With North Carolina bringing its high-powered offense to town, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher took time out from his weekly session with the media to dispel any talk about the job opening that came up this week when LSU fired Les Miles.Im not talking about LSU. Were talking about North Carolina, said Fisher, an assistant at LSU from 2000 through 2006, adding that he also has not had contact with anyone from LSU nor would he listen if they called him or his agent.Im coaching football, he said. I dont listen.Fisher and his 12th-ranked Seminoles look to have enough on their hands without that distraction when they take on the Tar Heels at 3:30 p.m. ET at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.The Seminoles badly need this one because they are already 0-1 in the ACC and another loss in conference play would all but knock them out of the running for any sort of title in 2016, including the national playoffs.And while none of the current players were around the last time Florida State played North Carolina in 2010, there is one detail about that game that Fisher likely will bring up: the Seminoles lost, 37-35.Finally, theres this extra bit of clutter for Fisher to try to eliminate this week: He has beaten every team in the ACC at least once since taking over in 2010 -- except North Carolina, that is.It doesnt matter, Fisher said. I dont care what everybody else does, we have to get better at what were doing.The Tar Heels are unranked but have won three in a row since dropping their opener to Georgia.Their quarterback, junior Mitch Trubisky, is shaping up to be one of the best passers that the Seminoles may face all year. Hes averaging 326 yards passing a game and has already thrown 10 touchdowns without an interception.Hes big, hes strong and hes hard to get down in the pocket, Fisher said. I like him, but hes going to be a pain in the tail.The Tar Heels come into their game buoyed by the confidence of their comeback win over Pitt. Trailing by 13 points with less than eight minutes left in the game, the Heels engineered two touchdown drives, the second of which included three fourth-down conversions. North Carolina also held visiting Pitt to a three-and-out in between.We found out a lot, said junior wide receiver Austin Proehl, who had one of the critical fourth-down receptions on the final drive. We found out who we were as a team.The Seminoles got a confidence boost of their own in their last outing in running up a 55-35 win at South Florida. Running back Dalvin Cook appears to be just fine.After a hot and cold first three weeks of the season, the junior speedster slashed and dashed for a career-high 267 yards for his first 100-plus-yard rushing performance of the year -- something noticeably missing from the preseason Heisman hopefuls resume the first three games.Some reports said Cook has dealing with an undisclosed injury. Others speculated the almost 20 pounds of muscle he added during the offseason were slowing him down.Cook basically laughed off all of it.I dont know why it was a question, he said. I go out there and play the same football every week, Cook said. Whether its to run the ball or (catch) the ball, I just did a better job this week.Cook was also the teams leading receiver in the game with four catches for 62 yards, and he scored an electrifying touchdown on the Seminoles first offensive play -- a 75-yard gallop untouched into the end zone to tie the game early at 7-7.Now to what needs fixing: Florida States defense, which has given up 98 points and 980 yards in its last two outings and gave up an 84-yard pass play on South Floridas first play last week.We got to be more physical up front, Fisher said. Jerome Bettis Womens Jersey . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. James Conner Steelers Jersey . Ferrer, trying to win his fourth title on Mexican soil, will next play South Africas Kevin Anderson, who eliminated American Sam Querrey,7-6 (2), 6-4. 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The team also has yet to decide on the future of Doug Berry, who began the season as a consultant to the head coach but took over the offensive co-ordinators duties in July.NELSPRUIT, South Africa -- Without its British and Irish Lions and further hampered by a raft of injuries, Scotland is finding the four-nation tournament in South Africa a stern test of its depth and grit ahead of the 2015 World Cup. Having lost to Samoa, one of its pool opponents at the World Cup, in a bruising battle last weekend, the Scots face a typically muscular Springbok forward pack in the next round of games on Saturday. South Africa, Samoa and Scotland all will be in the same group in England in 2015. Forced to make seven changes to its starting lineup, Scotland must find the physicality it lacked in its first-ever test loss to Samoa if it is to compete against the No. 2-ranked South Africa, interim coach Scott Johnson said. "Youre up against the second best team in the world that prides itself on its physicality," Johnson said after Saturdays 27-17 defeat to Samoa in Durban. "So, you dont have to be any mathematician or Rhodes Scholar to work out what we need to improve. And weve got to acknowledge that. "They wont be running away from that fact and I wont hide from that fact. Test footy is usually won by the side that is most clinical in that area, the collision." While Scotland will give three more players their first caps after fielding six debutants against Samoa, South Africa is seeking continuity after a 44-10 win over Italy to start its season. The Springboks have made two enforced changes, with experienced scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar in for the injured Jano Vermaak and flanker Marcell Coetzee replacing openside Francois Louw, who gets married on Sunday. Coetzees inclusion for Louw will add even more weight to the Springboks forwards. South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer also has rebranded his backline, with newcomers JJ Engelbrecht, Willie le Roux and Bjorn Basson adding pace to the experience of centre Jean de Villiers and prolific wing Bryan Habana. "Im very excited about those backs. Theyve showed some great patches and iif they can build on that, I think well have an awesome backline, exciting to watch," Meyer said.dddddddddddd South Africa, with its forward power and backline speed, will aim to launch attacks on two fronts against Scotland at Mbombela Stadium as it warms up for the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship. Scotland, however, is struggling badly with injuries, with captain Kelly Brown and flyhalf Tom Heathcote out and three front-rowers -- props Geoff Cross and Ryan Grant and hooker Pat MacArthur -- also unavailable. Cross and MacArthur have left the tour with injuries, while Grant was called up to the Lions in Australia. Scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw will captain the Scots for the first time and nine of Scotlands 23 to face the Springboks have less than 10 caps. "Id said from before we left Scotland that we wanted to find out about players through this tour and, perhaps, because of circumstances, some of that is being accelerated," Johnson said. In Saturdays first game, and the first rugby test at Nelspruits 2010 football World Cup stadium, a buoyant Samoa will face Italy, which lost 44-10 to South Africa in the opening round of the three-week, four-team tournament. Samoa combined its free-flowing attacking game with physicality up front to beat Scotland, while Italys confidence following a strong Six Nations showing was dented in a subdued performance against South Africa. The winner of that tussle will likely earn the right to face South Africa in the tournament final at Loftus Versfeld, with the Samoans best-placed in the mini league standings for a rare shot at the Springboks two years out from the World Cup. "It is something that we always set out to do, to play the likes of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Especially South Africa in South Africa," Samoa coach Stephen Betham said. "Wed love to play them (South Africa) but we still have Italy. Weve put that (a game against South Africa) on the back burner." ' ' '
