Updating FSU/ACC ratings

http://www.scout.com/college/west-virginia/forums/4582-big12-conference/14945579-tv-ratings?page=4




WEEK 4

LISTED BY VIEWERS

5.542M (CBS) - Florida @ Tennessee
4.098M (ESPN) - LSU @ Auburn
3.872M (ESPN) - Arkansas @ Texas A&M
3.786M (ABC) - Stanford @ UCLA
3.764M (ABC) - Penn State @ Michigan
2.696M (ESPN) - Georgia @ Mississippi
2.627M (NBC) - Duke @ Notre Dame
2.557M (ABC) - Florida State @ South Florida
1.813M (ESPN) - Clemson @ Georgia Tech
1.747M (FOX) - Oklahoma State @ Baylor
1.357M (ESPN) - TCU @ SMU
1.042M (FS1) - Southern Cal @ Utah
952K (ESPN2) - West Virginia vs. BYU
815K (ESPN2) - Iowa @ Rutgers
643K (ESPN2) - California @ Arizona State
372K (FS1) - Boise State @ Oregon State


WEEK 3

LISTED BY VIEWERS

8.169M (CBS) - Alabama @ Mississippi
6.216M (ABC) - Florida State @ Louisville
5.804M (FOX) - Ohio State @ Oklahoma
4.987M (NBC) - Michigan State @ Notre Dame
4.228M (ABC) - Oregon @ Nebraska
2.877M (ABC) - Southern Cal @ Stanford
2.447M (ESPN) - Texas @ California
2.159M (ESPN) - Houston @ Cincinnati
2.088M (ESPN) - Texas A&M @ Auburn
1.454M (ESPN) - Baylor @ Rice
1.191M (ESPN2) - Mississippi State @ LSU
1.000M (ESPN) - Pittsburgh @ Oklahoma State
968K (ESPN2) - North Dakota State @ Iowa
955K (ESPN) - Miami @ Appalachian State
764K (ESPN2) - UCLA @ BYU
720K (ESPN2) - Arizona State @ UTSA
543K (ESPNU) - North Texas @ Florida
280K (FS1) - Iowa State @ TCU
214K (ESPNU) - Boston College @ Virginia Tech
145K (ESPNU) - Kansas @ Memphis
23K (belN) - Troy @ Southern Miss


ACC
8.354M (ESPN) - Florida State (Mississippi)
6.216M (ABC) - Louisville/Florida State
5.790M (ABC) - Virginia Tech (Tennessee)
4.742M (ESPN) - Clemson (Auburn)
3.529M (ESPN) - North Carolina (Georgia)
2.627M (NBC) - Duke (Notre Dame)
2.557M (ABC) - Florida State (South Florida)
2.388M (ESPN) - Pittsburgh (Penn State)
1.813M (ESPN) - Clemson / Georgia Tech
1.730M (ESPN2) - Louisville/Syracuse
1.579M (ESPN) - Virginia (Oregon)
1.000M (ESPN) - Pittsburgh (Oklahoma State)
955K (ESPN) - Miami (Appalachian State)
682K (ESPN2) - Georgia Tech/Boston College
440K (ESPNU) - Pittsburgh / North Carolina
397K (ESPNU) - NC State (East Carolina)
397K (ESPNU) - Wake Forest/Duke
214K (ESPNU) - Boston College/Virginia Tech

Among U.S. public universities, Florida State is tied with nine other institutions at No. 33 on the list.

http://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2016/09/29/florida-state-among-worlds-top-universities/


"Florida State University is among the best universities in the nation — and the world — according to the Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal World University Rankings 2016-2017. 

Florida State is one of 148 U.S. institutions on the list of 980 universities ranked worldwide. Among U.S. public universities, Florida State is tied with nine other institutions at No. 33 on the list. 

“Florida State University’s recognition as one of the world’s finest universities is a testament to our campuswide efforts to raise the university’s international profile,” said Sally McRorie, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. “I am especially pleased that our faculty’s commitment to excellence in research and teaching and our strong reputational influence continue to be acknowledged in this ranking.”

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are one of two international surveys used by the Florida Board of Governors when considering state universities’ preeminence funding.

Overall, Florida State was grouped with international universities ranked between 201-250 on the list.

Times Higher Education is a London-based news magazine that reports on higher education. For the first time, the publication released the World University Rankings in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

The publication uses 13 performance indicators grouped into five primary areas in its methodology: teaching (the learning environment), 30 percent; research (volume, income and reputation), 30 percent; citations (research influence), 30 percent; international outlook (staff, students and research), 7.5 percent; and industry income (knowledge transfer), 2.5 percent."


http://www.scout.com/college/west-virginia/forums/4582-big12-conference/15009347-wsj-academic-rankings


"
The WSJ ranking apparently ignores research else Kansas would be ranked
far higher than TCU.
There are far better rankings than those by: USNews, Forbes, and the WSJ.
This is particularly true if one believes research by universities is important.
http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2016.html
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Shanghai
http://www.leidenranking.com/rankingCWTS Netherlands
http://cwur.org/2014/Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) Saudi Arabia
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=QS World University Rankings United Kingdom
http://webometrics.info/en Ranking Web of Universities Spain
https://mup.asu.edu/sites/default/files/mup-pdf/MUP-2013-Top-American-Research-Universities-Annual-Report.pdfTop American Research Universities (TARU)
United States
http://mic.com/articles/60823/12-top-colleges-where-students-get-the-best-bang-for-their-buck
Policy.mic - Best Bang For Their Buck United States
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings
U.S. News - Best Global Universities Rankings United States
Measures reported by TARU correlate well with criteria used by the AAU.
USNews, not the global one, is probably the most frequently referenced in the U.S.
It is also one of the worse, particularly due to the use of "peer review". That
makes it subject to corruption."

