A resurgent Florida State dominated all three phases and rolled to a 44-14 victory over Boston College on Saturday night time at offered out Doak Campbell Stadium.
The unranked Seminoles improved to 4-0, 2-0 within the ACC, whereas rolling up 530 yards of complete offense. The Eagles had been held to 235 yards of complete offense and fell to 1-3 and 0-2. BC will host Louisville subsequent Saturday (midday) at Alumni Stadium.
Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis accomplished 16 of 26 passes for a profession excessive 321 yards and a landing earlier than exiting the sport on the finish of the third. BC quarterback Phil Jurkovec was 15 of 23 passes for 105 yards and a landing with two picks earlier than departing the fray within the fourth.
“They did a lot of what we prepared for and they are a huge game-plan team,” stated BC linebacker Vinny DePalma. “They have a sport plan for every opponent that’s fairly comparable.
“They dressed it up a little differently but it was still the base things we prepared for.”
The Eagles gained the toss and coach Jeff Hafley elected to defer to the second half. That resolution labored favorably for the Seminoles when Trey Benson returned the opening kick 93 yards for a landing and a 7-0 lead.
“You can never kick the ball down the middle of the field and it went right down the middle of the field,” stated Hafley. “We still should have got him down but it started with the kick and guys getting blocked and guys missing tackles.”
FSU’s protection put its offense on the sphere lickety-split when cornerback Omarion Cooper intercepted Jurkovec’s second go. Travis transformed on a fourth-and-9 from the BC 33 with an explosive go to tight finish Camren McDonald to the one. Tailback Lawrence Toafili scored on a dive for a 14-0 edge with 12:52 to play within the first.
The Seminoles went up 21-0 with 6:05 to play within the first when Benson capped an 11-play, 94-yard, drive with a 15-yard landing run. Florida State opened the second quarter with a 30-yard subject objective by Ryan Fitzgerald to make it 24-0.
FSU closed out the half with a seven play, 65-yard scoring drive to go up 31-0 with 19 seconds on the board. Travis capped the journey with a 31-yard landing toss to Kentron Poitier. Travis accomplished 15-of-25 passes for 249 yards within the first half.
“Clearly from the jump, the game started off bad,” stated Hafley. “We didn’t coach good enough, we didn’t play good enough and we didn’t tackle good enough.”
The Seminoles went 90 yards on 4 performs to go up 37-0 on its opening possession for the third quarter. They picked up 72 on a go play from Travis to Ontaria “Pokey” Wilson to the BC 19. Featured again Trashaun Ward scored on the subsequent play with a run up the center.
BC bought on the board at 3:31 of the third. Jurkovec capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive with a 5-yard landing to freshman tailback Alex Broome to make it 37-7. Benson scored his third on a 36-yard run with 9:30 to play.
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