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When no 12 Miami faces a struggling Florida State team on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., the Hurricanes will claim a fourth straight win over the Seminoles in one of modern day’s best rivalries College Football Hype is building around Miami after last week’s impressive 47-34 win at Louisville as FSU pursues its first win of the season
Miami quarterback D’Eriq King threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns against the Cardinals, showing that this new offense under the guidance of new offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee has more versatility than the powerful rushing offense which she showed in the season opener against UAB Miami’s defense was also able to show off the 2020 Turnover Chain (the Turnover Chain 40, to be precise) not just once, but three times by the end of the night, while adding 10 tackles for a loss in a performance that matched the aggressiveness of the rush offensive
Florida State, meanwhile, spent the week trying to break down and resolve the issues that contributed to another failed fourth-quarter lead and a season-opener loss, this time to Georgia Tech in a disturbing start to the Mike Norvell era The Seminoles enter this rivalry game not only without a win in 2020, but without their coach on the sidelines after Norvell tested positive for COVID-19 as the school says Norvell has « remained actively involved in the program at distance ”, assistant head coach Chris Thomsen will take on the head coach duties in person on Saturday evening
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Miami: While attacking has been the main storyline of the offseason and its success the main talking point for the first few weeks of the season, this unit still hasn’t faced a defense of the caliber of the State of Florida This is, without a doubt, the best challenge King has faced and the great concern for Miami must be how this offensive line holds up against Marvin Wilson and the Seminole defensive front. While the Hurricanes were able to generate impressive numbers in two games, there has always been the same inconsistent play along the offensive line that contributed to offensive issues in 2019. King has the evasion ability to extend games, but the attack will struggle to get into a rhythm if his schedule drops and goes behind the chains It will take a combination of King’s decision-making, Lashlee’s play appeal, and front-five execution to avoid making this weakness a game-changing aspect of the contest, as it is one of the only places in the history of the gang that point to a Florida state benefit
State of Florida: The career James Blackman enjoyed in Tallahassee, Florida has nothing to do with what he expected when he signed up with Jimbo Fisher out of Norvell High School is his third full-time head coach – and Thomsen will be his fifth if you count interim or part-time coaches Kenny Dillingham is his fourth offensive coordinator, and yet he is still called upon to face many of the state’s offensive struggles from Florida in the past four years The Seminoles had their own offensive line issues at the end of the Jimbo Fisher era and have yet to see a course correction up front, leading to rambling offensive efforts that rely on explosive play or thinking off. off the beaten path (like the Wild Cam with former FSU Cam Akers running back at quarterback) to succeed Blackman is still listed as the starter under the center of the matchweek depth chart, but the conversation on his status will continue with another poor performance, especially with true rookie Chubba Purdy starting to get training reps again after a pre-season injury
Date: Saturday, September 26 | Time: 7:30 p.m. ET Location: Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, FloridaTV: ABC | Live streaming: fuboTV (try for free)
My favorite game here is the sub, both for the principle of the “sub rivalry game” and for the fact that the breakdown of the game highlights the state of Florida as one of the best teams to slow down the Miami offensive The best chance for the Seminoles to win this game is to try and keep a low and tight score, but I don’t think there are enough points in the gap to take the underdog Look for the Miami fight early, but end up exhausting Florida state with his tempo, scoring late to put the game aside and cover the gap Pick: Miami (-11)
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