We're kicking off our pre-spring football previews with a look at FSU's quarterback room. It'll take a bit of time getting use dto no Jordan Travis but the Seminoles added an experienced transfer and have their present and likely future at QB accounted for entering their 2024 spring camp.

One of the top players in the state showed up in USC gloves at UA Miami, but he talked about FSU unlike other programs on his list. Myron Charles has also hinted at coming off the board this offseason

FSU in the mix here:

Well, it looks to me that all the angst and doom/gloom predictions of not being able to leave the ACC until 2036 was a bunch of uninformed negative neds.

IMHO, the B1G is anxiously waiting for FSU to extricate itself from the ACC, and a full share invitation is on the table.

I think for the B1G, FSU and ND are THE golden ticket.

Yup.

FSU will be out of the ACC by 2025.

Or are we still wringing our collective hands?

FSU sports information:

Due to the weather forecast in Tallahassee throughout the day Tuesday, FSU’s game against Florida Gulf Coast on March 5 has been canceled. The teams will now play one game on Wednesday, March 6, at 4 p.m. at Dick Howser Stadium.

Wednesday’s game will stream on ACC Network Extra.

Fans can use Tuesday’s FSU vs. FGCU game ticket for general admission entry to any home baseball game, other than the Florida game or Miami series. Contact the ticket office at Seminoles.com/tickets or 888-FSU-NOLE for more information.

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I watched more of the NFL Combine than should be allowed. Our Noles showed out.

Rd. 1: J. Verse
Rd. 2: B. Fiske, K. Coleman
Rd. 3: T. Benson
Rd. 4: J. Wilson
Rd. 5: J. Jones
Rd. 6: K. DeLoach, J. Bell
Rd. 7: F. Lovett, J. Travis (last player chosen in the draft)
UDFA: R. Green, T. Bethune

What do you guys/gals have?

Florida State (21-9, 12-6 ACC) has earned the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament and will play the Virginia-Wake Forest winner on Thursday night in a second-round game in Greensboro, N.C.

Virginia Tech clinched the No. 1 seed after winning its first ACC regular-season title.

The tournament will feature all 15 ACC teams and 14 games, beginning with three first-round matchups on Wednesday. Four second-round games are scheduled for Thursday, followed by the quarterfinals on Friday, semifinals on Saturday and the championship game on Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN.

The Hokies, who are coming off a Final Four run a season ago, finished at the top of the league standings with a 15-3 record and are seeking their second straight ACC crown. VT strung together 10 straight wins in February and reached as high as No. 5 in the AP Poll.

Every game of the 2024 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will air live on ACC Network leading up to Sunday’s championship game on ESPN. Tickets may be purchased at theacc.com/tickets.

Greensboro Coliseum • Greensboro, N.C.

Wednesday, March 6 (First Round)

Game 1: No. 13 Boston College vs. No. 12 Clemson, ACCN, 1 p.m.

Game 2: No. 15 Pitt vs No. 10 Georgia Tech, ACCN, 3:30 p.m.

Game 3: No. 14 Wake Forest vs No. 11 Virginia, ACCN, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 7 (Second Round)

Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs No. 5 Louisville, ACCN, 11 a.m.

Game 5: No. 9 Miami vs No. 8 North Carolina, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.

Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs No. 7 Duke, ACCN, 5 p.m.

Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs No. 6 Florida State, ACCN, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 8 (Quarterfinals)

Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs No. 4 Notre Dame, ACCN, 11 a.m.

Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs No. 1 Virginia Tech, ACCN, 1:30 p.m.

Game 10: Winner Gm 6 vs No. 2 NC State, ACCN, 5 p.m.

Game 11: Winner Gm 7 vs No. 3 Syracuse, ACCN, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9 (Semifinals)

Game 12: Winners Games 9 vs 8, ACCN, Noon

Game 13: Winners Games 11 vs 10, ACCN, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 10 (Championship)

Game 14: Winners Games 12 vs 13, ESPN, 1 p.m.

FSU sports information:

The Florida State beach volleyball team defeated the ULM Warhawks 5-0 on Sunday afternoon as part of the Seminole Beach Bash. The No. 4 Seminoles (6-0) went 4-0 throughout the weekend and won the tournament.

FSU’s only match saw the Seminoles sweep the Warhawks in two sets on every court except one. Arkansas transfer Taylor Head and redshirt junior Arianna Bergner put on an exciting battle on court five, in which they emerged victorious in three sets. In the other four matches, FSU won seven of eight sets by at least seven points for a dominating finish to the first home tournament of the season.

The Seminoles will be back in action Friday against Houston Christian and Tampa, and Saturday against Coastal Carolina and FGCU as part of the Tampa Invitational. Live stats will be available on Seminoles.com.

#4 Florida State 5, ULM 0

1. Maddie Anderson/Skyler Germann (FSU) def. Kaitlyn Beck/Claire Williamson (ULM) 21-11, 21-14
2. Audrey Koenig/Raelyn White (FSU) def. Tamsie Black/Madeline Marquez (ULM) 21-18, 21-10
3. Maddie Trusty/Makenna Wolfe (FSU) def. Avery Hunter/Paige Ingersoll (ULM) 21-12, 21-10
4. Alli Hansen/Carra Sassack (FSU) def. Eden Anderson/Kate Taylor (ULM) 21-10, 21-13
5. Arianna Bergner/Taylor Head (FSU) def. Katie Felts/Abby Ryno (ULM) 21-18, 19-21, 15-10

FSU (20-9, 11-6 ACC) will play host to Clemson (12-17, 5-12) on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center. The Seminoles went 5-2 in February.

The Seminoles will honor graduate guard Alexis Tucker and fifth-year guard Sara Bejedi. The senior day presentations will begin at 3:40 p.m. at halfcourt of the Tucker Center.

Sophomore guard Ta’Niya Latson averaged 23.9 points on 46.7 percent shooting during February along with 5.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Junior forward Makayla Timpson averaged a double-double in February with 17.1 points and 11.7 rebounds.

FSU has a few simple scenarios heading into next week’s ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Currently tied with Duke (11-6) for sixth place in the league, an FSU win over Clemson combined with a Duke loss to UNC would clinch the No. 6 seed next week in Greensboro. A Duke win over UNC would mean the Seminoles are a No. 7 seed. FSU cannot finish below seventh in the league.
FSU defeated Clemson on the road earlier in conference play, winning 78-72 on Jan. 7. Timpson had 22 points and eight rebounds on 10-of-10 shooting, which is the most made field goals by any ACC player this season while shooting 100 percent from the floor.

A win over the Tigers on Sunday would clinch a second consecutive conference season of finishing at 12-6. The last time the Seminoles recorded back-to-back seasons with 12 or more ACC wins was in 2016-17 (13-3) and 2017-18 (12-4).

With her 18 points at No. 22 Louisville on Thursday, Latson became the second Seminole to surpass 600 points in a season multiple times in a career. The other player was all-time leading scorer Sue Galkantas, who crossed the mark in her freshman (1980-81) and sophomore (1981-82) seasons.

Latson ranks in the Top 15 nationally in field goals made (15th), free throws made (10th), points (11th) and points per game (13th).

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We are about 45 minutes away from the Seminoles wrapping up the First Pitch Invitational against Western Michigan. Florida State is 2-0 on the weekend despite a scare last night against Illinois. More is on the line than a perfect weekend, as Florida State is trying to start 10-0 for the first time since the Mike Martin era (2019).

First pitch is scheduled for 3:00pm EST.

Matt Sauser will be making his first start as a Seminole. He has made two appearances, posting a 6.75 ERA, allowing 3 runs, striking out 6 batters and walking two batters in four innings of work. Of note for the Seminoles, Jaime Ferrer will be DHing today, likely out of caution as he took a scary HBP to the helmet in last night's game. Max Williams gets the start in left.