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time.com/money/4511607/wall-st...nkings-compare/

Money explains why the rankings are different.

Money's rankings: new.time.com/money/best-colleg.../best-colleges/

More rankings:

USNews
colleges.usnews.rankingsandrev...al-universities

Forbes
www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/#tab:rank

ACC Factoid of the Day

Jared Shanker ‏@JShankerESPN 1h1 hour ago

Only four teams in ACC history have beaten multiple top-5 teams in a season. All four won the national title. Louisville already has one win

 

 

Jared Shanker ‏@JShankerESPN 1h1 hour ago

Those four teams are 1981 Clemson and FSU's three title teams

State of Florida sports loyalty poll

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/sports/football/poll-miami-floridas-fourth-most-popular-college-fo/nsStF/

"A new poll has some fascinating results regarding the popularity of Florida’s sports teams, both college and professional, among Floridians.
The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling, looks at the popularity of political candidates and issues among Floridians, but it also includes polling information about the Florida sports scene.
Specifically, the poll considers college sports loyalties, determining that both Florida State University and the University of Florida each boast the support of 24 percent of the state. Rather than being followed by the University of Miami, as many would expect, the University of Central Florida garnered the third-highest slice of fans statewide at 11 percent, followed by Miami at 10 percent. The University of South Florida came in at 7 percent, while Florida Atlantic and Florida International each got 4 percent of the vote.
Statistics also pointed toward which Major League Baseball franchises had the most fans in Florida, with the New York Yankees capturing the top spot with 15 percent of the vote, followed by the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays with 14 percent each, and then the Atlanta Braves, who collected 11 percent.
On the NFL side, the Dolphins led the state's list at 20 percent, followed by the Buccaneers at 15 percent, the Cowboys at 10 percent and then the Jaguars and Giants, who each received 9 percent of the vote."

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/09/presidential-race-up-for-grabs-in-florida.html

"-Finally we took our periodic look at sports loyalties in the state. Florida and Florida State are all tied up on the college front with 24% saying they're a fan of each school. Central Florida at 11%, Miami at 10%, South Florida at 7%, and Florida Atlantic and Florida International each at 4% round out the FBS schools in the state."

FSU Jorunalism History

Long story short, UF removed Journalism at FSU (UF has solid COJ), and used this PR advantage for decades to come.  We always hear Journalism is dead now and it doesn't matter....but the PR advantage for rivals, hurts FSU.


From 1949 FSU Yearbook:




From 51, 52, 53, & 54 FSU Yearbooks:







From 55, 57, 58, & 59 FSU Yearbook












1949 Clipping

FSU Defensive Ranking

Mickey Andrews

2009: 108

Mark Stoops
2010: 42
2011: 4
2012: 2

Jeremy Pruitt

2013: 3

Charles Kelly

2014: 63
2015: 19
2016: 86

Thrasher fund request

This will make FSU fans happy, but it is highly unlikely to pass.  It is more of a 'well, we tried type of effort.'  The state doesn't reward general "fund us better" general requests.....basically, except for  Preeminent (that UF got pushed through and was more STEM targeted) money, it doesn't happen.  At this level, it really wont' happen.

FSU would of been much better off pushing a more research based SPECIFIC type of request.  The legislature simply won't give more money to general requests.  If, even a % of money is going to an area that the legislature isn't laser focused on now (ie STEM), then they will not make this funding happen.  If FSU said "it's all going to STEM"....then maybe they had a shot, but this is avoided at FSU because the faculty is not pro STEM (politics).  Sad because FSU won't win out here because of it.

Hopefully, the Gov doesn't punish FSU for mentioning tuition increases.  While I love the concept, the Gov has AGGRESSIVELY punished anyone who went against him on this topic. 


http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/23/fsu-requesting-legislators-70-million-funding-next-year/90917964/

Florida State University President John Thrasher this week said the State University System might eventually have to raise tuition to meet Florida’s goals of having the best schools in the country.

Thrasher made the brief comment in response to questions from members of the Board of Governors following FSU’s presentation on its plans to become a top 25 public university.

Thrasher and his leadership team presented their goals to the Florida Board of Governors on Wednesday. The governing body of the State University System had asked FSU about its plans to reach the Top 25 of public universities. University of Florida administrators were asked to about their goals to reach the Top 10.

Thrasher said FSU is asking the Legislature for more than $70 million in the upcoming legislative session.

Fueled by a recent U.S. News & World Report ranking of 38th among public universities across the country, Thrasher says the school is edging closer to breaking the top 25.


With graduation and retention rates improving, research money flowing in and its national reputation for academics strengthening, FSU already is performing as well as some of the universities in the top 25.

But what FSU needs most is more state money to shore up its roster of top researchers focused on pre-eminence scholarship and discoveries, more money to hire professors and keep its current faculty and funding to offer lucrative benefits for graduate assistants.

“We believe we are headed in the right direction,” Thrasher told governors during their meeting in Sarasota. “Where we have lagged behind is in areas of financial resources. It’s not a criticism of our friends in the Legislature. Pre-eminence funding is allowing us to get to our goal. We are only 13 shy of our goal at 38th.”


Thrasher said FSU has been successful in making gains in academics and student success, while at the same time, being “efficient” in spending. It also has eliminated about 30 programs that weren’t producing the returns expected of the university.

“We take pride in our efficiency, but resource limitations are the primary reason we are not already in the Top 25,” Thrasher said.

In response to a question clarifying the $70-million price tag, Thrasher said, “These are big numbers, no question about it. Our faculty is understaffed and limiting our ability to move forward.”


Compared to other more highly ranked universities, Provost Sally McRorie said, FSU ranks in the bottom third or worse in how its resources match up, but it rates near the top in all performance measures.

