It was all looking good for Florida State.
A significant upset win on the road over No. 17 Miami appeared likely.
The Seminoles had a 20-point lead midway through the third quarter. They had the ball. They had silenced a near-capacity crowd at Hard Rock Stadium. They were in control.
This would represent a signature win for FSU, the biggest under first-year head coach Willie Taggart, perhaps a major turning point in a season that started poorly with a narrow win over Samford -- that’s Samford, not Stanford -- followed by a bad loss to Syracuse.