The second game of the annual Florida State-Florida midweek baseball series is upon us.

Tuesday night at VyStar Ballpark (formerly the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville), the No. 4 Seminoles (20-3, 5-1 in ACC) and the Gators (18-8, 0-6 in SEC) will face off Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Jacksonville. After there was no television broadcast planned, it will now be streamed on ACC Network Extra, FSU announced Tuesday morning.

The Gators won the first game of the series in Tallahassee two weeks ago by a 7-2 score. FSU will turn to sophomore RHP John Abraham (3.65 ERA over 12.1 innings) for his fourth career start. In his previous three appearances, Abraham has allowed three runs over 4.1 total innings, striking out five, walking two and hitting two more.

UF will start freshman LHP McCall Biemiller (7.20 ERA over five innings), who was Abraham's high-school teammate at Tampa Jesuit High. He's allowed four runs over five innings this season, striking out nine and walking five while allowing three hits, all of which have been home runs.

FSU lineup


UF lineup


I'm here at VyStar Ballpark for the game and will have live updates and catch up with Link Jarrett and possibly a player postgame.

Out of high school, Tommy Castellanos probably could have gone to his dream school but not as a QB.

The Ware County legend bet on himself, is now an FSU QB after stops at UCF and BC and is turning heads with his on-field ability and natural leadership as he begins practicing with an FSU football team in desperate need of both those things.

After a blowout win Thursday night and a loss Friday night, the Florida State baseball team finds itself in a rubber match for the first time this season Saturday evening.

The No. 5 Seminoles (19-3, 4-1 in ACC) play the deciding game of a three-game series at rival Miami (14-10, 1-4) Saturday at 7 p.m. at Mark Light Field. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

After an 18-1 start entering this week, the Seminoles have lost two of three games this week and will look to salvage a .500 week and a series win over the Hurricanes in their final game of the week.

On paper, FSU seems to have a pitching advantage for the series finale vs. UM. Sophomore LHP Wes Mendes (4-0, 0.66 ERA) gets the start for the Seminoles, having allowed two total earned runs in 27.1 innings.

Miami is starting redshirt junior RHP Brian Walters (2-0, 5.62 ERA) on the mound. Walters has allowed five earned runs in each of his last two starts, getting tagged for 10 earned runs on 17 hits over 8.1 innings against UConn and Wake Forest.

FSU lineup


Miami lineup

Former FSU commitment Travis Hunter will visit Tallahassee this weekend to receive the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to the nation's top receiver.
Here's the press release on the event which will be held Saturday, March 29 at the Tucker Center.

As we pour over our taxes heading into the April 15 deadline, you may wonder about what taxes FSU's student-athletes have to pay on their scholarship and on the NIL they receive. This is a very brief story to say their tax liability is substantial and not withheld.

Taxes FSU Athletes are Responsible for Paying

I admit, I am biased having grown up in Miami with a father who is a high school teacher and saw a lot of football as a kid, but I’d vote for South Florida and metro Dade in particular.

In no particular order, my top 10 metro areas would include Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Detroit, DC especially if we include Tidewater, New Orleans, Birmingham.

Who am I missing?

On a per capita basis Hwy 84 (South Georgia) has to be right up there.
What are your thoughts?

That is all.

This will be huge if they can make this happen. I wonder if there will be pushback from uf State Congressmen.

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After a commanding 14-1 run-rule win Thursday night, the Florida State baseball team is looking to clinch a rivalry series on the road Friday night.

Game 2 of the FSU (19-2, 4-0 in ACC) vs. Miami (13-10, 0-4) series is set for an 8 p.m. start Friday night at Mark Light Field. For the second straight night, it'll be broadcast on ACC Network.

FSU junior LHP ace Jamie Arnold (3-0, 0.87 ERA) will make his fifth start of the season Friday night on his 21st birthday. He has some big shoes to follow on the mound after Joey Volini threw a seven-inning complete game and allowed just one run on two hits in Thursday's victory.

Miami will start junior RHP Griffin Hugus (2-2, 3.95 ERA) for the second game of the series opposite Arnold. The Cincinnati transfer was hit hard two weeks ago vs. UConn (five earned runs over 4.2 innings) but was solid in his ACC debut last week at Wake Forest (three runs on seven hits over 5.2 innings).

FSU lineup


Miami lineup



I'll have game updates once the primetime matchup gets underway.

If you know, you know. Let’s goooo!!!

FSU will host approximately two dozen prospects on campus this weekend on unofficial visits that will coincide with the Seminoles third practice of the spring and its Legacy Weekend event. The FSU Athletics department and football program will honor Alex Mastromanno and Ryan Fitzgerald by presenting them with their All-American bricks outside the Moore Center later this afternoon. A number of former players including Jermaine Johnson, Braden Fiske, Keir Thomas, Johnny Wilson and Jordan Travis were on campus yesterday for FSU's pro day and expected to be here for the brick presentation and to interact with recruits.

The list of visitors includes prospects from the class of 2026 and 2027 who will watch FSU practice this morning and then meet with coaches this afternoon.

FSU shortstop Alex Lodise had a game for the ages Tuesday night. He finished FSU's first cycle since 2019 with its first walk-off homer since 2022, a grand slam to lift No. 4 FSU to an 8-4 win over rival Florida in Jacksonville.

Not going to lie, I have watched less Tourney basketball than I have ever in my life. I used to watch every game. I just don't seem to care that much anymore. You watched back in the 90's because Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and the Runnin Rebs were fun to watch. You watch back then to see the Fab Five of Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and Jalen Rose all play with their baggy shorts. You watched Duke...to watch them lose. There were some great North Carolina teams. I will probably watch some ball today and more during the final two weekends but the Tourney just does not do it for me anymore.