McRorie outlined the $70-million request and how it would enhance FSU’s core mission of focusing on instruction, research and student success.

McRorie said with these additional resources, FSU would make significant leaps in improving student-to-faculty ratio; increase class offerings without overburdening faculty; increasing the number and quality of graduate students; of graduate students by 25 percent and increase expenditures per student.

Governors listened supportively to the presentation, which was an information session, and didn’t require board action.


BOG chairman Tom Kuntz pressed Thrasher on what impact previous allocations of preeminence money has had on the student-to-faculty ratio.

FSU has averaged a 26-1 for the last three years, Thrasher said.

McRorie said FSU is ranked 178 nationally among public universities in student-to-teacher ratio and projected that FSU could increase to 146 with the new resources. When looking at classes under 20, FSU is ranked 133 among public universities, which could be improved to 27 with the additional hires.

Board member H. Wayne Huizenga Jr. asked if the $70-million request would be recurring. Thrasher answered, “yes.”


“I have a feeling that $70 million in recurring funds is not going to get you in the top 25,” said board member Dean Colson.

Huizenga said his research shows FSU’s set tuition of $4,640 woefully below that of comparable universities such as the University of Minnesota, Rutgers and the University of Pittsburgh.

“I think there will be a time when our universities are going to have to address, ‘do we need to increase tuition,’ “ Thrasher said.

But that is not likely, given Gov. Rick Scott’s adamant opposition to any increase in tuition and fees for students in the state college or university system.

In previous meetings, BOG members have said universities need to focus more on belt-tightening, reducing duplicate programs and promoting online education as cost-cutting measures.

BOG chairman Tom Kuntz pointed out he didn’t hear more of FSU’s plans to broaden its offerings of online courses and degree programs.

“It seems like Florida State has not been leading the charge in this area of online education,” Kuntz said.

McRorie said it’s an area where FSU seeks to make improvements. She said the university is hiring a new director for its Center for Teaching Excellence following the previous director’s retirement.

That person’s role will be to focus on overall teaching at FSU, including “excellence in distance learning.”

“We are getting there,” Thrasher added.

The full board Thursday also approved the University of Central Florida’s plan to become part of the Emerging Preeminent State Research Universities Program, created this year by legislators.

Contact senior writer Byron Dobson at bdobson@tallahassee.com and follow him on Twitter @byrondobson.


FSU's $70 million legislative request
Preeminence: $20 million. This would go toward hiring 88
prominent faculty members who are focused on research and securing researching money. They would be placed in “interdisciplinary clusters” where increased research is needed.

This preeminence money also would go toward investing in student success-driven programs.

While FSU is focusing on recruiting top students such as National Merit Scholars, it also is committed to recruiting underserved students to provide a diverse student body.

FSU has received a total of $35 million in preeminence funding over the past four years, as has the University of Florida. FSU is asking the Florida Legislature for $20 million more in preeminence funding this year.

Student-to-faculty ratio: $20 million. This money would go toward hiring 162 new professors. This would help reduce over-sized classes. FSU’s student-to-faculty ratio is current 25 to 1. FSU hopes to reach 21 to 1 with the new funding.

Faculty retention: $11.5 million: This money would go toward incentives to keep its existing faculty.

Graduate students and post-doctoral appointments: $18.5 million. This would add 100 postdoctoral scholars focused on STEM research; provide for 300 fully-paid new graduate assistants. Money also would be used to make employment more attractive by providing these positions with better stipends and increasing waivers.

ESPN Conference Rankings

Even if only a spike for the ACC, this is looking good.

More media SEC BS

BennieMac #SOURCES ‏@BenMcC1908 15h15 hours ago

CBS using Georgia's old ranking for a promo! Lol.pic.twitter.com/p3iJ1Vh511

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The future of college football (General Managers)?

Shea Dixon ‏@Sheadixon 15h15 hours ago

I am told #LSU has made Austin Thomas the team's new general manager (first in CFB). He has also now over recruiting and team personnel.

Random Top College Football Coaching jobs Factoid

Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken 15h15 hours ago

I guess we have to do this again. I consider Ohio St, Texas, Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Florida, FSU, USC the top tier of jobs in some order

 

FSU Strategic Plan

Still no move for FSU politico's to actually use their political capital to help FSU fix infrastructure issue with Engineering and College of Medicine.....or add any program that will advance FSU.

FSU loves to hire politicians who promise to use their influence and then never actually cash in on it.  Weak FSU effort here, lacking in ambitious additions to FSU academic offering and/or fixing current ones.


http://www.flbog.edu/pressroom/news.php?id=629

“We recently saw Florida State University make a significant jump from No. 43 in U.S. News & World Report to No. 38,” said Marshall Criser III, State University System chancellor. “We want FSU and all of our universities to continue that upward trajectory and to meet the goals that will earn them recognition nationally and around the world.”

http://www.flbog.edu/pressroom/meeting_items.php?id=201&agenda=1017&type=Upcoming

http://flbog.edu/pressroom/meeting_items.php?id=201&agenda=1018&type=Upcoming

 FSU – Center for Advanced Power Systems $1,181,000  FSU – Faculty Retention $11,500,000  FSU – Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion $5,000,000  FSU – Graduate Students and Postdocs $18,500,000  FSU – Ultra-High Field Magnets $300,000  FSU – Student/Faculty Ratio $20,000,000  FSU – Themed Experience Institute $1,163,000   FSU – Preeminence $20,000,000  FSU-MS – Primary Care Initiative $3,644,500

http://flbog.edu/pressroom/meeting_items.php?id=201&agenda=1010&type=Upcoming

Strategy: Requires 250 new faculty hires – 88 preeminence-based interdisciplinary cluster hires and the remainder through regular faculty hires. The regular faculty hires will be allocated to emergent disciplines to improve their viability. Retaining current faculty will reduce vacancies, thereby further improving our ratio.
Increasing the size of our graduate programs will also positively affect this measure. 21:1 is an intermediate goal. 17:1 will get us to the top 50 publics so this will be a long-term strategy.
Time Frame: 21:1 by 2020, 17:1 by 2025 (funding dependent)
Cost: For 21:1 Cluster Hires ($17.5M), Other Faculty ($20M) = $37.5M

