Seniors Albert Moses and Virgil Cooper couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces as the seconds ticked off the clock and teammate Rashad Young intercepted a Hail Mary pass to seal Avon Park's 40-0 victory over LaBelle at Cowboy Stadium on Friday night. ...more

October 19, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Mitchell (3-1) held on despite a fourth quarter comeback by Hudson (0-4). The Mustangs scored 21 unanswered points and cut the lead to three points before a Hail Mary pass on the game's final play fell incomplete. Mitchell dominated the ground game, rushing for five touchdowns and 346 yards. Sophomore Ricky Trinidad accounted for three of the touchdowns and 224 of the rushing yards. ...more

October 4, 2008

Florida State capped a month of turmoil by losing to Kentucky on Monday in the Music City Bowl. The loss, amid an academic cheating scandal that forced the Noles to leave more than 20 scholarship players home, concluded back-to-back 7-6 seasons for FSU. ...more

January 1, 2008

When Florida State walked onto the field for Monday's Music City Bowl against Kentucky, few gave the Noles much of a chance. Playing without 24 scholarship players left back in Tallahassee - most for their involvement in an academic misconduct scandal - FSU faced one of its most daunting tasks in years. ...more

January 1, 2008

In this small town a Hail Mary pass from the Georgia state line, there's more than one stoplight. But during a quick drive around, the count falls short of double digits. ...more

December 7, 2007

It was late Thursday night, already past Florida State coach Bobby Bowden's bed time, but he wanted to watch as much of the Boston College-Virginia Tech game as he could. Finally, sometime in the third quarter, Bowden drifted off to sleep with the bedroom TV still on. ...more

October 29, 2007

Hail Grothe? Not quite. Matt Grothe's last-gasp attempt at a miracle, a desperation fourth-and-37 pass, was intercepted by Rutgers defensive back Zaire Kitchen with 49 seconds remaining. The No. 2-ranked South Florida Bulls had finally gone down on Thursday night, losing to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 30-27 in a crushing Big East Conference loss. ...more

October 19, 2007