While Tropical Storm Debby beared down on Tallahassee, FSU was back at practice this morning for Day 10 of preseason camp.

Elijah Moore keeps showing his big-play ability, Darius Washington has been stacking incredible practices, Marvin Jones Jr. and some of the younger defensive ends stood out and more observations from Day 10 of preseason camp.

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Monday morning highlights, indoors:

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The clock is ticking and the bolts are being tightened as construction crews work to have Doak ready for a September 2 kickoff against Bosten College. Here are the details on both the east and west sideline projects.


Construction moving swiftly

The National Hurricane Center's 11 pm Sunday advisory reported that the tropical storm Debby has developed into a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 75 miles per hour.

Category 1 Hurricane Debby was 65 miles west-southwest of Cedar Key Florida at 11 pm and is moving toward Tallahassee at 12 with landfall expected about 8 am.

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I met officially with my ticket rep this week to see whether I could afford to keep my seats in the champions club. I've talked to a number of friends who had sideline seats who chose not to renew this year because those sideline clubs were too expensive for their liking. I worried the same may be true in the club but I was pleasantly surprised.

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is stellar.

I mean, we all have looked at the linebacker position as an area of relative weakness, and have just hoped for decent play and lack of breakdowns in the past.

But. . .what if this group of linebackers really excels this season. Reading the article on the linebacker play got me pretty excited. I know some of it may be just coach speak, but who knows, the possibility is there that this group COULD really be great.

If that happens, the sky is the limit for this team. If you add some very good linebacker play at the mid level of this defense to go along with what I believe is going to be a very difficult offense to contain its hard not to get really excited about the potential of this team.

Is it football season yet?

FSU sports information:

Florida State guard Jamir Watkins, one of the nation’s top players returning for the 2024-25 college basketball season, will participate in the 2024 Nike Basketball Academy at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., this week.

The four-day event brings together over 80 of the top college and high school prospects in the country and gives the players a memorable experience that features the appearances of notable coaches, professional players, and basketball legends.

“This is a great opportunity for me to continue growing into a complete basketball player,” said Watkins. “During the spring of 2024, I learned so much as I traveled to work out for five NBA teams during the draft process. I feel that participating in this camp will help me strengthen my learning curve and help me improve on the aspects of my game the NBA executives told me that I needed to work on.”

The academy began in 2015 and has grown each season since its inception 10 years ago.

Nike has invited 80 of the top players in the nation (high school and college players) to attend the Academy which is highlighted by instruction from current NBA and college players along with training and workout sessions. Former Seminole Baba Miller was among the participants in 2023.

Watkins was an All-ACC Honorable Mention selection as a junior during the 2023-24 season. He enters 24-25 season looking to build on a streak of 19 consecutive double-figure scoring games – a streak that began on January 19, 2024 against Wake Forest and continued throughout the remainder of the 2024 season. Watkins is the only player of six who ranked in the ACC’s top 20 for scoring and rebounding during the 2023-24 season who is returning to play in the ACC for the 2024-25 season. He is also the second leading returning ACC player for steals in the ACC for the 2024-25 season.

Watkins averaged a career-high 15.6 points (first on the team), a career-high 6.0 rebounds (first), 1.9 steals (first) and 2.8 assists (second) while playing in (and starting) all 33 games for the Seminoles during his redshirt junior season. He was the only player on the Seminoles’ roster who played in and started all 33 games for the Seminoles . He was named to the Oscar Robertson National Team of the Week by the USBWA (Nov. 28), named as the ACC Player of the Week (Co) with RJ Davis of North Carolina by the ACC Office (Nov. 27), and named the MVP of the 2023 Sunshine Slam.

Mike Norvell praised Elijah Moore on Saturday and this is a heck of a catch

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Rivals' John Garcia has thoughts on Bryce Fitzgerald, Joshua Moore and a few others in the mix for FSU:

Join us on Wednesday at the beautiful Casa Marina Hotel and Restaurant (691 1st St N, Jacksonville Beach) as we celebrate the upcoming club year and football season with exciting keynote speakers: Mayor of Jacksonville, Donna Deegan, and Heisman Winner and Former FSU QB, Coach Charlie Ward!

With stunning views of Jacksonville Beach and the Atlantic Ocean as our backdrop, we’ll be discussing what’s to come for our football team and our club year with former players, university leadership, and alumni as we eat, drink, and party like Seminoles! You can look forward to music, a silent auction, Jax Noles Club merchandise and more.

Don't forget to wear your best Garnet and Gold attire!

Cocktail hour starts at 6 p.m., with our program beginning at 7 p.m. Dinner will be served.

Tickets are $75. Purchase here

He looked great last night in the HOF Game after suffering another torn Achilles last season. Hopefully he can stay healthy... The Texans don't have much at RB behind Joe Mixon, so perhaps Cam will get his chance to shine.

My FIL got our tickets and we are not going. I have someone on here who will be getting them.

However, this digital crap requires transferring tickets. I downloaded the app and it said tickets won't come through TM until August.

Anyone known when in August? Do we have to just keep checking? I am sure we will have transfer issues and I need time to get them done.

Florida State held its first preseason scrimmage inside Doak on Saturday at 7 p.m. It was closed to the media and public.

Coach Mike Norvell and defensive coordinator will share their thoughts on the scrimmage at 9:30 p.m. We'll have updates in the thread below from the coaches and will upload video interviews.

Compared to Jordan, maguire, and the previous qbs the last couple of season

Four-star safety Bryce Fitzgerald has a commitment date set for August 17th. However his recruitment will still remain open as Florida State and three other schools battle it out for his pledge. Fitzgerald broke down his recruitment, where FSU sits, and where the competition sits for his commitment.
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FSU practiced for the final time this morning before tomorrow night's first preseason scrimmage inside Doak.

DJ Uiagalelei really impressed during some situational work while Kyle Morlock, Kentron Poitier, Deuce Spann flashed in the passing game.

The Osceola staff observations from Day 8 of preseason camp.

Jerry, Pat, Curt, Nick and myself contributing thoughts here: