Great practice and experience for the Florida game.
If FSU's QB threw 3 interceptions against Maryland - and Maryland is one of the worst teams in the ACC - then imagine how many tackles the FSU QB will get to make in the Florida game!
FSU's QB may be the leading tackler this coming weekend.
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Subject: [gatornews] [SUN / Tal-Democrat]: FSU QB Manuel earning praise
[Tallahassee Democrat / Corey Clark]
From: Shane Ford <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, November 24, 2009 8:40 am
To: [email protected]
FSU QB Manuel earning praise
By Corey Clark
Tallahassee DemocratPublished: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:17 p.m.TALLAHASSEE — Two days later, Jimbo Fisher still seemed emotional talking about it.Yes, the Florida State Seminoles have struggled to a 6-5 season to this point and had to come from behind late in the fourth quarter to defeat a 2-9 Maryland team Saturday.It’s not the season any player, coach or fan was expecting. He knows that. He understands that.But the FSU offensive coordinator, in his Monday press conference, could not stop glowing about a play at the end of the first half Saturday.It wasn’t a touchdown or even a first down that had the head coach in waiting beaming as he watched the film after the game. Of all things, it was a turnover. In the red zone.With FSU holding a 14-6 lead and the ball at the Maryland 17, quarterback E.J. Manuel threw a pass that was intercepted by Maryland’s Alex Wujciak. The junior linebacker then took off down the field for what appeared to be an easy touchdown return.It wasn’t. Not against this FSU team. Not this year.Manuel, who was knocked down while throwing the pass, got up off the ground and chased down Wujciak at the FSU 7 — momentarily saving a touchdown.“If you watch that film, E.J. gets knocked down, gets up, takes off running and with his speed outruns everybody and catches the guy on the 9-yard line – and the guy was 25 yards ahead of him,” Fisher said.But what made the play so meaningful for the offensive coordinator was that it wasn’t just his fleet-footed freshman quarterback chasing down Wujciak. It was the entire team.“Rod Owens came from behind him and would’ve gotten him two yards later,” Fisher said. “Jermaine Thomas was even behind him coming. Taiwan (Easterling) was coming. Beau Reliford circled around — he got bowed out — and was still a yard and a half behind him. And every lineman was chasing the play.“That to me says as much about our players as any success or any good play that we have. About how much they care and how hard they play.”It’s this kind of attitude that Fisher has tried to instill on the offensive side of the ball since he arrived from LSU in 2007.It’s this kind of attitude that helped a team rebound from a 2-4 start to the season to win four of its next five games (even when the top receiver, top quarterback, top lineman and top tight end all went down with injuries).The resurgent stretch started with FSU trailing 24-6, on the road, on a Thursday night, against favored North Carolina.That never-quit, never-say-oh-well-we’ll-get-them-next-time mindset was on full display during that interception return, according to Fisher. And FSU coach Bobby Bowden.“We looked at our film and we’ve got 10 guys chasing him down,” Bowden said. “Not sitting back and watching him run. ... That shows you the effort they’re making.”For more information on FSU athletics, visit NoleSports.com.--
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