Strategy: Class size improvements will leverage new faculty hires and retained faculty and will require 300 new graduate assistants and additional stipends for existing graduate students. The addition of Postdoctoral Associates will also add up to 100 sections. These new resources will allow us to split 300 courses to produce 600 courses at the next lower level – mostly under 20. These smaller classes will allow us to employ more high-impact practices to affect student outcomes.
Time Frame: 2020 – to allow for hiring and building graduate programs
Cost: Shared with Student-to-Faculty Ratio. Grad Students ($6.5M)
Strategy: FSU has a significantly lower percentage of graduate students compared to undergraduates. Attaining the goal requires 2,150 additional graduate students – an increase of over 25%. To get there, we will need to leverage the 250 new faculty hires, the improved retention of current faculty, and incentives for graduate students. Currently, our stipends and waivers are considerably lower than Top 25 institutions. We plan to generate 300 new graduate assistantships and enhance the funding on our current stipends and waivers to allow us to recruit high-quality graduate students.
This will help us improve class size and increase our research capacity.
Time Frame: 2022
Cost: 300 new graduate assistantships ($6.5M) stipend increases ($6M)
Strategy: The four LBRs submitted in support of our Top 25 initiative will increase our U.S. News Financial Resources Rank by 10%. Although the projected gains are modest, these investments will nonetheless move us into the middle third of the rankings on this measure. Further, these investments will go to the core instruction, research and student success efforts of the university.
Time Frame: 2018 and ongoing
Cost: Preeminence LBR ($20M), Student-to-Faculty Ratio ($20M), Faculty Retention LBR ($11.5M), Graduate Students and Postdocs ($18.5M) = $70M Total

Strategy: The four LBRs submitted in support of our Top 25 initiative will increase our U.S. News Financial Resources Rank by 10%. The methodology for calculating Expenditures per Student by U.S. News is not publicly available, so this projection is based on the 10% increase in Financial Resources.
Time Frame: 2018 and ongoing
Cost: Preeminence LBR ($20M), Student-to-Faculty Ratio ($20M), Faculty Retention LBR ($11.5M), Graduate Students and Postdocs ($18.5M) = $70M Total

Strategy: The Proposed Preeminence Interdisciplinary Cluster hire of 88 faculty is designed to create a research core in emerging disciplines where the grant proposal process is much more favorable. The retention of faculty who are reaching their research peak will also greatly benefit us in this area as many of our top faculty have been poached by leading universities in the past. We will identify strategic opportunities for other faculty hires. We are creating greater accountability for the amount of proposals submitted within each discipline relative to our Top 25 peers. These activities will require up to 300 new graduate assistants and 100 Postdoctoral scholars.
Time Frame: 2022
Cost: This involves part of all the aforementioned LBRs

Strategy: Student Selectivity is a composite measure of student test scores, the percent of students in the top 10% of their class and the percent of applicants accepted. In each of these cases, the goal on each sub-measure is to enter the top 25 publics. This will require a 5% point improvement on the latter two measures. FSU will take advantage of the Benequisto Scholarship Program to recruit National Merit Scholars from Florida and work on improving the show rate of students who are accepted. Improving the quality of enrolled students will improve all of the sub-measures.
Time Frame: 2018
Cost: To be accomplished with existing Preeminence funded resources.

Strategy: FSU used existing resources to launch its Take 15 initiative. The results were dramatic, and it is expected it will affect graduation rates particularly for the incoming freshman classes. FSU is also increasing its high-impact practices and will be reducing class sizes as new faculty are hired. Preeminence investments in advising and post-graduation success should also add to our long-term gains in these areas, where FSU has been a national leader.
Time Frame: 2021
Cost: A portion of recurring Preeminence funding ($2M)

Strategy: Graduation Rate Performance is a measure of actual six-year graduation rate versus the graduation rate that was predicted based on the characteristics of the class when it enrolled six years prior (79% – 70% = +9 percentage points). FSU continues to be a national leader in this area. All of our student success efforts contribute to this measure. This is an important measure as it not only reflects institutional efficiency, but is also 7.5% of the U.S. News Overall Ranking.
Time Frame: 2018
Cost: To be accomplished with existing and requested Preeminence funded student success resources. ($2M)
Strategy: Peer assessments are driven by recognition of research and publications expertise and student success among other factors. FSU plans to use its faculty hiring initiative to capture the attention of our university peers who have historically underrated both FSU and UF. High School Counselor ratings should be affected by recruitment of top students and our continued student success. These increases will be the culmination of all the activities listed.
Time Frame: 2022
Cost: No direct cost other than usual marketing materials.

LBR Funding Summary • Preeminence ($20M) – 88 Cluster hires – Student success investments • Student-to-Faculty ratio – 162 Faculty ($20M) • Faculty retention ($11.5M) • Graduate students and Postdocs ($18.5M) – 100 Postdoctoral scholars – 300 Fully funded new graduate assistants – Stipend and waiver increases

http://flbog.edu/pressroom/meeting_items.php?id=201&agenda=1017&type=Upcoming

FSU TV rating

Sports TV Ratings ‏@SportsTVRatings Sep 20

weekend college football:

Ala-Ole Miss: 8.2 million viewers

FSU-Lou: 6.2M

OSU-OK: 5.8M

MSU-ND: 4.99M

ORE-NEB: 4.23M

USC-Stanford: 2.88M

Weak effort from FSU's Thrasher

Again, FSU is limited in the state govt because it's strategies are often little more than 'give us more money' while other schools make specific, more ambitious requests.

