TALLAHASSEE — Florida State linebacker Terrance Smith fielded questions with residual sweat on his forehead, the lingering display from a 60-minute tussle with Notre Dame; loose headphones, unplugged, bracketing his neck; and, over his torso, a Nike-swooshed, freshly printed shirt emblazoned with three words: Nole Luck Needed.
It's a play on Saturday night's opponent, of course, but it holds other meanings. It speaks of an overflowing sense of confidence created and honed during the Football Bowl Subdivision's longest active winning streak — 23 games and counting, with the Fighting Irish the latest victim.
It describes one of Coach Jimbo Fisher's oft-repeated mantras: The play doesn't care who makes it, he's told his team, as he said again during his halftime address Saturday. We got outplayed, Fisher told the Seminoles, who trailed by seven points after the first half, but look at the score. We're a series away, a drive away, a play away.
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