For Western Michigan, Luke Thelen will be on the mound. He has posted an 11.81 ERA, allowing 7 runs in 5 innings of work. He has also walked 6 batters.

Iverson Howard has been recruited for a few years already and now he's in the process of setting up his official visits. The running back out of North Potomac (Md.) Quince Orchard is planning to take official visits to Michigan and Florida Statewhile Tennessee, Wisconsin, Maryland, Penn State, and Rutgers are candidates for visits as well.

Four-star offensive lineman and Rivals100 member Josh Petty has told me that he will be visiting Florida State on March 29th. It'll be a month full of visits for Petty who is one of the most coveted prospects in the state and one of the best tackle prospects in America.

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The No. 12 Florida State softball team (11-3) will return to action against Jacksonville (5-10) on Sunday at noon at Rattler Field on the campus of Florida A&M. Admission to the game is free. There will be no live stream for the game, but fans can follow along at statbroadcast.com.

After weather and travel complications kept FSU from heading to Eugene, Oregon, this weekend for the Jane Sanders Classic, the Seminoles added a game against the Dolphins as Jacksonville was already slated to be in Tallahassee to play a three game series against Florida A&M this weekend. FSU leads the all-time series against Jacksonville 19-4 and has not lost to the Dolphins since 2008.

The Seminoles got back on track last weekend at the Dugout Club Classic as they finished the tournament 6-0 with two wins over FIU, two wins over Charleston Southern and two wins over Nicholls. FSU outscored its opponents 47-11 in those six games. The offense continues to lead the way for the Seminoles as they continue to put up historic numbers. FSU has scored 113 runs through 14 games this season which is the most ever for FSU in the fast pitch softball era and the most since 1978. FSU is averaging 8.07 runs per game which ranks eighth in the country and is also posting a .370 team batting average which ranks seventh in the country. Leading the way for the Seminoles is true freshman Jaysoni Beachum. Beachum is posting a team-leading .512 batting average and has recorded a hit in 13 out of the Seminoles' 14 games. Last time out, Beachum hit two home runs against Nicholls to become the first true freshman since Kalei Harding in 2021 to have a multi-home run game.

Amaya Ross has been a pleasant surprise for the Seminole offense this season. Ross had one of the best weeks of her career at the Dugout Club Classic as she went 10-for-15 with six RBI and three triples. Ross was involved in 17 out of the Seminoles' 47 runs during the week and was a problem on th base paths going a perfect 5-for-5. Ross has now hit four triples this season which is tied for the most in the country. Ross has yet to be caught on the base paths and is one of three players in the ACC to steal 10 or more bases without being caught.

FSU responded well in the circle this last week posting a 1.08 ERA in the Dugout Club Classic. Allison Royalty continues to have a solid season for the Seminoles and last week was no different as she picked up two wins and did not allow an earned run in 9.2 innings to bring her season ERA down to 0.62. Royalty's 0.62 ERA ranks 13th in the country and is second in the ACC among pitchers who have pitched 20 or more innings.

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FSU sports information:

To recognize 39 years of service to Florida State University and the FSU baseball program, the Seminoles will celebrate former assistant coach and director of operations Chip Baker during the March 9 game against New Orleans.

Baker served as an assistant coach for 18 seasons under Mike Martin from 1985-2002 before transitioning to the director of operations role for 21 years under Martin, Mike Martin Jr. and Link Jarrett. Retiring in September 2023, Baker was a member of 16 FSU teams that reached the College World Series and won 1,856 games during his time at Florida State.

Known to players and fans alike as ‘Big Shooter’, Baker wore jersey No. 3 during his time as FSU’s third base coach. During the celebration against New Orleans, mini posters with Baker’s iconic jersey number will be distributed to the first 3,333 fans and Baker will be recognized on the field in the bottom of the third inning.

