Florida State’s tight win over Louisville on Saturday and their shaky 3-2 start probably led to the afternoon kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium instead of the ABC College Football Primetime game. The Miami Hurricanes and Florida State both had poor performances in their season openers playing in ABC Primetime games.
Miami lost 33-17 the night before Labor Day in a game that was not nearly as close as the score indicated. Florida State was throttled 24-3 to Virginia Tech at home on Labor Day night in another ABC Primetime telecast.
This is the second season in a row the game will be telecast in the afternoon.