Diaz calls it “youthful naivety” now, but in retrospect, it was a bold move to leave what had long been his goal to work as a sports journalist. He attended Florida State University, where he was a communications major and sports editor of an alternative campus newspaper and traveled across the country to cover Seminoles football games.

The FSU Seminoles (1-6, 1-5 ACC) suffered their fifth ACC loss on the season Friday night against the Duke Blue Devils, losing 23-16. Florida State was unable to get anything going offensively, spoiling a great showing by the defense and infuriating the FSU fanbase.

Duke has yet to beat FSU football in 22 meetings. Here's how Manny Diaz is preparing his Blue Devils for the ACC matchup for Friday night.