NCCA College Football Week 11 - #18 Wake Forest @ Florida State
#18 Wake Forest @ Florida State
Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern
ABC
Opening Line: Wake Forest - 7.5
Wake Forest has lost 14 straight to Florida State and hasn't won a college football game in Tallahassee since 1959. This could be the year that all changes. Inside sources at SBG Global tell us that the public feels the same way with most wagers on Wake Forest.
18th-ranked Wake Forest (8-1, 4-1) is in a first-place tie with No. 23 Maryland in college football's Atlantic Division. The Demon Deacons are seeking to win nine games for the first time in school history. ''You don't expect them to be up there,'' Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. ''It seemed like they had more guys coming back than anybody in the conference. There ain't no rookies out there.'' Florida State (5-4, 3-4), has dropped four ACC games for the first time but they are favored by more than a TD in this football game.
Florida State is an 8.5 point home favorite at SBG Global.
''You've just got to look at the past. Florida State has a great college football history, great tradition every year, great athletes - they recruit what's said to be the best athletes in the country,'' Demon Deacons linebacker Stanley Arnoux said. ''And we're just lil' ol' Wake Forest.'' ''It's a little bit of a wake-up call for our kids - we're 8-1, we're ranked, all that kind of stuff, but in the end we're going down to Florida State as underdogs,'' coach Jim Grobe said. ''If you think you've arrived in collge football, nobody else thinks you have.''
Wake Forest's defense has forced 12 turnovers in the last six games. Josh Gattis has one interception in four straight contests and safety Patrick Ghee has three for the year.
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Florida State quarterback Xavier Lee will make his third straight start. Lee started in place of an injured Drew Weatherford on Oct. 28 at Maryland. The Seminoles still need to win one of their final two games to become eligible for a 25th straight college football bowl appearance.
''It matters on the bowls; we can possibly get a bowl game out of this,'' Lee said. ''It's also about pride, we're on our home field, and we need to finish up with some wins.''
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