Seminoles Face the Music

Cheating scandal leaves Florida short
By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 1, 2008 3:15 AM CST
Seminoles Face the Music
Florida State fan Hayden Layne, 7, holds a sign referring to the team's player situation as the Seminoles play Kentucky in the first quarter of the Music City Bowl football game in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Florida State is missing 36 players for the game because of injuries, violations...   (Associated Press)

Kentucky won a second straight Music City Bowl yesterday, beating the Seminoles 35-28 and handing coach Bobby Bowden his first December bowl loss. Andre Woodson threw four TD passes against a severely depleted Seminoles defense. Florida State was playing three dozen players short due to injuries and suspensions stemming from an academic cheating scandal involving, ironically, a music test.

Woodson capitalized on the Seminoles' missing depth to finish the season with a school record 40 touchdown passes. It was the 19th consecutive game with at least 200 passing yards and a scoring pass for Woodson, a senior who is likely to be among the first quarterbacks picked in the NFL draft. (More Music City Bowl stories.)

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