TALLAHASSEE Coach Bobby Bowden has said repeatedly that his young team is on its way to regaining its position among the national elite. But his error-prone Seminoles needed a pair of touchdowns in the final minute to win 19-9 against Division I-AA Jacksonville State on Saturday night. So are they still on their way? ' Not if we can't straighten out our mistakes,' Bowden said Sunday. 'It throws a lot more question marks about where you are, no doubt about that. And it also says, if you execute like that again, you might not win another game.' That's not meant to offend Jacksonville State, which has a former SEC title game MVP at quarterback, Ryan Perrilloux. Or as coach Jack Crowe said: 'Florida State is going to be a good football team for all of those Florida State folks out there that have concerns. First thing they will have to recognize is we're pretty good. There are some guys out there that can play for anybody.' Sack exchange: Less than a week after fretting he had squandered a few sack chances, senior LB Dekoda Watson was credited with 3? sacks Saturday. (FSU had seven; it had one against Miami.) At times in passing situations, Watson lined up at DE, his high school position. Using the tE: Not that long ago, it was a running joke that FSU just didn't utilize the tight end. Except to block. Maybe. Well, senior Caz Piurowski (Land O'Lakes) had two catches for a career-high 78 yards Saturday and has five catches for 111 yards (a 22.2 average) and a TD on the year. 'Caz is really playing good for us,' Bowden said. Nice starting debut: Redshirt freshman S Nick Moody, making his first start, had 10 tackles to share the team lead with LB Kendal Smith. DEjA vu all over again: Bowden said he had Troy on his mind last week and, as it turned out, with good reason. In 2006, FSU opened on Labor Day against Miami, pulled out a close game, then hosted I-AA Troy five days later and scored late to escape with a 24-17 win. wondering? Down 9-7 with a little more than four minutes left, FSU debated going for fourth and 6 from its 41, but it punted. 'If we hadn't had two timeouts,' Bowden said, 'we probably would have gone for it.' Brian Landman can be reached at landmansptimes.com or (813) 226-3347. 