The offense sputtered, then lost its key component to rub salt in an already gushing wound.
Sometimes you look at a scoreboard and know it's over even if the team you root for is still technically "in the game." Trailing 7-0 in the fourth quarter, it already felt like the inevitable wasn't really in doubt for the Boston College on a night when their offense simply sputtered out.
That's when running back Jon Hilliman took a handoff in the backfield and ran into linebacker Terrance Smith. Jalen Ramsay picked it up and rumbled 36 yards untouched into the end zone, lifting ninth-ranked Florida State past the hometown Eagles, 14-0, in both teams' ACC opener.