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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Charleston Southern is facing more than one daunting task against third-ranked Florida State on Saturday. Due to an NCAA rules violation, the Buccaneers will have a reduced roster for the game.School officials confirmed Friday afternoon in a release that a total of 32 players will serve one-game suspensions for using book money at the campus bookstore on other items, such as electronics, clothing or snacks. The penalties have been staggered over four games and 14 players will not play against the Seminoles.Even with all of its players, Charleston Southern -- a Football Championship Subdivision team -- entered the game as huge underdogs against the Seminoles. The Buccaneers are 0-16 against Football Bowl Subdivision teams and have lost by an average of 52.5 points the four times they have faced a team ranked in the top 10.Charleston Southern (1-1) which is ranked seventh in the latest FCS polls, is no stranger to playing championship programs. It opened the season with an overtime loss to defending FCS champion North Dakota State and last season faced top-ranked and eventual national champion Alabama.Florida State likely wont be tested this week as it was against No. 19 Mississippi on Monday in Orlando. But the Seminoles didnt get back to campus until 5 a.m. on Tuesday after that marquee showdownCoach Jimbo Fisher was not pleased with the lost practice time, particularly with games against Atlantic Coast Conference foes No. 13 Louisville and North Carolina in two of the next three weeks.Its hard to get better and practice when you cant practices, Fisher said. Its not going to affect us on Saturday. You think in the long run, you like to take those weeks of trying to get better.In Fishers seven years as coach, Florida State has defeated the seven FCS teams it has faced by an average of nearly seven touchdowns (48.3 points). One of those was a 62-10 win over Charleston Southern five years ago.---Some things to look for as the Seminoles look to extend their home winning streak to 22 games:FRANCOIS ENCORE? Deondre Francois passed for 420 yards last week, which was the most by a Seminoles quarterback in an opener. He is also the first freshman QB from an Atlantic Coast Conference school to throw for over 400 yards in his first game. Francois is also trying to become the first freshman quarterback to throw for over 400 yards in his first two games since Jared Goff at California in 2013.SPREADING THE WEALTH: Florida State had five players with three or more receptions in the opener including running back Dalvin Cook, who set career highs for catches (six) and receiving yards (101). With Cook as an additional receiving threat that should draw more single coverage for receivers Travis Rudolph, Bobo Wilson and Kermit Whitfield.KEEP AN EYE ON: Seminoles defensive end DeMarcus Walker. The senior has 28 tackles, seven sacks, two forced fumbles, an interception and blocked kick in his last three games dating back to last season. He had 4.5 sacks against Ole Miss, which was a half-sack shy of tying the single-game school record.NEXT MAN UP: Charleston Southern QB London Johnson will make his first collegiate start. The redshirt freshman played the second half of last Saturdays 57-7 win over Kentucky State after Kyle Copeland (knee) and Shane Bucenell (leg) suffered injuries. Copeland, a junior, is out for the rest of the season. You have to try to limit the things we do and find out what he can execute, coach Jamey Chadwell said. We have to build his confidence because he is going to be a big part of what were doing going forward.NEW LOOK DOAK: Saturdays home opener will show off nearly $50 million in renovations to Doak Campbell Stadium. The project added the Champions Club and chair-back seating to the south end zone along with a new scoreboard in the north end. 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Hernandez is too busy putting on a show, her effortless charisma and dare you to look away performance during last weeks Olympic trials erased whatever doubt remained in national team coordinator Martha Karolyis mind about Hernandezs ability to handle the big stage.If anything, Hernandez is trying to own it. Ask her what she considers her biggest talent and she doesnt point to any particular physical attribute but something decidedly more abstract.Im confident, she said. Im a crowd pleaser.It shows, particularly when Hernandezs floor music starts. What follows is 90 seconds of attitude and athleticism. Hernandez doesnt dance so much as strut, every move joined by an electric smile that doesnt seem plastered in place but an organic byproduct of the joy shes feeling. Shes having a good time out there. And she wants you to notice.Hernandez describes her gymnastics as sassy but thats underplaying it. Her tumbling is on par with anyone on the planet not named Simone Biles -- the three-time world champion who is the heavy favorite to come back from Rio with a luggage full of gold medals -- and her steady, detailed work on balance beam the result of thousands of hours spent with longtime coach Maggie Haney trying to get over a small bit of stage fright.No, really.Hernandez admits there was a time early on she was scared of the beam. When she hopped on shed settle into a squat because she couldnt summon the courage to stand. Haney didnt baby Hernandez to get her going. If anything, Haney went the other way, putting Hernandez through countless pressure sets designed to force Hernandez into a choice: get mentally tough or find something else to do with your free time.Sometimes Haney would play Hernandez and teammate Jazmyn Foberg against each other, the difficulty of Fobergs next routine based on the quality of Hernandezs. The worst for Hernandez, however, is when Haney would tell all the kids in the gym to stop working and gather around the beam, while her star student tried to hold it together in the stillness.I was like, `Why are you doing this to me? Its so annoying, youre really really making me anxious, said Hernandez, who easily posted the top score on beam at the trials. But then I look back and I can only thank her for that because its made me so calm today.A place that slowly came into focus over the last four years as Hernandez learned to harness her considerable talents.dddddddddddd She rose from 21st in junior nationals in 2012 to junior champion last summer despite wrist and knee injuries that sidelined her for most of 2014. When a knee sprain threatened to derail Hernandezs momentum this year, Haney offered a very brief, very pointed pep talk.I looked at her, `It is time. Now, Haney said. She snapped and went into kind of crazy ... mode. Every practice, every time on the floor was important to her.The eye-opener came at the Pacific Rim Championships in April, when she came in third behind Biles and three-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman. It wasnt just the praise from Karolyi that she noticed -- it was the way people seemed to respond to her.You hear cheering and clapping and youre thinking `I dont even know these people, she said. It brings a lot of energy, a lot of positive energy.Energy that practically radiates off Hernandez, the youngest of Wanda and Marcus Hernandezs three children. A second-generation Puerto Rican, Hernandez is proud of her heritage and aware shes suddenly become a role model, even if she doesnt quite consider herself one.I think people are people, she said. If you want something, go get it. I dont think it matters what race you are.Hernandez considers herself a gymnast above all else. Sure that smile makes it look easy, but its also hard earned from years and years of falling and picking herself back up. Dont let her playful demeanor fool you; she may be the bubbliest workaholic around. Shes home-schooled and spends most days working out with Haney at one of the two gyms near her home in Old Bridge, New Jersey, about an hour south of New York City. Pressed if she has friends outside the gym, she laughs and says not really.Thats changing by the day. Biles considers her a little sister. Twitter verified her account ((at)lzhernandez02) after the trials. The mayor of Old Bridge threw a party for her this week. Everyone is looking to come up with a good nickname. The leaders are The Human Emoji and Baby Shakira. She cant help but laugh at the idea while simultaneously trying not to get ahead of herself.As for college, she has verbally committed to competing at Florida whenever shes out of high school (she still has at least two years left). She downplayed the idea of turning professional even as NBC cameras tripped over themselves following her every move at the trials. Hernandez wont decide until after Rio so there wont be any distractions.Its all happening really fast, she said. This is a really cool part of my life.One getting cooler by the day. ' ' '