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The Florida State Seminoles had an up and down weekend. FSU football went on the road to face-off against the Clemson Tigers suffering a close but emotional loss 30-20, women's volleyball took down the Syracuse Orange in a marathon matchup, and the men’s track team has a cross country champion. Here are some updates and news from over the weekend:
Football
The Seminoles return home to face off against the NC State Wolfpack this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and if you’re wondering how to watch, stream, or listen go check out:
Vegas seems to have slowly started to like the Seminoles after the close loss on Saturday and have the Noles as three-point underdogs this weekend:
The Tribe lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Tigers in a full-on defensive showdown where both teams really couldn't get their offenses going for most of the game:
- Game story: Late penalties doom FSU’s upset attempt at Clemson
- Florida State vs. Clemson: Defensive breakdown, analysis
A couple of former Noles now in the NFL made headlines on Sunday:
- P.J Williams had a pick-six on Tom Brady:
P.J. WILLIAMS GETS THE PICK 6 ON BRADY
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 31, 2021
(via @NFL)
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- Jameis Winston after suffering an injury during the game on but still managed to celebrate with his teammates in a hilarious way following a victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
Jameis Winston still celebrating with his team such a fine sight to see pic.twitter.com/cMlat1BdXq
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) November 1, 2021
*Jameis being Jameis.
- Offensive lineman and Seminole Scholar Brady Scott shared his story of battling cancer and is using his platform to help out kids in need:
Seminole Scholar @Bmscott21 beat childhood cancer and is now using his platform to give back#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/uoCsoDmGvP
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) October 29, 2021
Recruiting
Lots of things to note and they are all being discussed by experts Tim Scribble, Josuha Pick, and David Stout over at the Tribe ‘22 recruiting thread:
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell here at Mill Creek. Collins Hill’s Travis Hunter is a Florida State commit. FSU has a few other targets in this game as well. Caleb Downs and Ethan Davis. pic.twitter.com/WAvlRvYlQp
— Jeremy Johnson (@JeremyO_Johnson) October 30, 2021
Basketball
Pre-season is underway and you can check out a round table about it all from Brett, Matt, and Max here:
- Florida State basketball: Season preview
- Observations from FSU’s preseason win over Mississippi College
- Scottie Barnes showing out at the next level:
Scottie Barnes coast-to-coast w/ the hammer. @ScottBarnes561 #NewBlood
— Tomahawk Nation (@TomahawkNation) October 29, 2021
pic.twitter.com/JQNWt0kHlN
Another night, another double-double for the rook.
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) October 31, 2021
21 Pts | 12 Reb pic.twitter.com/EjXSDERJ2T
Soccer
- Women’s soccer has had record attendance this season and ended in a draw over Virginia:
The fans showed out tonight! With 2,388 people in attendance, we have set a new regular-season average attendance record of 1,513 people per game! #OneTribe pic.twitter.com/xQ4TcnQwLq
— FSU Soccer (@FSUSoccer) October 29, 2021
Volleyball
- Women’s volleyball continues to be on fire notching two victories over the weekend at home against the Syracuse Orange and the Boston College Eagles:
That was an exhilarating win #URStrong pic.twitter.com/gffWy8Do0y
— FSU Volleyball (@FSU_Volleyball) October 31, 2021
.@skye_ekes with a career-best 13 kills in the
— FSU Volleyball (@FSU_Volleyball) October 29, 2021
We'll be back on Sunday vs. Syracuse at NOON! #URStrong pic.twitter.com/fMNTWkb9Xy
All other sports
Women’s softball showed some Halloween spirit and Adriaan Wildschuut earned men’s 8k cross country champion:
Always having fun for Halloween pic.twitter.com/DqUBMX3okj
— Florida State Softball (@FSU_Softball) October 29, 2021
ADRIAAN WILDSCHUTT IS YOUR @theACC XC MEN'S 8K CHAMPION!!!!
— Florida State T&F/XC (@FSU_Track) October 29, 2021
He crosses the line at 23:07.0, winning by 16 seconds!#Noles #ACCXC pic.twitter.com/ziqv4RTYOf