Fans are also encouraged to attend a pregame question and answer session with Baker and the Voice of Seminole Baseball, Eric Luallen, from 1-1:30 p.m. in Haggard Plaza at Dick Howser Stadium.

The Saturday game between the Privateers and Seminoles will begin at 2 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at www.seminoles.com/tickets.

Chip Baker:

Chip Baker remains one of the most popular figures in the Seminole baseball program after his retirement in September 2022. Baker spent 39 seasons with Florida State, serving 18 years as an assistant coach and 21 years as the director of baseball operations.

In 2022, Baker was a part of his 2,000th career win in a career that spans stops at Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and – since 1985 – Florida State.

Baker supervised all facility enhancement projects, the game day experience at Dick Howser Stadium, managed the program’s budget, oversaw team travel logistics and served as the liaison to alumni, former players and other VIPs.

During his tenure with the Seminoles, Baker participated in 37 NCAA postseason tournaments and 16 College World Series appearances, including 11 in 18 years on the field. He was a member of the coaching staff for the 1986 and 1999 teams that reached the CWS championship game. Baker’s duties as an assistant included coaching third base, tutoring FSU’s catchers, scouting opponents and directing the Seminoles’ defensive alignments.

Baker is still known as one of college baseball’s premier catching instructors. During his tenure, Baker coached seven All-American receivers, including Ed Fulton, Barry Blackwell, major-leaguer Marc Ronan, current Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol, Mike Martin Jr., Jeremy Salazar and Tony Richie. As an administrator, he mentored current Seattle Mariner Cal Raleigh and the 2021 Perfect Game Player of the Year, Mat Nelson.

Baker also served as the long-time director of the Mike Martin and Seminole Advanced Baseball Schools. Over 130 former campers went on to wear the Garnet and Gold and several advanced to the major leagues. Over 30 first round draft picks – including Sean Gilmartin, John-Ford Griffin, Nick Stocks, Jonathan Johnson, J.D. Drew, Chipper Jones, Alex Rodriguez and brothers Justin and Melvin Upton – came through Tallahassee. Baker was on the staff of national and regional clinics and continues to work with local youth organizations putting together clinics.

The North Carolina native has written articles for Scholastic Coach and Collegiate Baseball magazines on the subjects of catching, third base coaching and bunting, and has published a Collegiate Level Strength & Speed book. In 2001, Baker put together a record-selling catching video with Championship Videos entitled, ‘Expanding the Strike Zone.’ A popular speaker with no shortage of stories, Baker continues to address Seminole Booster clubs and civic organizations around the state.

A 1980 graduate of High Point University in North Carolina, Baker was part of four Carolina Conference championship teams, including the 1979 team that was the NAIA World Series runner-up.

After completing his bachelor’s degree in physical education, Baker earned a Master of Science degree in movement science at Virginia Tech, where he began his collegiate coaching career.

Baker is the proud father of Katie, a 2018 graduate of Florida State and a former student manager with the FSU softball team during the team’s run to the 2018 National Championship.

In 2001, Baker and former head coach Mike Martin were presented with the university’s prestigious Westcott Award for their bravery in saving the lives of players and staff during the Seminoles’ road trip to Stanford. Leaving the San Francisco airport, the two coaches gained control of the team’s charter bus after the driver suffered a fatal heart attack, safely guiding the bus to the side of a busy highway.

A voter for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, Baker was recognized in 2006 by the American Baseball Coaches Association ‘For a Quarter Century of Leadership & Devotion to Baseball.’

In April 2014, Baker entered Florida State’s Circle of Gold, an honor acknowledging a worthy individual who, through their service and achievements, personify the university’s tradition of excellence. For years, Baker also served as a TV analyst for FSU home games on the ACC Network Extra.

FSU's NFL Combine comes to an end today with RB Trey Benson and WRs Keon Coleman and Johnny Wilson looking to improve their draft stock in workouts. We'll have updates below starting at 1 p.m.

Before then, here's what NFL.com analyst Lance Zierlien thinks of their respective games.

FSU sports information:

The Florida State beach volleyball team went undefeated on day one of the annual Seminole Beach Bash tournament. The No. 4 Seminoles knocked off No. 19 Tampa, No. 16 Georgia State and No. 17 Stetson on Saturday.

The Noles started the day in dominant fashion with a 5-0 sweep over the Spartans. All five duos won each match in two sets.

FSU then played Georgia State where the Noles defeated the Panthers 4-1. The duel was highlighted by a tightly contested second set on court one, which saw Maddie Anderson and Skyler Germann clinch the win 22-20.

The Seminoles then played Stetson, in which FSU completed a 5-0 sweep. Despite a lightning delay amid the duel, the Noles remained composed and defeated the Hatters, dropping just one set. Anna Long and Alexis Durish went back and forth with the Hatters on court four, winning the first set 32-30.

The Seminoles will be back Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. to take on the ULM Warhawks.

#4 Florida State 5, #19 Tampa 0

Audrey Koenig/Raelyn White (FSU) def. Payton Brunick/Olivia Whisnant (UT) 21-13, 21-14
Maddie Anderson & Morgan Chacon (FSU) def. Teona Treskounov & Angel Williams (UT) 21-15, 21-17
Alexis Durish & Skyler Germann (FSU) def. Hailey Wolfe & Nevaeh Wolfe (UT) 21-10, 21-18
Alli Hansen & Anna Long (FSU) def. Anna Bayes & Cassidy Ehrie (UT) 21-17, 21-10
Kaeli Crews & Caitlin Moon (FSU) def. Madison Brunick & Keely Hamilton (UT) 21-16, 21-15

#4 Florida State 4, #16 Georgia State 1

1. Audrey Koenig & Raelyn White (FSU) def. Angelina Ferary & Isabella Ferary (GSU) 21-18, 21-12
2. Maddie Anderson/Skyler Germann (FSU) def. Lila Bordis/Aree Keller (GSU) 21-18, 22-20
3. Morgan Chacon/Alli Hansen (FSU) def. Kaylie Drysdale/Aliisa Vourinen (GSU) 21-19, 21-14
4. Alexis Durish/Anna Long (FSU) def. Ayla Johnson/Elise Saga (GSU) 21-16, 21-16
5. Savannah Ebarb/Destiny White (GSU) def. Maddie Trusty/Makenna Wolfe (FSU) 21-18, 21-17

#4 Florida State 5, #17 Stetson 0

1. Maddie Anderson/Skyler Germann (FSU) def. Tori Clement/Shae Henson (Stetson) 21-13, 21-17
2. Audrey Koenig & Raelyn White (FSU) def. Carolina Ferraris & Audrey Gauthier (Stetson) 21-16, 18-21, 15-9
3. Morgan Chacon/Alli Hansen (FSU) def. Vanessa Hurnikova/Klea Sirois (Stetson) 21-15, 21-14
4. Alexis Durish/Anna Long (FSU) def. Julia Czurylo/Katarina Drozd (Stetson) 32-30, 21-18
5. Kaeli Crews/Caitlin Moon (FSU) def. Lauren Della/Alanna Shields (Stetson) 21-10, 21-15

Cam Leiter (2-0, 0.90 ERA) is set to take the mound in game 2 of FSU's doubleheader on Saturday night. FSU vs. Illinois is slated for a 7:30 p.m. first pitch but will likely be pushed back.

Illinois is leading Western Michigan 6-3 in the eighth inning, as of 6:55 p.m.

We'll have starting lineups and updates soon

FSU took game 1 on Saturday from Michigan State

If you missed it from earlier, this is a good look at the Greenville Drive's home field:

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