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The top 100 FSU football plays: No. 23— Tommy Polley and Jeff Chaney play Beamer Ball

Date: January 4th, 2000

Location: Nokia Sugar Bowl, Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Opponent: No. 2 Virginia Tech Hokies

Apologies in advance if you came looking for play #23 and leave feeling like you read a double love letter, but that’s how things work when you’re this high up in the Top 100 countdown. Let’s visit the iconic 2000 Nokia Sugar Bowl, where Florida State captured its second national title, this time in wire-to-wire fashion. We’ve frequently revisited the Mike Tyson metaphor in many early Dynasty Years games(1987-2000) where FSU landed a devastating hay maker at the opening bell.