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other true freshman. chaney's been getting too much love. he wants a chance to get the football. of the three, he's the most electrifying. if he gets to the edge, he's one of those guys, he can take it all the way to the house. >> chris: he did last week. >> kirk: yeah, he did. >> chris: and then they forgot about him out of the backfield. he ran like a sprinter, leaned into the tape and dropped the ball just a split second after he got across the line. >> kirk: that will never happen again. >> chris: they had a conversation with him about that. now you have robert burns in the game, a fourth running back, on first down. perry looking to throw deep. launches the ball -- off the hands of keyshawn smith, the lanky true freshman, trying to go deep against jar >> kirk: he's beat. the ball's a little bit late, underthrown. but he had separation. he got by him and had a chance

to get a touchdown, but give jones credit, able to catch up eventually and knock that ball away. >> chris: not a typical situation where you put an inexperienced backup. perry's played a lot of football. he's been a starter, he's come off the bench. he's played various roles for miami. but he is an jones down for the noles. last thing you need when you go on the road and go to 0-2, is injuries. travis jay taking on a bigger role in that secondary. moflly reported he was seen was crutches on the sidelines and now jones being looked at. arm issue. now this is a real test of adversity. mike norvell said he had a chance to be an example to his team going through what he's going through.

unable to be here, coaching virtually. it's a stress and a strain on the system. everybody has contingency plans. when you have to put them in place and your head coach isn't here and now his team is going to head back home 0-2 with a very difficult path ahead -- they're going to have to lean on each other. this is going to be a test of the culture that he's trying to rebuild in tallahassee. this was the last chance for the noles seniors to beat the canes. going to be four losses in a row. perry flips it out. burns has some space and is wrestled down inside the 30 by dix. more fresh legs coming for miami. >> kirk: yeah. just what florida state's defense wants to see, right? burn s hasn't been on the field much. that might be his first play. a chance to catch the football and make some productive yards. but again, lashlee is not letting up with the backup perry in.

clr bu >> chris: burns has carried the ball in the past, but he's overshadowed by harris and the two freshmen. he's eager to make a mark here. perry still throwing. inaccurate. there was some pressure off the edge and that was josh griffis in the quarterback's face. >> kirk: rhett lashlee has kind of become, the last two weeks, he's become almost a household name with the way this offense has executed. through our prep week, throughout our week this week in prepping, he mentioned, i have twins and he has twins. he has 10-year-old twins, hudson and thomas. and they are huge college football fans and big "college gameday" fans. i told him, if we have a chance, chris and i will say hello. fellas, hope you are enjoying dad do his thing again tonight. >> chris: how could they not? dad comes home in a great mood,

the whole family's in a great mood. >> kirk: exactly. >> chris: you get a bye week to hang out with the family, start game planning for clemson. life is good in the lashlee household? >> kirk: no doubt. i'm not trying to encourage him to leave miami in the future, but there is a future head coach in a few years. i don't know when, but -- >> chris: i'm already getting texts from my hurricane fans. great job, can we keep him? that's exactly what they're taufki i talking about. he's too good. they're going to come after him. >> kirk: no doubt. >> chris: just relax and enjoy what you got this year. >> kirk: exactly. some guys just have that vibe to them, you know? young assistants and coordinators. he's got that vibe. >> chris: big time. burns barrels down inside the 15. and miami looking to go over half a hundred. they hadn't scored 30 in awhile against florida state. they got over that in the first half. and now the backups in there for

the hurricanes trying to grab those rings. >> kirk: again, i keep going back to when norvell left memphis to take this job, it's a big job and a big opportunity. he knew what he was facing. he knew this was going to take, you know, some time to build up to what the expectations are. and i think florida state fans need to understand that, too. >> chris: perry knocked down hard. you have that culture change, willie taggart recruits, four seminoles entered the transfer portal after the loss to georgia tech in the two weeks between then and now. that's a concern. not all of them front-line players, of course, but it does hurt the depth and it's a morale challenge, especially coming off this game. shot there of jay with those crutches. >> kirk: absolutely. and i think if you're mike and this staff, you're talking about

a -- kind of a -- an image of getting black to the glory ye years. it can't happen in the snap of a finger. it's going to have to do it the right way. you have to recruit not just great five-star players, you have to go recruit character. you have to go find competitors and guys that will take pride in trying to build that up and that being part of their legacy. bringing florida state bang. and right now, if i were recruiting for florida state, i'd be looking for guys in that state that love football. and their not afraid of a challenge. and not just looking for guys that run fast in the 40 and they go to, you know, the elite 11 and all the different all-star camps. i'm looking for guys that want to play ball and want to work. >> chris: if they have talent, it's also good, right? >> kirk: of course. >> chris: perry flips it wide over the middle.

