9/08/2009

Miami (FL) 38, (18) Florida State 34

Ailing arm and all, Jacory Harris threw for 386 yards -- including a 40-yard pass over double coverage to Travis Benjamin that set up Graig Cooper's 3-yard touchdown run with 1:53 left -- and led the Hurricanes past No. 18 Florida State 38-34 in a wild, back-and-forth game on Monday night.

It went down to the very last play, a pass that Florida State's Jarmon Fortson nearly scooped off the garnet-colored grass in the end zone as time expired. Fortson argued to no avail, replay officials confirmed that he didn't have the ball, and Miami flooded the field that bears Bobby Bowden's name in celebration.

Miami and Florida State dueled like it was the 1980s or '90s all over again. Miami won the thriller, but college football is the ultimate beneficiary if both powers prove to be relevant again.

Source: ESPN.com

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