 4 yards
Christian Ponder: 0-for-2; 2 rushes 6 yards
D’Vontrey Richardson: 2-for-2, 57 yards, TD; 1 rush 0 yards
Antone Smith – 3 rushes, 55 yards, TD
Carlton Jones – 1 rush, 5 yards
Bert Reed – 1 rush, 4 yards
Brandon Paul – 1 rush, 3 yards

11 vs. 11 (20 yard line)
Christian Ponder: 3-for-3, 26 yards
Drew Weatherford: 1-for-1, 20 yards, TD
EJ Manuel: 0-for-1

Antone Smith – 1 rush, 0 yards
Carlton Jones – 2 rushes, 20 yards, TD
Brandon Paul – 1 rush, 11 yards
Greg Carr – 1 catch, 5 yards
Jarmon Fortson – 1 catch, 13 yards
Taiwan Easterling – 1 catch, 8 yards
Antone Smith – 1 catch, 20 yards, TD

Goal line
1-for-4
Offense scored on the fourth chance on a pitch to Carlton Jones from Ponder

Head Coach Bobby Bowden:
Opening statement:
“Our fields are so wet that we have begun to practice on the synthetic turf. We had a pretty good practice today. The kids worked hard, made some nice plays, catches and runs. There were also some good defensive plays.”

On if he is worried that things won’t be cleared up for Tavares Pressley:“I thought he was going to be cleared yesterday. Evidently they have a whole lot of transcripts from our student body. They had a lot to go through but there is only two weeks until school starts. I thought he would be out here today, but maybe tonight he’ll be back.”