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    Saturday, September 20, 2008

    Will This Be A Wake Up Game?


    Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. EST

    Television: ESPN2 Live

    Announcers: Mark Jones (play-by-play), Bob Davie (color) and Todd Harris (sideline)

    Site: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

    Stadium Capacity: 82,300

    Surface:
    Natural grass

    Coaches: Bobby Bowden (375-119-4 in 33rd year at FSU) and Jim Grobe (48-39 in eighth year as head coach at Wake Forest).

    All-Time Series: FSU is 21-4-1 in series with Wake Forest.

    Stat that matters: In the first ACC game of the year played in Doak Campbell Stadium, the Seminoles have lost just one time and that came in 2006 versus Clemson when the Tigers downed FSU 27-20.

    Key Stat: The Seminoles are 13-3 all-time in ACC openers, with the only losses to NC State in 1998, Miami in 2004 and Clemson last season.

    Last game against Wake Forest: Florida State lost to Wake Forest in Winston Salem 21-24 in 2007.

    Game Day Weather: Partly cloudy in the morning...then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs 85 to 88. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Saturday night:Mostly cloudy. Lows 64 to 69. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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