Updated: September 1, 1999, 6:54 PM ET

Back in Stride

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By John Gustafson
ESPN The Magazine
At 6 p.m. on an early July day, the Florida State skill players gather for 7-on-7 skeleton drills. The turnout, considering the 95-degree heat, is impressive. Twenty-five Seminoles, led by medical miracle QB Chris Weinke, are running through a series of goal-line routes in air as thick as honey. All-America wideout Peter Warrick lines up right, opposite one of FSU's talented corners. Barely six feet tall, in baggy shorts and a sleeveless T, his body lacquered in sweat, Warrick charges forward at the snap, gives a sick stutter-step and does a quick out, leaving the helpless D-back leaning inside, two paces behind.

"S---!" says the corner, as Warrick takes in a touchdown pass.

"That's all you can say after that," linebacker Brian Allen chimes in from the sideline. "S---."

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