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TC would be a big fan of FSU playing in Milwaukee, not because it would be good for the Seminoles, but good for TC.
Florida State Dominating The ACC in Recruiting
by FSUncensored on Feb 8, 2010 1:11 AM EST
in FSU Football Recruiting
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I've thought for a while that Florida State will soon dominate the ACC in recruiting. And I don't mean the "let's take these highly rated kids who have no shot of qualifying or staying out of prison so that we can pump our national ranking" method. I mean getting the best players who will make a big impact on the field. That time is now. Other ACC writers have noticed:
Clemson travels to Tallahassee to face the ‘Noles. Jimbo Fisher has not messed around down there. He has their offense rocking and rolling fixing the Jeff Bowden debacle with authority. With all the controversy and drama gone, I really expect this team to be improved overall since last year. Also, there is no way that FSU is really that bad on defense, and will be improved there this season. I think the ACC needs to watch out because it looks like Jimbo is moving in the right direction both offensively and on the recruiting trail. These improvements coupled with the fact that their defensive effort cannot get any worse leads me to believe FSU is poised for great things over the next few years and will defeat Clemson this season.-- ShakinTheSouthland.com (Clemson site)
We already know FSU snagged 8 ESPNU150 players while the rest of the ACC landed 9 combined. That's pretty impressive. I find looking at the top 6 ACC classes in chart form to be very helpful. The players below are ranked by Rivals.com rating (6.1 is a 5* player, 6.0-5.8 is a 4*, 5.7-5.5 is a 3*, and 5.4 or less is a 2*). I used Rivals.com and not ESPN because ESPN refuses to rate Junior College players. The teams are ordered by their average star ranking.
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If you don't think recruiting rankings matter, well, you're wrong. Sleepers don't turn into studs as often as 5* players. As that link shows, they are far less likely.
The thing that strikes me is not that FSU signed more 4 & 5* players than any other team. They did. No, what strikes me is the bottom of FSU's recruiting class. FSU took 1 player rated 5.5 or less (JUCO DT Amp McCloud). Clemson took 4. Virginia Tech took 6. Miami took 8!
FSU didn't take filler players. Doctors get to bury their mistakes. Coaches have to feed theirs for 4 years. Florida State is creating functional depth. And while Miami might get a star or two our of their lower ranked players, we know for a fact that lower rated players are significantly less likely to become star players. FSU's bottom 10 players have a much better chance of becoming good players than do the bottom 10 players of the other classes. That's significant. We're talking about 40% of a class.
Every team will get a few highly rated kids. Where FSU will begin to separate itself is by having a much better bottom 10 players than the other teams in the conference on a yearly basis. And when a team's bottom 10 players would make up a solid base for other classes in the confrence, those teams are going to get dominated.
Inside, find our answers to the ACC recruiting round table!
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FSU's Academic Fraud Scandal Finally Comes To An End
by FrankDNole on Feb 7, 2010 3:10 PM EST
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First posted to TN by movinonup.
Close the door. Turn the page. The party's over. The fat lady has sung. Turn off the lights. It's finally over. Finito.
The FSU Athletic Department announced earlier that they have determined that Florida State University will vacate 12 wins in football, 22 wins in men's basketball, a NCAA post season baseball victory, one national championship in men's track and field, a NCAA tournament victory in women's basketball, as well as other wins in these and several other men's and women's sports.
This vacation-of-wins penalty is the result of the 2006-2007 academic misconduct case that was self-reported to the NCAA by then FSU President T.K. Wetherell, which is believed to have been done in an effort to embarrass then athletic director Dave Hart and as retaliation for rightfully forcing the "resignation" of Jeff Bowden, and which then brought about the subsequent NCAA investigation and sanctions.
The NCAA Committee on Infractions accepted all of FSU's self-imposed penalties of probation and scholarship reductions in the 10 sports in which 61 student-athletes were implicated in the wide spread fraud involving an online Music Appreciation course. In addition to the self-imposed penalties, the NCAA then also ordered that FSU vacate any and all wins in which those student-athletes, which the NCAA deemed ineligible, participated in during that time frame.
