FSU Dismantles Blue Devils

FSU bounced back from their loss last week to NC State by taking out their frustration on lowly Duke 51-24 in Durham on Saturday.

The Noles didn't take long to establish their dominance. A 37-yard fumble return by freakish LB Lawrence Timmons put FSU on the board just over 2 minutes into the game. A couple Drew Weatherford TD tosses to De'Cody Fagg and Greg Carr gave the Tribe a 21-0 lead after the first quarter.

Then things got interesting. Xavier Lee came in at QB in the second quarter to get some experience and hopefully learned a lot. In his 4 second quarter series, Lee threw 3 interceptions and had a 3-and-out. His first interception was returned 46 yards by John Talley for a TD, Duke's only points of the 1st half. The extra point was blocked by Timmons and returned by CB Patrick Robinson for 2 points. That put the score at 23-6 going into halftime.

Once again, it didn't take long for FSU to make their mark in the 2nd half as Antone Smith took the first play 80 yards for a TD. I believe the coaches are trying to keep him secret, as he carried the ball a total of 4 times this game. Anyway, Duke answered back with a safety and a FG to get them to double digits on the scoreboard.

DW threw a couple more touchdowns to Carr before calling it a day after the 3rd quarter. Lee was finally able to get something going, throwing a 14-yard TD to freshman Damon McDaniel in the 4th. Duke ran in a TD at the end of the 3rd and was able to hit on a 41-yard garbage TD pass with 7 seconds left in the game.

FSU's injury crisis continued, as starting LB Geno Hayes and starting TE Brandon Warren both left the game in the 1st half.

Oh, and I gotta say, watching games play-by-play online because the game is not being broadcast on TV ANYWHERE (including satellite and pay-per-view) in this state is not how I envisioned spending 3 hours of my life and hope I never have to go through that again or I may have to take a laptop up the ol' watering hole. Thank God the never-any-love-for-TV Duke game is out of the way until next year.