FSU states goals, actual strategies to achieve them are weak (ie 'be more diverse') and rarely are actually tracked and held accountable (see research).


doug blackburn‏@dblackburn 52s52 seconds ago

FSU President John Thrasher tells Board of Governors: 'Our performance outpaces our resources. Additionally resources will make us better.'

@floridastate gained 5 spots in recent @usnews ranking. President @John_Thrasher is discussing strategies to land the university in Top 25.

@floridastate President John Thrasher discusses goals to improve instruction, research, service to students and land in Top 25.

FSU Season Tix and Stadium capacity Factoids

http://floridastate.247sports.com/Board/36/Contents/Season-ticket-sales-Champions-Club-sales-47482586

"-- Champions Club sold 3,000 season tickets and there are 2,800 remaining, per Seminole Boosters' Ben Zierden. This met the boosters projections. They are looking to sell tickets to the Champions Club in three-game packs (Clemson or Florida but not both), single-game tickets or a pro-rated season-long ticket. Boosters staff members are actively selling via email list and have tables around Doak on game days.
-- Doak's capacity is now 79,500 per AD Stan Wilcox and Zierden. Stadium capacity in 2015 was 82,300
-- FSU sold 36,600 season tickets, plus the 3,000 for the Champions Club. So that's 39,600 total."

ACC Gameday Factoid

Great stat from accfootballrx.blogspot.com

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/#!/2016/09/acc-teams-on-espn-gameday.html

"Including this weekend, current ACC schools have hosted College GameDay a total of 36 times, and have appeared a total of 89 times on the ESPN show. The following table gives a break down by team:

ACC School	Hosted	Total
Boston College	2	2
Clemson	4	9
Florida State	11	33*
Georgia Tech	2	5
Louisville	1*	2*
Miami	6	18
N Carolina	1	2
NC State	1	1
Pittsburgh	2	2
Syracuse	0	2
Virginia Tech	6	14
Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest		0

* Includes this weekend’s appearance

All but three current ACC teams have at least appeared on GameDay at one time or another. Also, while three teams (BC, NC State and Pitt) have only appeared on GameDay as a host, one team (Syracuse) has only appeared as a visitor."

FSU ACC Top 10 Matchup Factoids

Bob Ferrante ‏@BobFerrante 1m1 minute ago

#FSU is 7-1 in matchups between top-10 ACC teams.


Great add from ACCfootballrx

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/#!/2016/09/history-of-acc-top-10-matchups.html

From the ACC: Louisville, Florida State Meet in Top Ten ACC Matchup

Atlantic Coast Conference teams have faced each other 13 times when both teams were ranked among the nation’s Top 10, and four times when both teams were ranked in the Top Five. This week’s Florida State at Louisville game marks the first Top 10 matchup between two ACC teams since Clemson and North Carolina met in last year Dr Pepper ACC FB Championship Game. Below is a list of the Top 10 Meetings between ACC schools. All rankings are those of the Associated Press (AP).

Year Home Team (Rank)	Visitor (Rank)	Score
1981 North Carolina (8)	Clemson (2)	CL,10-8
1997 North Carolina (5)	Florida State (3)	FS, 20-3
1999 Florida State (1)	Georgia Tech (10)	FS, 41-35
2000 Florida State (4)	Clemson (10)	FS, 54-7
2004 Virginia (6)	Florida State (7)	FS, 36-3
2004 Miami (5)	Florida State (4)	UM,16-10
2004 Miami (9)	Virginia Tech (10)	VT,16-10
2005 Virginia Tech (3)	Miami (5)	UM, 27-7
2007 Virginia Tech (8)	Boston College (2)	BC,14-10
2012 Florida State (4)	Clemson (10)	FS, 49-37
2013 Clemson (3)	Florida State (5)	FS, 51-14
2013 Florida State (3)	Miami (7)	FS, 41-14
2015 Clemson (2)	North Carolina (10)	CU, 45-37
2016 Louisville (10)	Florida State (2)	tbd

Boldface Denotes Top Five Matchups

BOTTOM LINE: This will make 14 times in the last 20 years (5 in the last 5 years) that there has been an ACC conference matchup of top 10 teams in the regular season (including the ACC Championship Game).

FSU and ESPN Gameday Factoid

ACC Football RX with great factoid catch.

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/#!/2016/09/links-news-and-rumors-91416.html

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2016/09/13/louisville-football-espn-college-gameday-set/90298128/

 This is the 32nd time Florida State has been a part of a GameDay. Only Alabama (36), Ohio State (34) and Florida (34) have been a part of more. FSU is 17-14 with GameDay present.

Doak shade?

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/jerry-idea-to-increase-attendence-by-10-20.147646/page-2#post-2459521

People will laugh, I bet we see some sort of artificial shade solution in the not so distant future (15-20 years).

I can't imagine how much of a huge increase in attendance there will be just by affecting the temp by 10-15 degrees.

Jerry Kutz
"I am not laughing. We asked about something similar being used in Japan."

This is AWESOME!!! The question is... Where do you store it when you don't need it?

Jerry Kutz
 You partner it with the Jaguars or Bucs and rent it out for all kinds of events the rest of the year.
We looked into an inflatable that has been used in Japan. It is not so far fetched.
Not sure how comfortable people would feel with a dirigible hanging over their head.

Years ago someone posted his mock up of Doak with a retractable roof. Would love to see it again as it received many good laughs... Anyone remember who the poster was?

