Duke football coach Manny Diaz met with the media on Monday to talk about his team's 5-1 start to the 2024 season and its matchup in Durham, N.C., on Friday night against Florida State.

Diaz addressed both teams heading into this week's matchup coming off bye weeks, the FSU offense with Brock Glenn at quarterback and the Seminoles' defensive line.

Here is some of what Diaz had to say on Monday.

Manny Diaz on the importance of his team's bye week last week after playing six games in a row to start the season:

"If you closed your eyes on our practice field yesterday and today, you would have been able to hear the difference coming off the bye week. It's not that we practiced poorly before the bye, but there's definitely a renewed energy and enthusiasm amongst our football team. It came at an important time for us and our players were able to refresh themselves as much as possible midway through October. Of course, Florida State is in the same situation, so I'd imagine they've got the same boost in their practices that we have in ours. I got to watch a lot of really, really close games this past Saturday that were all decided by a handful of plays and were tight going down the stretch. I expect that same thing to happen here on Friday night."

Manny Diaz on FSU QB Brock Glenn:

"He can rip the ball. I think that is obvious. You just watch even the first pass — it was incomplete, the first pass he throws against Clemson. You watch the touchdown pass he threw in the red zone to the tight end, the arm talent is not an issue. He can extend plays with his feet but more than anything it just seems like the team has a little bit of fire and energy behind him and that is super important. Teams have the right to, No. 1 to get better as the year goes on and No. 2 develop a chemistry as the year goes on. And you look at the young guys that have stepped up and to contribute for them, offensively, you can see that ... This team has really good football players and they've got really good coaches. So they have the right to get better."

Manny Diaz on FSU's defensive line and pass rush:

"You have to minimize putting yourself in obvious passing situations. This will certainly be the most talented group of pass rushers that we've gone against all year. Our line has done a good job in the first half of the season of keeping our quarterback upright, but they haven't seen anything like what Florida State has, and they do a great job because they play a lot of press man coverage with a quarterback. So with the quarterback sitting there, passing the ball, waiting for someone to come open, the odds of you winning those one-on-ones against their four guys are going to be diminished. You have got to figure out ways to help keep that guy upright. I think that'll be the story, what offensive football team can best support their quarterback with run screens, they all do a phenomenal job in the screen game."

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