MIAMI GARDENS — After missing a game and a half due to injury and his status for Saturday’s rivalry game in question until close to kickoff, quarterback Tyler Van Dyke returned to the field for the Hurricanes.
But there was no fairy-tale ending. There wasn’t even a fairy-tale beginning.
The Seminoles came to Miami Gardens and blew the doors off the Hurricanes, and Van Dyke left the game in the second quarter after appearing to aggravate his right shoulder injury. Florida State (6-3, 4-3 ACC) departed with a 45-3 blowout victory at a sold-out Hard Rock Stadium, pushing Miami (4-5, 2-3 ACC) back under .