Jamnolfin
We have real mock ups of everything imaginable from whole roofs to partials, split level, bowl, added suites. The stadium is no different than campus, we have a plan for everything with pictures

Universitiy Endowments

https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/university-endowments

"As of June 2015, the endowments of the 812 U.S. universities that responded to an industry survey amounted to $529 billion. Some 75 percent of that was held by the wealthiest 94 universities in the survey, which each had endowments of $1 billion or more. The average return on investment in the year ending June 2015 was 2.4 percent, about half of the gain for the S&P 500 Index. "










http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-12/seven-college-endowments-report-annual-losses-in-choppy-markets


"
College endowments are poised to take the worst slide in performance since the 2009 recession. Funds with more than $500 million lost a median 0.73 percent in the year through June 30, according to the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service. The Wilshire data, from fund custodians, excludes fees while most schools report returns net of fees.
“It was a bit of a bloodbath,” as swings in the markets challenged stock pickers, Jagdeep Bachher, chief investment officer at the University of California system, said at an investment committee meeting on Sept. 9, according to a webcast of the meeting. “Last year was a bad year for active managers all around.”

Ohio State University and California had the largest declines through June 30 among the seven at 3.4 percent each while the University of Virginia fell 1.5 percent. It’s shaping up to be the worst year for endowment returns since 2009, when the richest schools had a loss of 21.8 percent, according to the Wilshire service. For fiscal 2016, a benchmark 60/40 portfolio of the Wilshire 5000 Total Stock Market Index for U.S. equities and the Wilshire Bond Index returned 4.5 percent."

FSU Nike apparel deal

http://csnbbs.com/thread-790730.html

"Here are the ACC schools:
# 6 - Notre Dame - Under Armour - $9.0 million per year
#9 - Miami - Addidas - $7.5 million per year
#11 - Louisville - Addidas - $6.78 million per year
#14 - NC State - Addidas - $6.45 million per year
#20 - Duke - Nike - $4.25 million per year
#22 - Florida State - Nike - $4.20 million per year
#25 - North Carolina - Nike - $3.55 million per year
#31 - Virginia - Nike - $3.3 million per year
#34 - Pitt - Nike - $3.25 million per year
#35 - Syracuse - Nike - $3.0 million per year
#35 - Wake Forest - Nike - $3.0 million per year
#40 - Clemson - Nike - $2.83 million per year
#43 - Boston College - Under Armour - $2.5 million per year
#47 - Georgia Tech - Russell - $2.3 million per year
#62 - Virginia Tech - Nike - $1.88 million per year"

Tallahassee Top 10 in startup growth

Direct impact from FSU.


Lucas Lindsey ‏@urbnist Sep 12 Tallahassee, FL

The momentum is real. Tallahassee metro named Top Ten in #startup growth. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/st-louis-is-the-new-startup-frontier/ … #IHeartTallypic.twitter.com/WRoi98yPl6

Domi Station, Cuttlesoft, Florida DEO and 7 others

19 retweets 22 likes

 

FSU leaps ahead in national rankings

https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2016/09/13/fsu-leaps-ahead-national-rankings/

"Florida State University moved up five places in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to No. 38 among all public national universities.
FSU had the greatest gain of all of the Top 50 public universities. The rankings appear in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2017” guidebook. Last year, FSU ranked No. 43 among public universities.
“We are extremely pleased that U.S. News & World Report has recognized the significant gains FSU has made in its pursuit of higher levels of academic excellence,” said President John Thrasher. “This upward movement is a testament to the hard work of our exceptional faculty, staff and students who continue to make FSU one of the best universities in the nation.”
Florida State’s excellent graduation and student retention rates are key to FSU’s ranking among the nation’s best public universities. With a 79 percent graduation rate, Florida State well exceeded a prediction by U.S. News that FSU’s graduation rate would be 70 percent. Only three public institutions in the Top 100 exceeded their predicted rate by a greater degree than FSU.
“Our faculty are to be commended for providing our students with an excellent education and helping them graduate with the knowledge and the skills they need to be successful in 21st century careers,” Thrasher said.
FSU also saw improvements in reputational ratings by university peers and high school guidance counselors, as well as faculty resources. These factors contributed to FSU’s ascension in the rankings, according to Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sally McRorie.
“This year’s ranking reflects the academic rigor and culture of student success that has long distinguished Florida State University as one of the best research institutions in the country,” McRorie said.
Florida State continues to make long-term investments in faculty hiring, market equity improvements and retention, which will be reflected in the university’s rankings in the coming years as well, she said.
U.S. News & World Report determines its rankings based on seven factors: graduation and retention rates (22.5 percent); assessment of excellence, i.e. peer and high school counselor assessment (22.5 percent); faculty resources, (20 percent); student selectivity (12.5 percent); financial resources (10 percent); graduation rate performance, i.e. the difference between actual and predicted graduation rate (7.5 percent); and alumni giving (5 percent).
Florida State University shares the No. 38 spot with three other public universities: North Carolina State University, University of Colorado-Boulder and the University of Vermont.
Among all national universities, including private universities, FSU ranked 92nd, up from 96th last year. The national universities category comprises 310 institutions (189 public, 114 private and seven for-profit) that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degrees. "

http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Florida-State-ranked-92nd-in-latest-Best-College-rankings-393244991.html

"FSU 92nd in latest 'Best College' rankings; 38th among public schools

The football polls aren't the only rankings that FSU finds itself moving up in.
U.S. News and World Report has released its 2017 best college rankings and Florida State University finds itself in the top 100 overall, checking in at 92nd in the 'National Universities' category.
According to the rankings, FSU is also 38th in the top public school rankings. That's an increase of five spots over where the university found itself last year, ranked 43rd.
FSU is also 63rd amongst business programs.
Florida A&M University wasn't ranked among the top colleges overall, but did find itself 7th among Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 135th in engineering programs.
The University of Florida ranked 50th overall and was named the 14th top public school.
Princeton, Harvard, Chicago, Yale, Columbia, and Stanford, with the last two being tied, make up the top five."

