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Seminoles ready for hype of top-10 matchup with Celmson

 
Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones (12) fires a first quarter pass as offensive linesman Tyler Evans (75) blocks Florida State defensive tackle Everett Dawkins (93) and defensive end Bjoern Werner (95) during an NCAA college football game on Sept. 17, 2011, in Tallahassee.
Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones (12) fires a first quarter pass as offensive linesman Tyler Evans (75) blocks Florida State defensive tackle Everett Dawkins (93) and defensive end Bjoern Werner (95) during an NCAA college football game on Sept. 17, 2011, in Tallahassee.
Steve Cannon / AP

By Patrik Note

Miami Herald Writer

TALLAHASSEE -- Learning a lesson

After experiencing the hype that surrounded last season’s top-10 matchup between FSU and Oklahoma, coach Jimbo Fisher hopes his team has learned to block out distractions. The then-fifth-ranked Seminoles lost 23-13 to the then-No. 1 Sooners in Tallahassee.

No. 4 FSU plays host to No. 10 Clemson this Saturday.

“We’re going to need to play even better this week,” Fisher said. “We’ve got a great opponent. We’ve got a great challenge ahead of us; you all get to have a circus. The national media and all that good stuff — I’ll be interested to see how we handle that.”

• After being held back in Saturday’s win over Wake Forest, right tackle Menelik Watson will be a go for Saturday’s game against the Tigers.

Daniel Glauser made the start in Watson’s place. Watson saw time as a reserve in the second half.

“He could have gone,” Fisher said Monday morning.

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