TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Jimbo Fisher said his young team’s character would be tested against NC State. In Florida State’s most trying moment against the Wolfpack on Saturday, the Seminoles leaned on the quarterback whose character has been challenged for the past five years.
In his latest trial Saturday, Maguire was asked to keep the Seminoles’ New Year’s Six bowl hopes alive two days after being benched for the second time since the start of the preseason. He entered the game with No. 16 Florida State trailing by 10. It won 34-17 on the back of four consecutive Maguire-led scoring drives and should inch closer to a major bowl berth.