(20) South Carolina -3 vs. (23) Florida St.
This is 1 of just 4 non-BCS bowls that pairs up 2 ranked teams. Which means it has the potential to be one of the best bowls games prior to New Year's Day. The Ol' Ball Coach gets the opportunity to coach his South Carolina squad against the school from Tallahassee that was once his biggest rival. Jimbo Fisher leads Florida St. into their NCAA-leading 29th consecutive bowl game. In the last 5 years, the Seminoles have not been playing in the bowl games they had become accustomed to. Fisher appears to have them headed in the right direction after his first season at the helm. Each of these teams last played on Championship Saturday, and each failed to bring home a conference title. South Carolina, however fell flat on their face. How will they respond? The key matchups in this game will be the Gamecock running game lead by Marcus Lattimore versus the rush defense of FSU. And who will make bigger plays at QB Stephen Garcia or Christian Ponder?
Prediction - Florida St. 34 South Carolina 28
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