live f and miami touchdown. has to feel good for perry, too. >> kirk: perry will be in a battle next year with van dyke to see who will become the quarterback to replace king, but nice to see the freshman, redding, get a touchdown. and once again, no matter where they are on the field, they're going to try to get those linebackers and safeties with their eyes in the backfield and make them pay for it. that's what they did there. >> chris: well, they have camden pri price, borregales backup with a chance to get on the score sheet with a p.a.t. it's a new record, 52 points scored by either team in this series. 52-so.

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>> chris: allstate bus sighting here in miami, helping us keep all the action on a busy saturday. what's your allstate protection spotlight today? >> kirk: there's a lot of choices. going to go with bubba bolden.

watch how quickly he reads this slant, darts through, gets his hand on it. al blades gets the interception. young quarterback, reads his eyes, protects that football, comes up with the interception. bubba bolden with a great game after coming back into the film room, after i thought a good game last week, says he wanted to play better. and he's telling his mom happy birthday. >> chris: that's nice. the emphasis was on the happy birthday to mom. very cool. the touchback from borregales. tomorrow night on espn, game six of the eastern conference finals. celtics battled, tightened it up. miami still leads 3-2. down there at the clevelander on south beach, they'll have the tvs all tuned in. "nba countdown" at 6:30. the nba bubble about three hours north of here. best of sevens have a totally different feel in these playoffs. no home court.

we have never seen playoffs like it. >> kirk: i don't know if you follow major league baseball, but the postseason starts, a team out of cincinnati made it into the postseason. >> chris: all you need is a 60-game season every year. >> kirk: oh, man. it's been a long six years. they made it. i'm excited. i love postseason baseball. but we got eight teams in both leagues going to the postseason. >> chris: yeah, local team here, marlins got in there. >> kirk: congrats to derek jeter. >> chris: rodemaker hands it off to toafili, and he's hit hard. boy, kirk -- and some flags, as frustration is building here. talked about what's ahead for florida state. and look at those -- those teams like notre dame, north carolina.

clemson. >> kirk: pitt. nc state, jacksonville state, nc sta state, duke? >> chris: looking for wins? >> kirk: yeah, yeah. that's a three-win schedule, probably. four, maybe, at the top. four at the most. >> chris: well, that would not be the kind of rookie year that mike norvell and the staff are looking for. you're saying that's -- that's not the ceiling, that's just what you -- >> kirk: i was just looking -- yeah, that's what i think. and again, to me, it's not the amount of wins that a first-year head coach that is basically trying to steer this titanic to get this program back to what it once was, it's more of the little things. that's like watching their body language, watching their competitive spirit, are they playing -- each other. things like that are way more important to me than how many wins florida state has. >> chris: two unsportsmanlike

conduct penalties, one on each team. final six minutes. noles working on the ground game. toafili getting busy. a sign of things to come. feel like he might be per phaps the featured runner in this offense as they head into that gauntlet of a schedule. take a look at what lies ahead for the hurricanes. talked about that collision in clemson after the bye week, october 10th. toafili spins and is knocked down at the canes 44. they'll be underdogs there, but based on the first three games, miami will bring some confidence into death valley, which is -- that's a great team you face. not quite the same atmosphere. then a couple of home games. trip to raleigh and blacksburg.

low throw. far side. and it's williamson, knocked out a couple yards short of the marker. >> kirk: we are used to having the two divisions in the acc. now with notre dame coming in, it's just one big conference. even if they were to lose, they might beat clemson, but if they logs and won the rest of those games, there's city an opportunity for a potential rematch in an acc championship with clemson. that's assuming, you know, if clemson is able to keep doing what they've done for the last six years, which is pretty much beat everybody. >> chris: no reason to believe they won't. >> kirk: no, not at all. >> chris: they don't play notre dame, the hurricanes. notre dame, as you said, contender in the acc this year. very interesting game here, first week of december against north carolina. tar heels figure to be in the mix. that could have implications for the acc championship game. >> kirk: and i think on the road, on the road at virginia tech could be a challenging game