Then, FSU's former president decided to further tarnish and further drag through the mud FSU's good name, and keep this unfortunate scandal at the full attention of the national media, by appealing the vacation-of-wins penalty in order to preserve Bobby Bowden's wins and to give him a chance to catch Joe Paterno for the most-football-wins title. A subsequent hearing was then held by Appeals Committee and FSU's appeal was denied and rejected. Pressure from boosters and common sense finally prevailed, and the outgoing president finally did the right thing and let this miserable chapter in FSU history come to a merciful end by not taking this matter any further with legal action in the courts, as he had previously threatened he would do if the appeal was lost.
Since losing the NCAA appeal, the athletic department has been trying to determine in which games the ineligible student-athletes participated and how many wins each of the Florida State sports teams involved would vacate.
It had been estimated that the football team and Bobby Bowden would lose as many as 14 wins, however the final tally has the team and Bowden only losing 12 victories, which in Bowden's case is now a moot point in the most-football-wins race with Paterno.
Listed below is what the FSU Athletic Department determined to be the official count of vacated wins for each sport.
FROM THE 2006-2007 BASEBALL SEASON:
4 victories total consisting of:
-3 Regular Season
-1 NCAA Post Season
FROM THE 2006-2007 MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON:
22 victories total consisting of:
-19 Regular Season
-1 ACC Tournament
-2 NIT Post Season
FROM THE 2006-2007 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON:
16 victories consisting of:
-13 Regular Season
-1 ACC Tournament
-2 NCAA Post Season
-AND FROM THE 2007-2008 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON:
-6 Regular Season victories
FROM MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY:
-2006 ACC Championship – 2nd Place to 3rd Place
-2006 NCAA Regional – 1st Place to 2nd Place
-2006 NCAA Championship – Maintain 30th Place
-2007 ACC Championship – 3rd Place to 6th Place
-2007 NCAA Regional – 2nd Place to 4th Place
-2007 NCAA Championship – 20th Place to 25th Place
FROM WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY:
-2006 No Adjustments
-2007 ACC Championship – Maintain Championship
-2007 NCAA Regional – Maintain Championship
-2007 NCAA Championship – 3rd to 4th Place
FROM THE 2006-2007 FOOTBALL SEASON:
5 victories consisting of:
-4 Regular Season
-1 Emerald Bowl Championship
-AND FROM THE 2007-2008 FOOTBALL SEASON:
-7 Regular Season victories
FROM MEN’S GOLF:
-No 2007 Regular Season Tournaments Won – No Wins Vacated
-2007 ACC Championship – 4th place to 6th place
-2007 NCAA Regional – 5th place to 8th place
-2007 NCAA Championship – 13th place to 15th Place
FROM THE 2006-2007 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL SEASON:
32 victories consisting of :
-30 Regular Season
-2 ACC Tournament
FROM MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING:
-2007 ACC Championship – Maintain 1st Place
-2007 NCAA Championship – Maintain 17th Place
FROM WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING:
-2007 ACC Championship – Maintain 2nd Place
-2007 NCAA Championship – 17th place to 26th place
FROM MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD:
-2007 ACC Championship – Maintain Championship
-2007 NCAA Championship – 2nd Place to 4th Place
FROM WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD:
-2007 ACC Championship – 4th Place to 7th Place
-2007 NCAA Championship – Maintain 30th Place
FROM MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD:
-2007 ACC Championship – Maintain Championship
-2007 NCAA Regional – Maintain 1st Place
-2007 NCAA Championship – 1ST place to 2nd Place
FROM WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD:
-2007 ACC Championship – Maintain 3rd Place
-2007 NCAA Regional – 5th place to 6th place
-2007 NCAA Championship – Maintain 14th Place
TGIO=THANK GOD IT'S OVER
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Florida State Seminoles Weather Early Storm from Hurricanes to Win 71-65
by TrueCubbie on Feb 7, 2010 11:14 AM EST
in FSU Basketball
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It was slow goings to start the game as both teams played a down tempo style trying to figure things out. But in the end, the Seminoles defensive intensity and a stellar game by Luke Loucks earned the Seminoles a much needed win in the ACC.
With the emergence of Michael Snaer and Deividas Dulkys recent shooting woes, Leonard Hamilton gave the start to the Freshman, the first of his collegiate career. In 27 minutes of play, Snaer scored nine points, one assist, one rebound and one turnover. However, for those of you who watched the game, he was much more active than what his stat line appears to be. He played outstanding defense and was aggressive driving to the basket, making a couple of beautiful layups.
