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TAMPA, Fla. -- South Floridas Willie Taggart rejects the notion that facing Florida State is his teams biggest challenge of the season.The fourth-year coach understands what upsetting the 13th-ranked Seminoles could mean for the national perception of his program, however he insists the Bulls are approaching the Saturday matchup as they do every game on their schedule.When things were tough and it was hard to win around here, you had to find ways to motivate your guys to go out and try to win a game, against tradition-rich opponents such as Florida State, said Taggart, who has resurrected a program that fell on hard times after climbing as high as No. 2 in the country in 2007.With our team now, I dont think we have to do those things. Our guys understand what it takes to win ball games.Nevertheless, beating the Seminoles (2-1) on national television could go a long way toward catapulting the high-scoring Bulls (3-0) toward a spot in the Top 25 for the first time under Taggart.Florida State is coming off a 63-20 loss to Louisville, which cost it the No. 2 ranking and perhaps any realistic shot the three-time national champions have of winding up in this seasons college football playoff.South Florida, meanwhile, is off to its best start since 2011 and has won 10 of 12 games since last years 1/3 start that included a 34-14 loss to Florida State in Tallahassee.Only lost, what, two games since we played them? Theyre very good, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said. Physical up front. Inside guys. Big, strong. ... We recruited a lot of their guys. Dynamic. Playmakers. ... Theyre a good team.Taggart expects FSU to rebound from the most lopsided loss in school history with a solid performance.Everybody had them rated No. 2 for a reason, the South Florida coach said, adding the Bulls are arent looking to take a page out of Louisvilles playbook to upend the Seminoles, who have not lost consecutive games since 2011, when they dropped three straight to Oklahoma, Clemson and Wake Forest.I think thats exactly how you get yourself beat, trying to do like someone else. Were not going to try to be like Louisville. Were going to try to be better at what we do, Taggart said. We still feel like we havent played our best ball. Itll be a great time to do it.Some things to know about the Seminoles and Bulls, who are meeting the fourth time. FSU leads the series 2-1.CLOSING IN: South Florida RB Marlon Mack is 137 yards shy of becoming the Bulls career rushing leader. He led the American Athletic Conference in rushing the past two seasons and is averaging 9.6 yards per carry after gaining 115 yards on nine attempts and scoring two touchdowns in last weeks 45-20 win at Syracuse.TIME TO COOK: Seminoles RB Dalvin Cook ran for a career-best 266 yards and had three TDs in last years game. In the first three games this season he has only 226 yards, two touchdowns and only one carry over 20 yards. Coach Jimbo Fisher says there is nothing wrong with Cook, but the junior can put those doubts partially to rest with a big game against the Bulls.REVVED UP: South Floridas so-called Gulf Coast Offense has been virtually unstoppable since hitting its stride late last season. The Bulls have averaged 532.1 yards and 48.1 points over their last seven games. Theyre averaging 49.7 points through three games this year, with QB Quinton Flowers and WR Rodney Adams joining Mack as playmakers Florida State must be concerned with.CAN FRANCOIS REBOUND? Florida State QB Deondre Francois looked like a freshman last week with his decision making. He has done a nice job not locking into one receiver but has already been hit 17 times the first three games. Some of that is due to the offensive line but others can be attributed to holding on to the ball too long. Francois must be quicker in his second and third reads or just get rid of the ball.INJURY BUG: The Seminoles will be without LB Josh Sweat for a couple weeks after the sophomore had knee surgery. Freshman Brian Burns, who had two sacks and three tackles for loss two weeks ago against Charleston Southern, will move into the starting lineup. The defense is already struggling with safety Derwin James (knee) out, will Sweats absence also affect them as they have struggled against the run? Fake Air Max . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Wholesale Air Max . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. https://www.airmaxchina.us/ . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. Cheap Air Max For Sale . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Cheap Air Max . