Seminole romp
ATLANTA — E.J. Manuel threw a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to stop a South Carolina rally and lead Florida State to a 26-17 victory over the turnover-plagued Gamecocks in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Friday night.
Chris Thompson ran for 147 yards and a touchdown and Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals for the No. 23 Seminoles (10-4), who reached 10 wins for the first time since 2003. Hopkins tied his own school record for a bowl, and the four field goals also matched the Chick-fil-A Bowl record.
South Carolina (9-5), which was seeking its first 10-win season since 1984, committed five turnovers.
Sun Bowl Notre Dame 33, Miami 17At El Paso, Texas, freshman Tommy Rees passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns to Michael Floyd as Brian Kelly became the first Notre Dame coach to win a bowl game in his first season.Notre Dame (8-5) reached the end zone on three of its first four possessions. Rees tossed TD passes of 3 and 34 yards to Floyd and Cierre Wood broke free on a 34-yard scoring run before David Ruffer added field goals from 40, 50 and 19 yards.
<b>Liberty Bowl Central Florida 10, Georgia 6</b>At Memphis, Tenn., Latavius Murray scored on a 10-yard touchdown run with 9:01 left, and Central Florida capped the best season in school history with the program's first postseason victory.The Knights (11-3) had never won more than 10 games in a season and had lost their first three bowl games, including their last visit here in 2007.Georgia (6-7) snapped a four-game bowl winning streak with its first loss since the 2006 Sugar Bowl. Worse for the Bulldogs is notching their first losing season since going 5-6 in 1996.<b>Meineke Bowl South Florida 31, Clemson 26</b>At Charlotte, N.C., B.J. Daniels threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third and South Florida finished coach Skip Holtz's first season with a victory.Mo Plancher also ran for a score for the Bulls (8-5), who took control after Tigers quarterback Kyle Parker left at halftime with broken ribs. South Florida secured its fifth straight eight-win season and earned its first bowl win over a team from a BCS automatic-qualifying league.
