Florida State has been attempting to recuperate from losses all through many of the first half of the season.
Now Duke is available in off its first defeat.
The groups meet in a Friday night time Atlantic Coast Convention recreation at Durham, N.C.
Duke (5-1, 1-1 ACC) hasn’t performed since falling 24-14 at Georgia Tech on Oct. 5. The Blue Devils are winless in opposition to Florida State in 22 all-time conferences.
Duke coach Manny Diaz mentioned the break within the schedule got here at an excellent time for his workforce to regroup.
“Our gamers had been capable of refresh themselves as a lot as you possibly can halfway by means of October,” Diaz mentioned.
Florida State (1-5, 1-4), which has misplaced its previous two video games, has had the identical hole of time between video games because the Blue Devils. This would be the Seminoles’ second true street recreation, having fallen 42-16 at SMU on Sept. 28.
“It is undoubtedly all the time good simply to re-set,” Seminoles security Ok.J. Kirkland mentioned. “It additionally gave us a greater alternative to scout our opponent.”
Kirkland and his teammates bought an excellent have a look at Duke quarterback Maalik Murphy, who has thrown for 1,431 yards and 14 touchdowns with simply 5 interceptions this season.
“That quarterback is fairly good,” Kirkland mentioned. “He has bought an enormous arm on him. They’ll run the ball. They do a number of good issues.”
Florida State’s offense wants a jolt. The Seminoles have not scored greater than 16 factors in a recreation since a season-opening 24-21 loss to Georgia Tech in Dublin.
Florida State coach Mike Norvell is attempting to combine up the vibes, so the Seminoles nixed enjoying music at apply early this week in preparation for the Duke recreation.
“We do not management the environment, however we do management ourselves,” Norvell mentioned. “We management what we do. We needed a bit changeup with reference to that. Ensuring we convey the vitality that’s essential on each single play.”
The Seminoles might be stocked with younger gamers on offense, together with redshirt freshman quarterback Brock Glenn. There might be 4 different freshmen or redshirt freshmen within the beginning lineup on that facet of the ball.
Diaz mentioned Florida State has appeared impressed by Glenn, who grew to become the starter within the Clemson recreation Oct. 5, when he threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns with one interception.
“Greater than something, it feels just like the workforce has fireplace and vitality behind him,” Diaz mentioned.
Florida State defeated Duke 38-20 final October in Tallahassee, Fla., outscoring the Blue Devils 21-0 within the fourth quarter.
–Area Stage Media