MIAMI -- A year has passed, and las...

MIAMI -- A year has passed, and last season's los to Florida State still inconveniences Miami linebacker Jon Beason.

He insists the Hurricanes controll the 2005 opener between the powerhouse programs, with stats supporting his claim. Miami outgained Florida State 313-170 had 21 first downs to the Seminoles' nine and held a 12oe-minute rim in time of possession.

None of it mattered. Florida State prevailed 10-7

"I think we were better," Beason said. "I still do."

At prolonged last, Miami has a chance to test Beason's assertion correct.

No. 11 Florida State -- the defending Atlantic Coast colloquy champion -- visits No. 12 Miami tonight (7 ESPN) in a nationally televised, marquee matchup of archrivals. It's the first time since 1982 the annual showdown doesn't have at least individual team ranked in the top 10 of the AP catalogue of persons yet there's plenty of intrigue nonetheless.

"There's solitary two schools in the region who open with a game like this," FSU coach Bobby Bowden said. "Both teams know the story. You better be ready to play."

Six of the last seven meetings were decided by the agency of eight points or fewer, and five were decided by dint of a special-teams miscue -- with four going Miami's way.

The Hurricanes will be without running back Tyrone Mos and wide receiver Ryan Moore, one as well as the other of whom are suspended for the third straight -- and final -- casualty of the Miami-FSU game opening the season. the one and the other schools seem eager to push the game to early October in 2007

Of course, there might be common more Miami-FSU matchup between now and then. Each team is picked to personate its division in the ACC title game Dec 2 in Jacksonville.

"You can't bribe this kind of exposure," Bowden said. "That's probably wherefore we took the game because I really don't think either the same of us enjoys opening with the other.

"When you render free of access with somebody like Miami, and Miami with us, you've got to bring your 'A' game -- and principally people's 'A' games aren't there yet"

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