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/13/fsu-moves-up-national-ranking/90285976/

"Florida State University moved up five places in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to No. 38 among all public national universities.
FSU had the greatest gain of all of the Top 50 public universities. The rankings appear in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2017” guidebook. Last year, FSU ranked No. 43 among public universities.
“We are extremely pleased that U.S. News & World Report has recognized the significant gains FSU has made in its pursuit of higher levels of academic excellence,” President John Thrasher said in a news release. “This upward movement is a testament to the hard work of our exceptional faculty, staff and students who continue to make FSU one of the best universities in the nation.”
Florida State’s graduation and student retention rates are key to FSU’s ranking among the nation’s best public universities. With a 79-percent graduation rate, Florida State exceeded a prediction by U.S. News that FSU’s graduation rate would be 70 percent.
Only three public institutions in the Top 100 exceeded their predicted rate by a greater degree than FSU.
“Our faculty are to be commended for providing our students with an excellent education and helping them graduate with the knowledge and the skills they need to be successful in 21st century careers,” Thrasher said."


ACC
8 Duke
15 Notre Dame
24 Virginia
27 Wake Forest
30 North Carolina
31 Boston College
34 Georgia Tech
44 Miami
60 Syracuse
66 Clemson
68 Pittsburgh
74 Virginia Tech
92 NC State
92 Florida State
171 Louisville

FSU SEC Invite History Part 2

Singleshot  ⚾ ‏@Singleshot25 18h18 hours ago

Hey @SEC, we were right here waiting for you all the way back in 1958 fam.pic.twitter.com/jPpUYX2Une

5 retweets 3 likes

 

Township at CollegeTown

FSU Boosters owned property



http://townshiptlh.com/

With a focus of urban street fare, Township will provide several experiences under one 8,000 sq. foot roof. And, as some of you have heard, part of that roof is retractable since Tallahassee offers beautiful evenings for a private party.
Any Questions or Want to Book a Private Event?
Info@TownshipTLH.com

Brought to you by the same team as

© 2016 Township, All Rights Reserved

http://www.urbantallahassee.com/index.php/projects1/item/863-township-at-collegetown

Renderings of the inside/outside of the establishment


Rendering of the private event space w/ retractable roof

ESPN love affair with SEC continues

SEC Exposed‏@SEC_Exposed 1h1 hour ago

Note how #ESecPN shows #SEC .556 against P5 but conveniently fails to mention even the #ACC was .571 against P5 pic.twitter.com/3GmNcVtsNp

FSU Screaming Elvis?

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-footballs-top-25-logos-2016

20 FSU

Yes, we much preferred the old Florida State logo that didn’t look like a screaming Elvis but FSU’s new logo circa 2014 looks enough like the old one to warrant a spot on this list.

More ESPN BS

Bobby Q. Chicken ‏@dBdaSportsGuru 10h10 hours ago

Bobby Q. Chicken Retweeted ESPN CollegeFootball

Since when in the hell is 10/19 for 91 yards passing "letting it loose"?

 

@SEC_Exposedhttps://twitter.com/ESPNCFB/status/774822096778174464 …

Bobby Q. Chicken added,

ESPN CollegeFootball @ESPNCFB

Josh Dobbs let it loose at Bristol Motor Speedway tonight. pic.twitter.com/FfYHqiGdWO

9 retweets 17 likes

 

Future Doak renovation notes?

Singleshot  ⚾‏@Singleshot25 5m5 minutes ago

Gene said phases 3&4 will feature some "new enticements not yet legal in Florida" that Thrasher was working on.

FSU SEC invite history

Singleshot  ⚾ ‏@Singleshot25 4h4 hours ago

Feb 1, 1965. We were also scared of the SEC though...pic.twitter.com/Gkzr4WvFHz

11 retweets 17 likes

 

Most players in NFL by University

Bruce Feldman ‏@BruceFeldmanCFB 9m9 minutes ago

Most players on opening day NFL rosters by coll>

1 #LSU-44;

2 #Bama-42;

3 #FSU-41;

4 #OSU 39;

5 #UF-38;

6 #UGA-36;

7 #Clemson-34.

8 #Miami-31

FSU COE update

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/08/famu-fsu-coe-dean-sets-goal-becoming-top-50-institution/90092270/

"J. Murray Gibson, dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, says it has the right combination to become one of the country’s top schools in 10 years.
Gibson, addressing members of the college’s Management Council meeting Thursday, said the joint college also has the potential to supply engineers for future job demands in Florida, while also helping to fill the void of minority engineers nationwide.
“In five to 10 years, I could see this being a top 50 college, the best in the country for producing African-American engineers,” said Murray, who was appointed dean in June.

Getting there will require increased private fundraising, hiring top professors, branding the college and convincing the Legislature that the school needs more money.
Today, the college ranks 117th in national graduate rankings. It has 90 faculty members and generates $20 million in research funding. In comparison, the University of Florida ranks NO. 43 nationally. It has 200 faculty members and brings in $68 million in annual research.
State University System Chancellor Marshall Criser III, suggested the college form a collaboration with Florida’s business leaders in generating research money. He mentioned the success of The Georgia Research Association and its relationship with Georgia Tech and other Peach state universities.
FSU President John Thrasher said it was important to note the joint college’s improvements in the past two years. The next step is to get legislative approval for more funding.
The college’s legislative budget request for next year is a little more than $7 million. That includes $3 million in “start-up” money for new faculty and boosting research capabilities; an additional $625,000 for five new faculty members and $1 million to increase faculty salaries so they are more in line with colleagues nationally. It also would go toward making salaries between FAMU faculty and FSU faculty more equitable.
Murray said the joint college also could become a model for other universities serious about producing more minority graduates. His goal is to have it recognized as the “best engineering school in the nation” for educating black engineers.