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Sven Baertschi is starting to get his groove back for the Vancouver Canucks.The Swiss forward scored with 2:35 left in regulation Tuesday night to cap a combined five-goal outburst in the third period, lifting the Canucks to a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild.Baertschi, who had a goal and two assists in his last outing before missing consecutive road games with a foot injury, tipped a point shot from Troy Stecher to cap the scoring on a night Vancouver fall behind 2-0 and also blow a 4-2 lead.They played well right away, but we stuck with it, Baertschi said. They got the two goals (in the third) which set us back a little bit, but consistency was key for us and it didnt really phase us.Baertschi has been looking for consistency this season after having 15 goals and 13 assists in 69 games in his first full NHL season last year.. He didnt score his first goal until the 14th game this year, but has played better in recent weeks alongside linemates Bo Horvat and the rejuvenated Alexandre Burrows.The chemistry is coming along and were starting to create more and more, said Baertschi, who has three goals and seven assists. Pucks are going in as of late. Thats a good sign.Brandon Sutter and Ben Hutton each had a goal and an assist, and Horvat and Loui Eriksson also scored for Vancouver, which has won consecutive games for the first time since starting the season 4-0. Henrik Sedin and Stecher had two assists each and Ryan Miller stopped 38 shots.Erik Haula scored the tying goal late in the third for Minnesota. Jason Pominville had two goals, Jason Zucker added a goal and an assist, and Nino Niederreiter had two assists. Darcy Kuemper got the start with Devan Dubnyk given the night off and finished with 30 saves.Tied 2-2 through two periods, Eriksson gave Vancouver its first lead 1:09 into the third with his sixth of the season when he finished off a scramble after the Wild failed to clear the puck from their zone.Horvat then tipped a shot past Kuemper for his team-leading eighth at 2:08 to give the Canucks a two-goal edge.Goals and tips, weird bounces, said Kuemper, who was making his fifth start. It was not a fun one.But the Wild struck right back when Zucker blocked Erik Gudbransons point shot and moved in alone on Miller before beating the Vancouver goalie with a nice backhand deke at 3:20 for his third.Kuemper then made a great stop on Eriksson off a feed from Markus Granlund just over a minute latter to keep the Wild within one.ddddddddddddHaula rewarded his goalie by scoring his third on a tip of Ryan Suters point shot with 5:49 left in regulation.Trailing 2-0 midway through the second with just 10 shots on the night, the Canucks came to life on back-to-back power plays to tie it. Sutter tipped Stechers blast from the point at 9:23 for his sixth before Hutton pinched down from the point on another man advantage just 1:59 later to roof a loose puck at the side of the net for his third.Huttons goal marked just the second time this season Vancouvers power play had connected twice in the same game, and the first since Oct. 22.I thought the power play was opportunistic, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said. There are other nights weve had better power plays, but Stecher had a good point shot on one and Hutton did a good job coming down the backside.Already without Christopher Tanev, who has been out with a lower-body injury since early November, the Canucks were missing the other half of their top defensive pairing after it was revealed Monday that Alexander Edler required surgery on a broken finger suffered in Saturdays shootout victory in Colorado.With the youngest defense in the NHL as a result of Edlers injury, the Canucks knew they would have to play a simple, error-free game, but were instead exposed early in the first. Luca Sbisa, one of the veteran members of the current corps at age 26, misplayed a puck at the Vancouver blue line to allow Niederreiter to swoop in on Miller before Pominville was buried the rebound for his fourth into an open net at 5:07.The Canucks thought they had tied it with 5:18 left in the period when Henrik Sedin scored what looked to be his sixth, but the call on the ice was overturned after Minnesota challenged that Sutter had interfered with Kuemper.Pominville then made it 2-0 with his second of the game and fifth of the season on a shot off the rush at 3:24 of the second that beat Miller under the blocker.Game notes Edler is expected to be out four to six weeks. ... Henrik Sedin had two assists to give him 69 points (13 goals, 56 assists) in 81 career games against Minnesota. ... Wild D Jared Spurgeon celebrated his 27th birthday Tuesday.UP NEXTWild: At Calgary on Friday night in the middle game of a five-game trip.Canucks: Host Anaheim on Thursday night. ' ' '