Jacory Harris

Jacory Harris, Fla. - Jacory Harris was still in the band from Miami, with five seconds left, silently asking for one more stop. He had done his part. And after a final revision, so did the Miami defense.
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Patient's arm and all, Harris passed for 386 yards - including a 40-yard pass over double coverage to Travis Benjamin to create 3-yard Graig Cooper with 1:53 left - and led to the recent hurricanes No. 18 in the State Florida 38 -34 in a wild, back and forth Monday's game.

"I was thinking that my team struggled through this so long and so hard. All the preparation and was reduced to this," Harris said seeing the final series of the lateral line. "Our defense, I knew she would succeed in the end."

It went down to the last play, a pass Florida State’s Jarmon Fortson nearly scooped off the garnet-colored grass in the end zone as time expired. Fortson argued to no avail, replay officials confirmed he didn’t have the ball, and Miami (1-0 overall, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) flooded the field that bears Bobby Bowden’s name in celebration.

“Whew!” was the first sound Miami coach Randy Shannon made as he left the joyous locker room.

No other words were necessary. Miami did it to Florida State (0-1, 0-1) again, winning for the fourth time in its last five trips to Florida’s capital city and dealing Bowden another arduous defeat against the team that has vexed him more than any other.

“It was a great game, though,” Bowden said. “I guess it sounds funny to hear a losing coach say that.”

Harris completed 21 of 34 passes for two touchdowns and two interceptions. He got hurt on the second of those turnovers; Harris was drilled by blitzing cornerback Greg Reid and his throw on that play resulted in nothing more than a pop fly that Markus White ran back 31 yards for a 31-24 Florida State lead with 11:45 remaining.

Harris connected with Cooper for a 24-yard score to tie the score at 31, and after Florida State took the lead again on Dustin Hopkins’ 45-yard field goal with 4:11 left, the ‘Canes went back to work. They went 59 yards in six plays, Harris’ perfect lob to Benjamin accounting for most of them.