FSU buries B.C., stretches win streak to four
Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel (3) scrambles through a hole in the Boston College defense for a big gain during the first half of Thursday’s Seminoles victory.
Jimmy Golen
BOSTON — For three decades, there’s been nothing so certain in college football as Florida State playing in a bowl game.
The Seminoles qualified for a bowl for the 30th consecutive year on Thursday night, when EJ Manuel threw for one touchdown and ran for another to lead Florida State to a 38-7 victory over Boston College.
“That’s one of our goals we knew from the beginning of the year, and now we’ve knocked that one off,” coach Jimbo Fisher said after the Seminoles extended the streak that was already the longest in the NCAA. “Thirty years in a row. There’s something about that. Everybody says it’s no big deal, but don’t do it and see what happens.”
Manuel completed 12 of 16 passes for 180 yards and ran 16 times for 37 yards to help Florida State (6-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) open a 28-0 halftime lead and coast to its fourth consecutive victory. The sixth win means the Seminoles are bowl-eligible; representatives of the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta were in the press box to scout the game.
“I think it would be something that we would be ashamed of if we were the team that didn’t continue with the great tradition of Florida State,” Manuel said. “We should win at least six games every year at Florida State. At least.”
Boston College (2-7, 1-5), which had gone to a bowl game for 12 straight years, was guaranteed its first losing season since 1998 and was eliminated from bowl contention.
Chase Rettig completed 11 of 18 passes with one touchdown and one interception for Boston College, splitting time with freshman Josh Bordner after the first six drives resulted in five punts and a fumble. Bordner was 1 of 2 for 37 yards, and he ran seven times for 45 yards.
Luke Kuechly had 20 tackles
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