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Florida State faces Syracuse without Dalvin Cook

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Florida State is coming off its first regular-season loss in three years ahead of Saturday’s game against Syracuse. The news didn’t get much better for the No. 17 Seminoles on Thursday when coach Jimbo Fisher said running back Dalvin Cook won’t play because of an ankle injury. Cook suffered the injury during last Saturday’s 22-16 loss at Georgia Tech. The Seminoles (6-1, 4-1 ACC) played most of the game at Wake Forest on Oct. 3 without Cook after he strained…

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Florida State’s Dalvin Cook will miss Saturday’s game vs. Syracuse

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Running back Dalvin Cook, the nation’s second-leading rusher, will miss No. 17 Florida State’s game against Syracuse on Saturday because of an ankle injury. Coach Jimbo Fisher made the announcement following practice Thursday. Cook injured his left ankle in the Seminoles’ 22-16 loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday. He had been affected by a hamstring injury the past three games. The sophomore is the first Florida State running back since Greg Allen in 1981 to have a pair of 200-yard…

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No. 17 Florida State hopes to clean up mistakes versus Syracuse

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For the first time in three years Florida State returned to the practice field to begin preparing for an upcoming game coming off a regular-season loss. The challenge for coach Jimbo Fisher and the No. 17 Seminoles is to prevent the setback from having a negative snowball effect. Florida State’s 28-game Atlantic Coast Conference win streak was snapped with a 22-16 loss at Georgia Tech on Saturday. “You say you wish you could win them all, but that’s part of…

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Everett Golson playing mistake-free football for Florida State

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Everett Golson is showing signs of being the quarterback Seminoles fans hoped when he transferred to Florida State over the summer. After a rough stretch early in the season, Golson is completing 67.2 percent of his passes for 1,449 yards, 11 touchdowns and no interceptions for the ninth-ranked Seminoles. It also marks the third time that a Golson-led team has started a season 6-0. Coach Jimbo Fisher and Golson’s teammates rave about his progress. As far as a self-assessment from…

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Dalvin Cook’s second half helps offense, fans relax

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The stat sheet shows Florida State running back Dalvin Cook ran for 163 yards on 22 carries and caught 4 passes for 60 more in FSU’s 41-21 victory over Louisville. Not bad for a guy motoring on one healthy hamstring. His bad wheel has the attention of FSU coaches and fans, not to mention opponents. Despite the handicap and the added attention, Cook somehow keeps cooking and the Seminoles keep winning. Since injuring his left hamstring two weeks ago against…

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No. 11 Florida State not flashy but just keep winning

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Florida State doesn’t have the flashy offense of two years ago, when the Seminoles averaged 51.6 points en route to their third national championship. They also aren’t the Cardiac Seminoles of a season ago, where they won six games in the fourth quarter. But the one thing this year’s Florida State team has in common is it keeps winning. Saturday’s 29-24 win over Miami extended the Seminoles regular-season win streak to 32 and marked their 27th straight in Atlantic Coast…

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Wake Forest won the game on paper; FSU on the scoreboard

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Mark Twain is often credited with saying there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics. Under those criteria, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons beat Florida State on Saturday. The scoreboard, however, provided the truth. Florida State 24, Wake  Forest 16. Wake Forest had the Florida State defense on the field for 60 percent of the game. The Deacons held the ball for 36 minutes to 24 for the Seminoles. They ran 79 plays to 52 for FSU.…

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