Florida State football, recruiting news: Is the Orange Bowl the best bowl of the season?

CBS Sports has the Orange Bowl ranked as the 4th best bowl of bowl season with the the playoff bowls & the Rose Bowl ranked ahead of it; what do you think is the best bowl this year?

Speaking of bowls here’s are the bowls that ESPN’s Chris Low would like to see that didn’t happen.

Four Seminoles were named to the All-ACC team by the Associated Press & all four named were unanimous selections.

Two Seminoles were named to SBNation’s All-American Team.

Dalvin Cook is honored to be up for the Doak Walker Award tonight but doesn’t feel snubbed for the Heisman.

Florida State RB Dalvin Cook said he's honored to be up for the Doak Walker Award this season, but doesn't feel like he was snubbed for the award last year or a spot as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy this year. "To get [nominated] for the awards, it shows you have to do the dirty work to be successful. It's not [frustrating]. I knew my time would come and I just had to keep working hard."

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh had high praise for Dalvin.

Here are the 10 best defensive plays of the 2016 season; any notable ones missing?

FSU’s very own Marquez White was invited to & accepted a Senior Bowl invitation, joining teammate Freddie Stevenson:

Oregon has hired Willie Taggart to be its next Head Coach; had Jimbo Fisher not turned down LSU (again) you might’ve heard his name be floated in Tallahassee.

What would the college football playoff look like with 8 teams (puke)?

Recruiting:

Recruiting is heating up & so is FSU; FSU is trending upwards fast for 5-star Defensive End Joshua Kaindoh; he’ll receive a visit from Jimbo Fisher as Jimbo will be at IMG Academy today.

Running back commit Zaquandre White is expecting a visit from Jay Graham.

Former Alabama Linebacker, Adonis Thomas; will be taking an official visit to FSU; He’s a junior college transfer with 3 years to play 3.

Florida state Commit 5-star Cornerback Stanford Samuels III was recently honored as:

The Latest edition of the Nolecast is 41 minutes of offensive recruiting updates:

Other Sports:

Your 8-1 Seminoles take on Nicholls State tonight at 9pm at the Tuck for all you locals & on ESPNU for all you non-local Seminoles.

Tonight at 6pm the Women’s Basketball team looks to beat the damn gators.

Alumni:

Have you bought your ugly Christmas sweater for those annual Christmas Parties? Jameis Winston has a suggestion: