BLACKSBURG, Virginia — Florida State scored a touchdown with 40 seconds to play to survive a scare and beat Virginia Tech 28-22 in college football Thursday. Seminoles quarterback E.J. Manuel hit Rashad Greene with a slant pass that Greene took 39 yards for the winning score. The No. 8-ranked Florida State won their fourth straight and moved within a victory against Maryland on Nov. 17 of securing a spot in the ACC championship game on Dec. 1. The Hokies lost for the fifth time in six games and will have to beat Boston College and Virginia in their final regular season games to qualify for a bowl game for the 20th straight year. Virginia Tech had gone ahead 22-20 on Cody Journell's 21-yard field goal with 2:19 remaining. The kick capped a 52-yard drive that stalled when Logan Thomas ran for 2 yards on third-and-3 from the 6-yard line. Florida State was limited to minus-15 rushing yards for the game, however they got 7 from James Wilder Jr. on a fourth-and-1 play in the final drive, and Manuel hit Greg Dent for 13 yards two plays later. After Manuel threw a pass away under pressure, he hit Greene on a short slant against a zone defense and Greene took it all the way. ‘No NFL game in China soon' The NFL is enjoying rapid growth in China but it will not stage a game there until the fan base reaches a tipping point to avoid damaging its “brand equity”, the head of the league's Chinese operation told Reuters. Rated by Forbes as the world's richest professional sports league, with over $9 billion in annual revenues, the NFL overshadows rivals such as the NBA and Major League Baseball on home soil, but it is playing catch-up in China. NFL China Managing Director Richard Young conceded the league had dropped the ball by getting there late, but he is comfortable with the growth in popularity of American football across China's major cities. More than 1 million people in China watched the Super Bowl online last season, while cumulative television viewership jumped from 48 million to 80 million across China. Nike will begin selling NFL apparel in its stores on Nov. 16. — Agencies
