Records were meant to be broken.

But not like this.

Florida State’s remarkably dominant 2013 campaign can be quantified with its 13-0 records or its incredibly verbose average scoring margin of 42.3 points.

Those numbers, however, only begin to tell the full story of FSU’s supremacy, especially on the offensive side of the football. The No. 1 Seminoles (13-0) are set to face No. 2 Auburn (12-1) 8:30 p.m. Monday in the BCS National Championship. With a decent performance against an Auburn defense that allows an average of 423.5 yards and 24 points per game, FSU will break into elite company in terms of offensive output.

Oklahoma’s 2008 squad holds the NCAA record for most points in a season, with 716. FSU enters the contest against Auburn 28 points shy of surpassing Oklahoma’s mark.

FSU’s offense, simply put, has been machine like.

It started in the season opener against Pittsburgh, when redshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston completed 25-of-27 passes – setting a school record with a completion percentage of 92.6 – while throwing for 356 yards and four touchdowns.

Winston receives a majority of the credit for the team’s offensive production.

Rightfully so. The quarterback has set NCAA freshman records for passing yards in a season (3,820) and passing touchdowns (38). His quarterback rating of 190.1 is second all-time behind Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson single-season record of 191.8.

But backing Winston has been what the country’s top wide receiver trio and a deep group of running backs.

Receivers Rashad Greene, Kenny Shaw and Kelvin Benjamin have provided reliable targets for Winston, allowing him to feel comfortable making high-risk/high-reward passes down field. Greene (981 receiving yards), Benjamin (957 receiving yards) and Shaw (929 receiving yards) are each on the cusp of reaching 1,000 yards.

Only four teams in Football Bowl Subdivision history have boasted three 1,000-yard receivers.

Auburn allows 259.3 passing yards a game – 102^nd in the country – making that mark realistic.

FSU’s passing numbers are more impressive when considering the Seminoles run the ball about 51 percent of the time.

Leading FSU’s rushing attack is Devonta Freeman, who has 943 rushing yards – putting him within striking distance of becoming the first FSU back to hit 1,000 rushing yards since Warrick Dunn in 1996. It is the longest drought without a 1,000-yard back and one of the most bizarre streaks in college football.

“I think we could, but 1,000 yards for me is just an individual goal, and a championship for us is a team goal,” Freeman said. “I put that aside for the team goal. I just want to win. It's something that hasn't been done in a long time, but if I don't get 1,000 yards and we win the National Championship, that would be a bigger achievement for me.”

Consider this: If Freeman, Greene, Shaw and Benjamin all get to 1,000 yards, it’d be the second team in FBS history to have a runner and three receivers with 1,000 yards. The only other team to accomplish that feat? Tulsa in 2007, when Auburn’s Gus Malzahn was calling plays for the Golden Hurricane. 

 

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