Florida State donors entered Doak Campbell Stadium and were in awe: An under-construction west sideline showed plenty of progress but also work ahead in the next six weeks on the first phase of the project.

And then they grabbed Sharpies and signed a long, steel beam that was lifted by a crane and bolted into place at the 20-yard line of Doak's north end zone. Many wrote “Go Noles!” and then signed their names with the date, 6-22-2024. From small children lifted up onto a parent’s shoulders to ticket holders who have spent decades of Saturdays watching FSU football games, the moment was an appreciation of their commitment toward the future of the program.

“You look for times where you could thank them for their belief in our vision,” FSU athletics director Michael Alford said. “The beam-signing, we did it at Cowboys Stadium, we did it at Oklahoma when we did that facility. For them to have an opportunity to come and sign that beam and be a piece of history forever in historic Doak Campbell Stadium, it really means a lot. They get a lot out of it. The fellowship, watching this event take place is really something special.”

After a breakthrough 2024 season, FSU will have some lineup holes to fill in 2025 but looks positioned to have a very strong pitching staff.

Here's an early look at the 2025 FSU baseball team ahead of next month's MLB Draft which could shake things up.

Defensive end prospect Nicolas Clayton has committed to Wisconsin this afternoon. He made his decision just a little bit over 48 hours after having finished his official visit to Florida State.

I really liked his film and thought it would be a good take on its own merits. However, this is a numbers game and most likely means a couple of things.
One, they feel really good about Javion Hilson's commitment.

And two, the think they are going to get either Zion Grady, Jared Smith or Jalen Wiggins to commit. It is possible that they could end up with two of those three prospects. My opinion is that FSU would have taken a commitment from Clayton if it didn't feel it was getting at least two of the four aforementioned prospects.

The other component of this that works in FSU's favor is that if for some reason they were not able to get two of those four players, the Seminoles can take another shot with Clayton. Staying in-state would be a great selling point if Norvell and company decided to try and flip Clayton this fall.