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@BCUGridiron Game Day: Florida A&M (Florida Blue Florida Classic)

@BCUGridiron Game Day: Florida A&M (Florida Blue Florida Classic)

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's a rivalry game. Our biggest one. Theirs too.

Big games come down to big plays, and the Florida Blue Florida Classic is no exception.

Here's our list of great Florida Classic plays, and we're giving Wildcat Nation a chance to complete the list.

SUBER TO WEEMS (2003)
Down 28-10 at halftime and 35-25 in the fourth quarter, Bethune-Cookman's improbable comeback ended when Allen Suber hit Eric Weems in the right corner of the end zone for an 18-yard touchdown with 9 seconds remaining. The win gave the Wildcats a second straight berth in the FCS playoffs. What made it more dramatic: An incomplete fourth down pass by punter Scott Austin with 2:21 left didn't end it – a pass interference penalty against FAMU gave the Wildcats a first down on the FAMU 45, setting up the last-second dramatics by Suber, who completed a pass for 17 yards to Jonathan Summers and ran for another 18 to set up his wining touchdown.

THE WHOLE DARN 2004 GAME
You really expect us to pick just one play from a game that had 110 points and 1,152 yards? Come on. B-CU erased deficits of 17 and 21 points and never led in regulation, taking a 58-52 win on Rodney Johnson's 15-yard overtime run after Ben Ballard recovered a fumble on the Rattler possession. Let's see: you had Jimmie Russell (426 total yards) throwing an 88-yard touchdown to Richard Woodbury, a 94-yard Kyle Herbert kickoff return for a touchdown, Ricky Williams had an 80-yard kickoff return that set up another score … you get the idea.

GO FOR TWO (2014)
Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M made the first game in the refurbished Camping World Stadium one to remember thanks to a gutsy decision and Larry Brihm's execution. After a scoreless first half and a 10-10 regulation tie, Florida A&M took a 17-10 lead in overtime. Brihm kept the Wildcats' drive alive with a fourth-down completion, then Danny Dillard scored a 1-yard touchdown. Going for the win, B-CU lined up in an unconventional formation, Brihm took the snap and rushed to his left, barreling into the end zone to lift the Wildcats to an 18-17 win.

RASHEAN'S KICK SIX (2000)
Rashean Mathis wouldn't get his Florida Classic victory until 2002 – the year he led the Wildcats to a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship – but he'll tell you his greatest play in the Florida Classic, if not his all-time greatest play as a Wildcat, came in 2000 when he returned a missed FAMU field goal 100 yards for a touchdown that gave the Wildcats a 28-25 lead. FAMU won the game 31-28, putting Rashean's kick six in the forgotten file. If a guy who goes on to an NFL career and two Hall of Fame inductions in two months says it's his greatest play and pulled it off 13 years before Auburn's Chris Davis made it famous, who are we to argue?

DANIELS ON THE DRAW (1992)
The 1992 team went into the Florida Classic at Tampa Stadium with only a 3-7 record and wasn't given much of a chance. After a 7-7 deadlock in the first quarter, a B-CC team that started the season 0-6 played its best 15 minutes of the season and reeled off 21 points in the second quarter, the dagger coming on a third down draw that Daniels turned into a long touchdown. Daniels finished the day with three scores as the Wildcats held on for a 35-21 victory.
 
CY GETS HIS… FINALLY (1994)
Tony Kerrin connected with Morris Nobles on a 2-yard touchdown reception in the corner of the end zone to give the Wildcats a 27-24 lead with 47 seconds remaining as Cy McClairen earned his first victory over the Rattlers as the head coach.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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