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Florida State's front-loaded schedule not necessarily troublesome

Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is fluent in the parlance of modern-day coaches, regularly recycling coach-speak items with the media. A Fisher favorite is, “They remember November.”

How a team fares in the season’s final month is what truly defines a season, Fisher routinely submits.

After the ACC released its conference schedule this week, Fisher might need to ditch his tried-and-true phrase for a year. Few teams will have a tougher September and October than the Seminoles, whose first five FBS opponents went a combined 45-21 last season.