Romero scores 25 as No. 10 Florida St beats No. 25 Gonzaga

While FSU has had 15 classes that failed to garner a single win against UF, the Gators have had only two.

Florida State continued its recent dominance over in-state foes with a 31-13 win against Florida on Saturday night. Few have done it, not even the Gators (8-2).

Quickly turning the page from that question, McElwain later said he expects Florida’s offense to eventually resemble what Fisher has built: “Yeah, and we’ll get there. We’ve just got to go back to the film and correct what we need to and prepare for the next game”.

FSView: Last season, Florida’s inability to properly defend FSU’s pass rush proved quite costly, as the “Noles were able to forcibly rough up former Gators” quarterback Treon Harris.

The FSU defense, as it had all game long, stopped Austin Appleby and forced a UF punt.

Behind the turnovers, the Seminoles, who had just 12 turnovers, outscored Winthrop 40-10, as well as had a 33-12 advantage in fast-break points. He carried 26 times for 183 yards and two touchdowns previous year in Gainesville.

By winning this game, head coach Jim McElwain would set himself up for one of the most prosperous tenures in program history. Southern California (in odd-numbered years when Notre Dame is the home team), Iowa vs. Iowa State, Utah vs. Brigham Young and Colorado vs. Colorado State. They also outrebounded the Eagles 33-25. The first came from 43 yards, and the second totaled 70. I’m up for the challenge. It’s somewhat challenging this time of year for us (with) five new players (we’re) trying to rotate (into the lineup). “So we will be ready”.

But, Williams can’t take his game to the next level if he doesn’t get to play. The Gators will be without their top three tacklers — linebacker Jarrad Davis, linebacker Alex Anzalone and safety Marcus Maye — for the second straight week.

After a Francois fumble, FSU defensive end DeMarcus Walker and Derrick Nnadi had sacks in back to back plays. No. 14 Florida State won’t be playing the ACC Championship game, but a victory over Florida could improve its standing when the bowl bids are handed out in early December.

“I knew if I asked him and he said yes, then all the other guys would follow”, White said. It’s all about how you finish.

Things are only going to get more hard next week against Alabama’s second-ranked defense, so Florida better hope it can find some answers in a short amount of time. “That is going to be the key to everything”. On the ground, Dalvin Cook rushed for 225 yards and four touchdowns and four touchdowns in 28 carries while Jacques Patrick had 50 yards in 10 carries.

The junior running back broke Greg Allen’s 32-year old record. Cook now tops the list with 4,166 and counting. The higher-ranked team has a 13-9-1 record.

Florida is already secured a spot in the SEC title game against Alabama next week.

The truth is, just seven games into the season a fragile and long-frustrated fan base has thrown up its hands in surrender, embarrassed by this gruesome week in which IL blew a late 10-point lead to Winthrop, got demolished by West Virginia and wilted down the stretch against Florida State. They were early on, as the Tigers drove the Gators down the field on their first two drives.

IL had cut the deficit to 55-50, but as soon as it looked as if the Illini were about to make a game of it, the Seminoles went on an 11-1 run to extend their lead to 66-51.