Complex sentence: Nevertheless, the' Canes won the Big East Conference and defeated their archrivals, the Florida State Seminoles, for the second time that season in the 2004 Orange Bowl and finished the campaign with an 11--2 record and ranked fifth in both polls.
Split into simpler sentences: Nevertheless, the' Canes won the Big East Conference and defeated their archrivals, the Florida State Seminoles, for the second time that season in the 2004 Orange Bowl. They finished the campaign with an 11--2 record and a number 5 ranking in both polls.