Florida State Rolls past Central Arkansas, 34-7
Florida State led 24-0 with 8:17 left in the second quarter, and from that point the only thing left to decide was whether Central Arkansas would score. It did, barely: Jalen Washington ran in from 2 yards with 1:40 before halftime, and the Bears went into the break down 24-7. The Seminoles added ten more in the third quarter and that was the end of the scoring.
The opening was fast. Ashton Daniels hit Duce Robinson for a 29-yard touchdown on the first scoring play of the game, with 14:16 still on the clock in the first quarter, and Ousmane Kromah punched in a 6-yard run before the quarter was over. Gabe Panikowski added a 23-yard field goal, Kromah scored again from a yard out, and it was 24-0. Panikowski also kicked a 31-yarder late in the third, and in between Daniels found Jayvan Boggs for 34 yards.
Florida State finished with 419 yards, 238 passing and 181 rushing, and threw one interception. One pick is not nothing, especially for a quarterback who had already thrown four in his first three games (Daniels now has five). Still, one is a lot fewer than the Seminoles might have feared, and it cost them nothing on the scoreboard that we can see.
Florida State is 2-2, a record that looks a lot better after a 27-point cushion than it did before it. Central Arkansas is 0-1. For fantasy purposes, three Seminoles went over 23 points: Daniels at 24.4, Boggs at 24.2 and Kromah at 23.5.