The State of Florida will face Notre Dame No. 5 on Saturday at 7:30 p. m. at Notre Dame Stadium, Indiana. The Seminoles (1-2, 0-2 ACC) will face the Irish (2-0, 1-0 ACC) in the first assembly between the two groups as full members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game will be presented through NBC, nationally. To learn more about viewing, streaming, or paying attention to the game, click here.
The two groups, which were not originally scheduled to play in 2020, will open the 2021 season on Sunday, September 5 at Tallahassee. The Seminoles lead the all-time series 6-3 (. 667). This is the fifth assembly in Sur Bend, with each team winning two of the four most sensitive. The other five matchups were all in Florida with two games in Tallahassee, two in Orlando and one in Miami. The groups split the two games in Tallahassee and Florida State won the 3rd Irish won the last game, 42-13, which took place in South Bend the 2018 season. Notre Dame ranked No. 3 in this assembly.
FSU is for their first win over a ranked opponent since the 2018 season when the Seminoles defeated Boston College, and then ranked 22nd. start of the 2017 season.
Saturday will be the first time FSU head coach Mike Norvell will face the Irish as head coach. He has already faced the Irish as an assistant coach at several stops, with combined success.
The Seminoles, who claimed their first win of the season last week by beating Jacksonville State, will turn to Jordan Travis as their starting quarterback, the third Seminole to start as a quarterback for FSU in the first four games of the season.
FSU also expects to have several more players back in the box today. Injured players would come Seminole with a defensive version of Robert Cooper and defensive backs Travis Jay and Hamsah Nasirildeen. Here’s a look at the intensity chart published through FSU this week.
The Irish, who have not played since September 19 in the USF’s 52-0 defeat, hope to get rid of the rust after the postponement due to COVID considerations and a week’s rest led them to a 3-week break. They are heading through a veteran offensive line that is helping block Veteran Quarterback Ian Book. At least two players are expected to be missing due to COVID considerations on Saturday.
The Irish were favored through approximately 3 touchdowns at the start of the attack with the Seminoles.
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