and a competitive game. those two teams over the years have had some great match-ups. miami and virginia tech. >> chris: "enter sandman" won't be quite the same at lane stadium. >> kirk: no, no. >> chris: guys that didn't expect to play tonight are getting action late in this game. >> kirk: i just think that the miami fanbase -- they're entitled to buy into what they're seeing. like, this is -- as i said, this is real. like, this is not, look who they played, it has nothing to do with that. this has to do with the buy-in, you know? they're confident and they believe. it's amazing what a quarterback and an offensive system can do to the rest of the entire team. makes the offensive line better. receivers are better. the defense is better. the entire energy around the

program is better, because there's confidence and belief. and this program hasn't had a quarterback that has been able to provide that in 18 or 20 years. >> chris: nice back shoulder throw and the catch made down inside the 5. so, the freshman rodemaker trying to engineer a late touchdown drive. after the pick he threw. >> kirk: we have a great example of that just last year, lsu. joe burrow impacted not just that offense with joe brady, but the entire program. the defense, the belief, of what they could achieve and the confidence in the way they carried themselves. >> chris: douglas cuts it back to the 1. that's a great point. there were a lot of areas, miami's team last year, where there was not a great deal of confidence. offensive line. offense, period. the kicking game. zero confidence in that. now it's all coming together. >> kirk: right. yeah. and a good look there at defensive coordinator blake. we don't talk much about blake

baker, but he's had a heck of a back-to-back weeks against louisville and tonight against florida state, holding florida state to ten points. he is also a great coach. >> chris: easy to spot over there. >> kirk: that's the point, right? >> chris: signal the plays in. he's focused on canes backups trying to keep the seminoles out of the end zone here. final 1:40 of this game. it's third and goal from the 2. >> kirk: opening drive of the game, they got three points, opening drive in the third quarter they got their touchdown. other than that, they've not been able to sustain many drives. >> chris: quarterback keeper all the way and the freshman is knocked down at the 2 yard line. that's some inspired play by these miami backups. >> kirk: good job just kind of shooting, getting into that

backfie backfield. you know, they -- really loves to just put his defensive linemen and linebackers in a downhill, aggressive mind-set, trying to shoot gaps. and that time, they came free, made a play in the backfield. almost feel like florida state is going to have to throw the ball here. they're not going to have much chance to get this in running. you got to rely on your receivers to make a play. >> chris: douglas and toafili are the backs. >> kirk: pressure. >> chris: play clock at one. rodemaker rolls out, tried to throw it, he is slung down. ryan ragone, a third string striker player makes the sack and snuffs out the threat. >> chris: good find on the board there. i couldn't find him, ragone, 34. outstanding job by you. how about ragone, we saw him coming. he showed that he was going to comment he just kind of slips that attempted block and goes right around him. and brings down the quarterback. good job. >> chris: six sacks for this

miami defense. that's a moment that ragone will savor. doesn't get many chances. >> kirk: that's awesome. love to see that. look at all the starters, they see him at practice every day working hard, he gets his opportunity and those are starters over there loving on him. that's great. >> chris: he's tired. but he's happy to have the stars around him, the cameras on him. that's a good moment. miami backups just fighting to protect their goal line in the last minute of the game and now that will be it. miami never scored more points than florida state in this series history. they're going to make it four in a row and these noles seniors will leave without having beaten miami. comes at the end of a seven-year run of florida state victories. and they're going to get the defensive coordinator. you got blake baker. got the gatorade bath. that's got to feel really nice on a hot, muggy night. little sticky.

coaches trying to keep the two teams apart, just in case there's some jawing and some hard feelings. this is tough for some proud players of florida state. they know a lot of the guys on the other sideline. there's some high school friendships and rivalries. that's what makes the rivalry passionate, but this is -- this is a tough night for the garnet and gold with their head coach forced to watch at home in tallahassee. they'll head into a tough schedule at 0-2 and miami will go into a bye week at 3-0, pointing towards clemson. lots of reasons to be excited here in south florida. well, kirk, great job from nashville. look forward to having you back in the booth. >> kirk: yeah, look forward to being back. >> chris: bill bo, derek, thanku to our crew. molly, great job on the sidelines. next week, s.e.c. football on espn prime time. auburn and georgia. that will be fun. now, except on the west coast,

stay tuned for your local news. for our entire crew here in miami, so long, i'm chris fowler. big night for the canes, 5-210.

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