Natalie Pierre

Tallahassee Democrat

Jimbo Fisher did not appreciate N.C. State head coach Dave Doeren accusing his program of faking injuries in their 56-41 victory at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday.

"I accuse him of not knowing what he's talking about," said Fisher, raising his voice during his weekly Monday news conference.

"We did not fake injuries, no one faked injuries and we wouldn't do that. We'll coach Florida State, he can coach North Carolina State."

After the Wolfpack jumped out to a 24-7 lead over the Seminoles after the first quarter, the Seminoles outscored N.C. State 49-17 through the next three quarters.

Following N.C. State's first loss of the season, Doeren was asked why his offense was so much more effective in the first half, as compared to the second.

"The tempo we had was working until all the crazy fall down things were going on and the clock kept stopping," the second-year N.C. State coach said in response. "The refs can't do anything about that, but it's horrible the way the tempo gets slowed down by these injuries. There's nothing the officials can do about it. There's no rule for players getting hurt, and teams go fast. And we went fast in the first half because there were no fake injuries."

Florida State starting defensive tackles Eddie Goldman and Derrick Mitchell both suffered injuries in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game at N.C. State.

After going down, Mitchell never re-entered the game for the Seminoles. And Goldman might be an odd choice, if the FSU coaching staff was looking for players to fake injuries.

At the start of last week Doeren referred to the junior as "probably the best defensive tackle in college football."