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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- It wasn't revenge, but getting even was
a kick. Actually, lots of kicks.
Sebastian Janikowski booted five field goals and Florida State
forced six turnovers as the top-ranked Seminoles defeated No. 20
North Carolina State 42-11 Saturday.
|  | | Florida State's Dan Kendra runs for a first down ahead of the Wolfpack's William Pannell on Saturday. |
Florida State (3-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) is 100-13-1
this decade -- the only school to reach the century mark in wins.
The Seminoles also are 56-2 in the ACC as they go after an eighth
straight league title.
North Carolina State (3-1, 0-1) upset the Seminoles 24-7 last
year behind quarterback Jamie Barnette, who was intercepted four
times Saturday.
"Jamie was running for his life," North Carolina State coach
Mike O'Cain said. "He was getting his butt knocked off after every
play."
Florida State's victory was pieced together by big plays on
defense and Janikowski's booming kicks.
"We came out strong and they got paid back," Janikowski said.
"That's the best feeling ever."
Two turnovers by Barnette resulted in Florida State touchdowns.
Abdual Howard returned one interception 47 yards for the game's
final score and Jamal Reynolds recovered a Barnette fumble in the
end zone for a third quarter TD that gave Florida State a 32-11
lead. The ball was stripped by David Warren.
"That really turned the game around," said Barnette, who was
also sacked three times.
N.C. State missed former receiver Torry Holt, who caught six TD
passes against Florida State the previous two years.
"We could gamble a little more since they did not have Holt,"
said Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden. "We could go after the
quarterback a little more since we knew Holt was not running around
out there."
Barnette, who threw for 287 yards against Florida State last
year, was 10-of-25 for 129 yards.
Janikowski, whose 27 field goals last year were two short of an
NCAA record, has nine field goals in the first three games for
Florida State (3-0, 2-0 ACC). He also kicked five last year against
Maryland.
Florida State led 18-3 at the half on a 1-yard touchdown run by
fullback Dan Kendra and four field goals.
Janikowski, a left-footed junior, kicked field goals of 30, 47,
22 and 31 yards. He also ran down N.C. State's Clayton White, who
intercepted a 2-point conversion pass thrown by holder Marcus
Outzen after a poor snap.
Janikowski added a 47-yarder in the fourth quarter.
Travis Minor scored on a 2-yard run that gave Florida State a
25-3 lead early in the third quarter.
Kent Passingham's 22-yard field goal that briefly tied the game
3-3 in the first quarter and Rahshon Spikes' 3-yard run in the
third quarter accounted for the Wolfpack scoring. Spikes led all
runners with 89 yards on 21 carries.
"They came down here with some confidence because they won last
year," Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke said. "We wanted to
take that confidence out of them early."
Florida State's offense struggled all day, managing 378 yards -- its lowest output in three games.
"We're not as good offensively as last year, but we're better
defensively," O'Cain said.
Weinke, who threw six interceptions in last year's loss, was
intercepted twice Saturday and failed for the first time in 13
starts at Florida State to throw a TD pass.
"I would have loved to have buried those guys," Weinke said.
"And we didn't bury them."
"Forty two points is not enough against a team that humiliated
us last year," said Florida State's Peter Warrick, who caught nine
passes for 75 yards and returned 2 punts for 46 yards.
Bowden was more philosophic.
"The offense has been kind of inconsistent," he said. "But
there's no need in me complaining about 42 points."
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