SYRACUSE, NY - NOVEMBER 19: Dalvin Cook #4 of the Florida State Seminoles carries the ball during the first half against the Syracuse Orange on November 19, 2016 at The Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

One rival coach paid an FSU player the ultimate compliment

That's one way to avoid poking the bear.

Florida and Florida State can begin their respective hate weeks in earnest now that they play each other on Saturday. While the players may talk some trash, it doesn't look like Florida coach Jim McElwain will participate and in fact, he's going to do everything in his power not to give them bulletin board material.

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He gave a pretty high compliment to Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook as a matter of fact and he isn't exaggerating when he says this either:

He'll have to be the one game planning against that explosiveness too. Maybe McElwain's plan is to build him up so much he can't possibly live up to the hype and falls short in the regular season finale between the two teams.