The Hurricanes and Seminoles will get together for the 64th time when Saturday’s rivalry game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. inside of Florida State’s Doak Campbell Stadium.
Miami has won 33 of the 63 meetings but are 17-20 all-time in Tallahassee and haven’t won back-to-back road games over the Seminoles since 2007 and 2009. The big story, however, is both coaches will enter Saturday looking to squelch a pair of extremely dissatisfied fan bases with Florida State’s Willie Taggart furiously seeking a job-preserving victory by year’s end.
As for Miami’s Manny Diaz, just eight games into year one, his job is a little more secure, but losses to Florida and Florida State (among other things) could put the South Florida native on the proverbial hot seat entering 2020.