That being said I have never been a fan of John Calipari. I have always thought this guy is the most overrated coach in the history of college basketball. If not for the Anthony Davis, Calipari would have NEVER won a ring. I saw Davis play in an early season game that year and realized that Coach Calipari could not even mess this one up. He has coach Derrick Rose (Memphis), Marcus Camby (UMASS), Eric Bledsoe, John Wall, Demarcus Cousins, Enes Kanter, Brandon Knight just to name a few. His 2015 team had Karl Anthony Towns (#1 overall pick), Willie Stein (6th overall), Trey Lyles (12th overall), Devin Booker (13th overall). He has had Jamal Murray, D'Aron Fox, Malik Monk, Bam Adebayo, Shai Gilgeous Alexander, Jarred Vanderbilt, Tyler Herro, Tyrese Maxey and has one title. I don't know how you have had that many players and not won. I am not sure he could have won with Tim Duncan or Docic. What is crazy is JC can't win at Kentucky but goes to Arkansas and in year one goes to the sweet 16.

Rick Pitino - What is crazy is JC beat the guy who actually can coach in the tourney...Won a title at Louisville and Kentucky and in year one has turned down Saint John. Not sure if they have been good since Chris Mullen played there.

That brings me to Dustin May - He is the head coach at Michigan. I have no idea how good Luke Louks will be but FSU could have hired him when he was at FAU. They wanted to Keep Coach Ham but May would have come for 2 million after his run to the final four with FAU. Guy can flat out coach. Michigan was a train wreck with Juwan Howard. He is in the sweet 16 in year one.

Recruiting - FSU now has 8 commitments in the fold. They have a class ranked #15th overall by Rivals.com. They landed Michael Ionata out of Calvary Christian in Clearwater. This is a very good year for offensive lineman in Florida. What I like about Ionata is the kid has size and length. He can play tackle or guard so Ionata gives you some versatility. He now gives FSU two tackles in this class (Ionata/Xavier Payne). There are some other options as well with Micah Smith (Vero Beach), Givre Carr (IMG Academy), Joel Ervin (Fort Myers), Jonny Jones (Berkeley Prep) all still options on the table. Now that Michael is committed to FSU it would not surprise me at some point to see his brother Joseph end up at FSU. They should have recruited him while in HS. Let’s see what happens now with Michael pulling the trigger for the Noles. The OL class this year looks to be solid so far. Would like to see a couple big time kids get in the fold.

More recruiting info....FSU needs more help at the edge spot. #1 on my list is Jake Kreul. He would solve a ton of problems as Kreul is the best DE, I have watched this off-season. What makes him so good is his burst off the line of scrimmage. He plays with great leverage. He will get underneath a tackle and stay low and just shoot by them on a pass rush. He has the ability to get a tackle off balance and shoot back inside and get to the quarterback. He came back on campus and FSU looks like they are actually back in the race which would be judge. I do think there could be good news soon once Kamron Wilson makes a decision. The Southridge DE is very interested in FSU and it would not surprise me to see him pull the trigger for the Noles. He does have a teammate Ryan Miret who plays center. I feel he would be someone FSU should recruit. I spoke to him and Ryan would love an offer from the Seminoles. He just won the state championship as a heavyweight in wrestling. Great kid. His father is the principal at Southridge. He comes from a good family. I just think these kind of guys are ones you build the foundation with.

Chauncey Kennon - Been a little quiet on his recruitment but FSU still sits in a good spot for Kennon. He is one of if not the best Corners in Florida this year. FSU could use a top flight, shut down corner. Kennon fits the bill.

Been told that another DB Lasiah Jackson from Lee County is someone FSU is recruiting and they have a shot at. He is from Lee County in Georgia. FSU seems to have made some inroads in the state of Georgia under this staff. No reason to stop as FSU has a major need for safeties.

Quarterback recruiting - Duckworth is the top dog. My top target is Keisean Henderson. He is committed to Houston but damn...you want to change the trajectory of your program he needs to be priority number one.

Receivers - I went and watched a UM Spring practice the other day and Joshua Moore is the real deal. I thought he was a guy FSU could have really used this past class. I bring him up because this year’s version of Moore is Calvin Russell. You just can't teach size. Russell has size and great hands. You need to be able to get guys like this and Russell has already said that he wants to leave Miami. FSU needs to be an option for Russell.

Spring Football reports - It sucks that Coach MN decided to keep the media out but to be honest, I don't think it matters much. It sucks for the the Osceola and other networks but the reality is most of the info is fluff. I am biased but the only network that did not report all the BS was this one. I went to Miami's practice this week and half the time there are so many people in front of you that seeing anything worthwhile is almost impossible. They also practice so far away at times you are guessing who is who. What is crazy is how little contact there is now at practice. It is basically two hand touch.

I will say this - been covering FSU for over 20 plus years and this is the first time I have not had a good feel for what the team will be like in 2025. FSU went 13-0 to 2-10 and right now this team and their record is anyone’s guess. I have those I speak with that don't think FSU gets to 6-6. There are others who feel they can get to 8 wins. The Bama game is one of the most important in this school's history in a very long time.

In our sitdown with Luke Loucks last week, the new FSU coach laid out the many ways he’s put in a plan to attack the transfer portal, which opens Monday.

Here’s a look into Loucks’ scouting and roster-management plans.

This thread will also serve as an updates thread over the next few weeks on players FSU is targeting as well as current FSU players who enter the portal.