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MIAMI -- Michigan is Orange Bowl-bound after games over the weekend didnt go the Wolverines way.Their opponent on Dec. 30 will be Florida State, rewarded for sweeping a weak November schedule.The pairing was expected after Clemson and Washington won conference title games. Both made the College Football Playoff on Sunday, as did No. 1-seeded Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State, which beat Michigan 30-27 a week ago.Three losses in the first eight games knocked Florida State out of title contention, but the Seminoles won their last four games and are ranked 10th in the final AP regular-season poll.Here are things to know about the first meeting between the teams since 1991:WOLVERINES REACTION:Michigan (10-2) beat Big Ten champion Penn State 49-10 in September, and also defeated conference runners-up Wisconsin and Colorado. But losses to Iowa and Ohio State cost the Wolverines dearly, because no two-loss team made the CFP.We take care of business, were in, linebacker Jabrill Peppers tweeted Sunday. We dont, were not..& we didnt. Cant knock the teams that did.The Wolverines were 9-0 before their late-season fade left them rooting against Clemson and Washington.We put our fate in other teams hands when we hand the steering wheel this whole season, linebacker Devin Bush Jr. tweeted.Despite the late-season disappointments, Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh said he doesnt think motivation in the Orange Bowl will be an issue.I know Im motivated and ready to put in the work and looking forward to it, he said. What a tremendous opportunity this is.EDGING OUT LOUISVILLE:Florida State (9-3) was selected over the Louisville Cardinals (also 9-3), who beat the Seminoles 63-20 in September. But Louisville lost its final two regular-season games to Houston and Kentucky, allowing Florida State to reach a New Years six bowl game for the third consecutive season.We finished very strong. We played a great non-conference schedule. Michigan will be the eighth team in the Top 25 that weve played, Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said. I think the committee rewarded that.The Seminoles have been anticipating a trip to Miami for more than a week.That is very big. Thats some good stuff, running back Dalvin Cook said after a win over Florida to conclude the regular season. We enjoyed our year and are going to try to go out the right way.STAR COACHES:The game matches two of the sports most successful coaches. Harbaugh has a career record of 49-26, with 10 wins in each of his two seasons with his alma mater. Fisher is 77-17 with the Seminoles and led them to the 2013 national championship.STAR PLAYERS:Florida State: Cook rushed for 1,620 yards and 18 touchdowns, scoring four TDs in a game twice. DeMarcus Walker has 15 1/2 sacks, which is tied for most in the nation.Michigan: The versatile Peppers made 72 tackles, including 13 for a loss, and gained 751 all-purpose yards rushing, receiving and on kick returns. Jourdan Lewis was chosen the Big Tens top defensive back.OB HISTORY:Florida State will appear in its 10th Orange Bowl game, the most of any bowl in school history, and will tie Nebraskas NCAA record in its 35th consecutive bowl game. The Seminoles most recent appearance in the Orange Bowl came in January 2013, when they beat Northern Illinois to set the stage for a run to the national title the next season.The Wolverines will play in the Orange Bowl for the first time since Tom Brady threw four touchdowns to help them beat Alabama 35-34 to conclude the 1999 season.Harbaugh returns to the Orange Bowl for the first time since leading Stanford to a win over Virginia Tech in January 2011. He first attended an Orange Bowl in January 1976 when he was 12 and his father was a Michigan assistant coach, watching from the sideline as the Wolverines lost to Oklahoma 14-6.I remember seeing coconuts for the first time, Harbaugh said.---AP Sports Writer Joe Reedy in Tallahassee, Florida contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. Brett Hull Jersey . 9. 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Newcastle fly-half Joel Hodgson missed a last-gasp drop goal as Leicester edged to a frenetic 14-13 Aviva Premiership win at Kingston Park.After last weeks horror show at Bath, Newcastle started with real purpose to lead 10-0 with an early try from Juan Pablo Socino plus a Mike Delany conversion and penalty.The Falcons led for most of the match in front of a crowd of 6,750 but Mike Fitzgeralds try and three Freddie Burns penalties gave Leicester the victory.Scott Lawson got Newcastle on the front foot with a barrelling run into the Tigers half and in the sixth minute scrum-half Sonatane Takulua made a break and his pop pass sent in Socino under the posts and Delany converted.Newcastle had the Tigers pack in trouble at the scrum but the penalty against the visitors seemed harsh and Delanys spiral kick into the corner set up a line-out and series of pick and drives which ended with Newcastle agonisingly spilling the ball right on the line.Delany was then wide with a 45-metre penalty but bang on target when Simon Hammersley pressurised and Leicester were caught in possession in their own 22, with Burns penalised for hanging on and that made it 10-0 in the 16th minute.Evan Olmsteads careless penalty opened the door for Leicester to go to the corner and Newcastle were struggling to hold the Tigers drive and eventually big lock Fitzgerald bounced Sinoti Sinoti off and scored in the corner in the 20th minute.Burns missed the conversion but knocked over a 28th-minute penalty for Newcastle going over the ball to make it 10-8.It looked as if Newcastle had scored again when Delanys clever chip bounced awkwardly and Socino seized on to it but was stopped a metre short.Newcastle piled iin and Dominic Waldouck wriggled through for what the crowd thought was a try but referee J P Doyle, quite rightly, decided it was a Tigers penalty for a double movement by the centre.ddddddddddddFive minutes before the break Delany had the chance to extend the Falcons lead but hit the post with the penalty and Leicester were able to clear.Leicester took the lead for the first time in the 50th minute with a penalty from Burns after Newcastle had been adjudged to have gone off their feet.JP Pietersens break-out looked to have given Leicester the opening they wanted but, once again, Newcastles defence was exemplary and Rob Vickers stole a loose ball and the Falcons cleared.Newcastle then conceded a penalty for collapsing a maul and although Burns missed the kick at goal from 45 metres, he landed one two minutes later to make it 14-10.There was a close call for Leicester when Vereniki Goneva burst through and was stopped on the line before Sinoti sent lock Dan Temm over in the corner.Referee Doyle chalked off the try after watching the replay but gave Newcastle a penalty and sin-binned centre Peter Betham for preventing release, with Hodgson making it 14-13 with the penalty 10 minutes from time.Newcastle mounted one last charge with a minute left on the clock but Will Witty could not hang on to Mark Wilsons desperate overhead pass inside the Tigers 22.The Falcons had a scrum close to the Leicester line with time up and worked into a position for Hodgson to have a drop-goal attempt from right in front, only for the fly-half to send his effort wide. 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