WWSB-TV SPORTS ANCHOR JAMES HILL ABC7 ACC FOOTBALL GEORGIA TECH 24 FLORIDA STATE 21 FINAL 8-25-2024

good morning everyone on the Sun Coast the Florida State University seminal began Saturday ranked 10th in America heading into their game versus Georgia Tech in Dublin Ireland I Met fans from Florida who are currently abroad for the Nolls and Yellow Jackets season opener check this out Andrew Smith is one of thousands of college football fans traveling to watch Florida State play Georgia Tech ACC football in Dublin Ireland I grew up in Tampa grew up at semal and uh you know J grad ended up playing football at at Georgia Tech um and uh had a long history of family members going to Florida State I myself had a law degree from Florida State and so this is always a fun one uh and you know to bring it back to Tampa and and we've got a big Georgia Tech Community down here and uh you know our sun coach region so it's been great for Georgia Tech fans an unforgettable 44 yard field goal is the difference in the yellow jackets 24-21 victory over 10th ranked Florida State coach Mike norvil shares postgame comments in that first drive and uh you obviously you know that we were not able to replicate that um you know as as the game went on uh you know they did a good job with some of the adjustments they made Andrew Smith says FSU has a team he believes will bounce back from losing to Georgia Tech in week zero Florida State very special place for me as well and uh something tells me that we might have a chance to see Florida State in charlet again uh in the ACC Championship game it's a good football team a good team football fans like Andrew Smith Deborah tamargo and thousands of people appreciate traveling abroad to experience a historic ACC game Sarasota native Charles Lester III and the FSU seminal hosting Boston College on September 2nd in HBCU football action in Atlanta Florida A&M winning 24-23 over Norfolk State University in the mwac challenge reporting in the studio I'm James Hill with ABC7 your local station