While Michael Snaer deserves the congratulations for his first start, it was Luke Loucks who had a career night and held the Seminoles in this game. Coming off the bench, Loucks scored 19 points, shooting 71% from the floor making three key shots from beyond the arc. He also pulled down five rebounds and had three assists. This may have been the game that Loucks needed to develop confidence shooting from deep. Unfortunately, Deividas Dulkys had another tough night on the offensive end, only scoring two points in 19 minutes, going 0-4 from beyond the arc and having four turnovers. It was not his night and the Seminoles desperately need him to come out of this slump.
After the first five minutes of the game, it seemed that the Seminoles were going to walk away with it and their confidence was building. But, the Hurricanes stayed true to their game plan, shooting three pointers and playing a tough pressure 2-3 zone, forcing the Seminoles to settle for jump shots. The zone worked, as at times, the Seminoles looked frustrated and content to swing the ball back and fourth around the top of the key. Clearly they were trying to spread the zone and look for the openings, but it was done with much purpose.
At the end of the first half, Florida State led 32-31. Both teams shot 50% from the field and Miami was happy to be in the game. However, in the second half, again after a slow start to he quarter, the Seminoles defense turned up the heat and held the Hurricanes to only 40% from the floor in the second half. The defense was impressive and played with intensity. Chris Singleton, who played 37 minutes, had three steals on the night to go a long with two monster blocks, one of which is his patented catch you from behind play. He only had two turnovers on the night.
While it didn't seem to be pretty at times, the Seminoles finished with an Off Eff of 110 and only turned the ball over on 17.2% of possessions. There has been a recent decreasing trend in the number of turnovers for this young team. The Seminoles had nine turnovers in the first half, but only had two in the second half.
Now, the Seminoles turn their attention to the Clemson Tigers as they make the trip north on Wednesday. With Dulkys shooting struggle, don't be surprised if Snaer makes his second straight start. The game against the Tigers will require the likes of Alabi, Reid and Singleton to have a good game as the Tigers are very physical up front.
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Preview and Game Thread: Miami Hurricanes vs Florida State Seminoles, 8pm EST
by TrueCubbie on Feb 6, 2010 2:01 PM EST
in FSU Basketball
389 comments
When Maryland visited the Tucker Center on Thursday night, it wasn't the result for which Seminoles fans were hoping. In a hard fought battle, the Seminoles lost 71-67 to a hot Maryland team that is currently sitting tied for second in the ACC rankings and in the top ten of the Pomeroy rankings. Say what you will about the game, but it is over and it is time to move on. There isn't the time or energy to dwell on losses in conference play this year. Tonight, the Seminoles welcome the Miami Hurricanes to the Tucker Center and hope to get another conference win before traveling to Clemson on Wednesday.
vs.
Tip Off: 8pm EST
Television: ESPNU
Opponent's Website: Seventh Floor Blog
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Florida State Football Schedule: Analyzing FSU's Opponents' Opponents
by FSUncensored on Feb 5, 2010 4:12 PM EST
in FSU Football
94 comments
I stole this idea from an article Todd wrote last season at RollBamaRoll.com Everyone knows Florida State's schedule by now. It will surely be one of the nation's 10 toughest, as it was the last several years. But something I have an interest in is the teams FSU's opponents play before facing the 'Noles. UF has a major advantage every year through scheduling a cupcake before facing FSU, while the 'Noles often have to wrap up the ACC slate. I am not analyzing team strength here, but rather scheduling factors.
- 9/4 FSU opens at home against Samford (not Stanford). Neither team will have played a game.
- 9/11 FSU is @ Oklahoma. It should be an incredible game. OU plays Utah State the week before. Neither team with a significant advantage here.
- 9/17 FSU hosts BYU. It is unknown who BYU faces before they travel to play FSU. BYU has the scheduling advantage here as it is an obvious letdown situation for FSU
- 9/25 FSU hosts Wake Forest to open the conference season. Wake will be coming off a road trip to Stanford. Major advantage to FSU here.
- 10/02 FSU is @ Virginia. This is advantage UVA because of who FSU has on deck (Miami) and because UVA got VMI at home the week before.
- 10/09 FSU is @ Miami. While FSU will be off a road game, Miami must play @ Clemson the week before. That's scheduling advantage Florida State, as Clemson is a top 25 team with a tremendous defense and well, UVA isn't that good.
- 10/16 FSU hosts Boston College. BC is off a road game @ NC State, and FSU is the last leg of a brutal stretch that sees BC play Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, and @ NC State, in back to back weekends.
- Both NC State and FSU receive bye weeks before playing the October 28th Thursday night contest in North Carolina.
- On 11/6, FSU hosts North Carolina. UNC gets William and Mary before traveling to Tallahassee, but FSU gets 10 days rest following the Thursday night game.
- 11/13 FSU hosts Clemson. Clemson will have hosted NC State prior to coming to Tallahassee. Little scheduling advantage can be discerned here.
- 11/20 FSU is @ Maryland. Maryland will have played @ UVA the week before. But FSU will have played UNC and Clemson back to back, and could be looking ahead to the game against UF.
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Inside look at final day of recruiting
ESPN has a good article about the coaches on NSD. Some funny bits in there and some interesting pieces showing how close some kids were to go to other schools.
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Offbeat Friday: Move over, "I can has cheezburger", It's time for some lolFSU
by MattDNole on Feb 5, 2010 12:23 PM EST
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It's been awhile since Offbeat Friday has come to you. To be perfectly honest, we've been quite busy in the past 2 months (Our day job as James Coley's personal Cuban coffee supplier has kept us swamped. We just woke up from a 76 hour nap.) So we'll try to bring the fun today. Or at least some distraction as you count down the hours till the end of the work week and a glorious SuperBowl weekend.
A certain poster on this site believes that we here at Offbeat Friday simply search for tired internet memes, and run them into the ground.
Well... of course we do!! That's the fun part!!
After the jump, we try our hand at one of the internet's most time-honored traditions: putting funny, frequently grammatically incorrect, captions on pictures.
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Seminoles Football Schedule
Miami
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Mon 09/07 | L 34 - 38 |
| Jacksonville St. | Sat 09/12 | W 19 - 9 |
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BYU
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Sat 09/19 | W 54 - 28 |
| South Florida | Sat 09/26 | L 7 - 17 |
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Boston College
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Sat 10/03 | L 21 - 28 |
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Georgia Tech
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Sat 10/10 | L 44 - 49 |
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North Carolina
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Thu 10/22 | W 30 - 27 |
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N.C. State
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Sat 10/31 | W 45 - 42 |
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Clemson
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Sat 11/07 | L 24 - 40 |
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Wake Forest
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Sat 11/14 | W 41 - 28 |
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Maryland
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Sat 11/21 | W 29 - 26 |
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Florida
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Sat 11/28 | L 10 - 37 |
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West Virginia
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Fri 01/01 | W 33 - 21 |
Seminoles Basketball Schedule
Next 5 Games
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Clemson
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Wed 02/10 | 7:00 PM EST |
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Boston College
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Sun 02/14 | 7:30 PM EST |
| @ Virginia | Wed 02/17 | 7:00 PM EST |
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North Carolina
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Wed 02/24 | 7:00 PM EST |
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Clemson
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Sun 02/28 | 5:30 PM EST |
Last 5 Games
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Miami
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Sat 02/06 | W 71 - 65 |
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Maryland
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Thu 02/04 | L 67 - 71 |
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Boston College
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Sat 01/30 | W 61 - 57 |
| @ Duke | Wed 01/27 | L 56 - 70 |
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Georgia Tech
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Sun 01/24 | W 68 - 66 |
Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
(updated 2.8.2010 at 2:55 AM EST)
| Conf | Overall | |||
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| W | L | W | L | |
| Duke Blue Devils | 7 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
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Maryland Terrapins
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6 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons
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6 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
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Virginia Tech Hokies
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5 | 3 | 18 | 4 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 |
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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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5 | 4 | 17 | 6 |
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Florida St. Seminoles
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5 | 4 | 17 | 6 |
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Clemson Tigers
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4 | 5 | 16 | 7 |
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Boston College Eagles
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3 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
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North Carolina Tar Heels
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2 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
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Miami Hurricanes
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2 | 7 | 16 | 7 |
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N.C. State Wolfpack
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2 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
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