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Seminoles focusing on Tajh Boyd before Clemson game

 
 

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, left, reacts to a play as he and Andre Ellington walk back to the bench during an NCAA college football game against Florida State on Sept. 24, 2011 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. Clemson won 35-30.
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, left, reacts to a play as he and Andre Ellington walk back to the bench during an NCAA college football game against Florida State on Sept. 24, 2011 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. Clemson won 35-30.
Richard Shiro / AP

Miami Herald Writer

One thing the fourth-ranked Seminoles have focused on ahead of Saturday’s game against the 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers is defending against the mobility of junior quarterback Tajh Boyd.

“The challenge is to make sure you [stay] within your rush lanes and not let him scramble and create plays with his legs and create big plays,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. “He creates a ton of challenges, but it is always a defense’s job or mentality to affect the quarterback in any way that they can possibly do that, but he is a heck of a player, and it will be a great challenge.”

• Clemson has won just one time in Tallahassee since the Seminoles joined the ACC in 1992 and only three times ever.

The Tigers were also not a particularly strong road team last season, losing their last three away games and finishing just 2-3 for the year.

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