 

He also noted The Social Mobility Index ranked FAMU No. 3 in the nation in improving the economic standing for underserved students. Harvard placed 438, he said.
“Apple would hire most everyone we could produce,” he said of the tech-industry’s push to diversify their workplaces.
Later, council members were given a tour of the college."

Jimbo Fisher Factoid of the day

The Daily Nole ‏@TheDailyNole 39s39 seconds ago

The Daily Nole Retweeted CB

This is bizarre stat. #FSU is also 68-0 under Jimbo Fisher when leading after the fourth quarter...

FSU Nike contract? Good deal for FSU or not?

http://floridastate.247sports.com/Board/36/Contents/FSUs-Nike-contract-wealthiest-in-the-state-47285110

tricknole

"$4M is PEANUTS compared to what schools have started making in recent years. We signed an extension with Nike 3 years ago that gave us a minimal bump in money/apparel. Our old contract wasn't finished yet and we foolishly failed to go to the open market and see what Adidas and Under Armour would bid, and if it would force Nike to up it's bid. Now we're stuck - yes, STUCK - with a deal that pays out a max $4.5M in apparel/cash until 2022-23. When some schools are making $10M RIGHT NOW. Miami is making more than that with their new Adidas contract (granted, Adidas is by far the ugliest of the 3 apparel supplies, Russell is the most hideous, but aside from GT I'm not sure who still uses them).
And no, rsmd2015, close to $3M in gear and apparel is not a lot. Not for 500 student athletes across all sports. Not for all of their uniform combinations, practice gear, footwear (both on and off the court/field), backpacks, etc. Especially if they use retail pricing and not wholesale (which I'm sure it specifies in the contract but I'm not going to bother finding it)."


http://floridastate.247sports.com/Bolt/FSUs-Nike-contract-wealthiest-in-the-state-47285110

"
Florida State has a long standing relationship Nike, the ‘Noles official apparel designer since 1998. FSU has one of the strongest brands in all of college football. The teams brand has been built as much on winning as it has on the Nike uniforms and footwear.
The Business Journal released the most recent financial numbers of Florida State’s deal with Nike. It shows that Nike is supplying the program with $2.8 Million in Nike gear, which goes above and beyond just jerseys and cleats. This also includes, gloves, workout gear, backpacks and other FSU labeled clothing.

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Between the gear that is given to the team and the cash payout from Nike to FSU, this year’s deal with Nike with pay Florida State a total of $4.2 million dollars.

You can read more about it here and also see what other teams’ deals are worth.

Here’s what the other teams in the state of Florida are making off their apparel deals:
University of Florida (Nike) $3.2 million
USF (Under Armour) $3 million
FIU (Adidas) $373,000
FAU (Adidas) $295,000
*UCF and Miami’s numbers were not disclosed."


Top 25 apparel deals for this season:

1. Texas: $12,850,000 Nike
2. Wisconsin: $11,000,000 UA
3. Mich: $10,440,000 Nike
4. UCLA: $8,900,000 Adidas
5. SoCar: $8,500,000 UA
6. U of L: $6,865,000 Adidas
7. TAMU: $6,700,000 Adidas
8. KU: $6,650,000 Adidas
9. tOSU: $6,205,681 Nike
10. AU: $6,200,000 UA
11. IU: $5,625,000 Adidas
12. Cinci: $4,695,000 UA
13. Maryland: $4,550,000 UA
14. UConn: $4,475,000 Nike
15. LSU: $4,300,000 Nike
16. FSU: $4,210,000 Nike
17. Neb: $4,190,000 Adidas
18. Illini: $4,000,000 Nike
19. UNC: $3,875,000 Nike
20. UGA: $3,813,000 Nike
21. Tenn: $3,8000,000 Nike
22. Bama: $3,790,000 Nike
23. Wash: $3,692,000 Nike
24. Mich St: $3,590,000 Nike
25. UK: $3,525,000 Nike


http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/feature/ncaa-deals-nike-adidas-under-armour.html

Duke, ACC, & football

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article99589157.html

"Until recently the university exhibited a tacit – some would say healthy – ambivalence toward the athletic arms race consuming college programs in elite conferences. But visitors to Duke’s West Campus this past Saturday for the Blue Devils’ 2016 home football opener against N.C. Central saw an historic departure – an emphatic and enthusiastic embrace of the accouterments of big-time sports.
Supporters of Duke athletics have rushed to fund a vision that’s been almost a decade in reaching fruition, embodied in a 2008 blueprint modestly titled “Unrivaled Ambition: A Strategic Plan for Duke Athletics.” An athletic fundraising effort launched in 2012 sought a quarter of a billion dollars to realize the plan’s goals. Already it’s brought in a staggering $350 million, $100 million beyond its original target, with 11 months to go in the campaign."

Spending on football

"Certainly it’s grown. In virtually one gulp, Duke has added a quarter of a million square feet of new structures at its athletic core. That square footage doesn’t count numerous Olympic sport improvements, among them a new East Campus softball stadium for Duke’s 27th team. Thanks to the ongoing fundraising effort, many Olympic sports anticipate an infusion of scholarship support, presently a $21 million annual athletic department expense at $70,000 per head. Olympic athletes are already using their own 13,000-square-foot workout and training facility in the new Brooks Center across the plaza from Cameron.
A 30,000-square-foot addition to Cameron expanded the lobby and hospitality space, and administrative offices moved to Brooks after 75 years of coexistence with basketball. “It’s not an office building trying to be an athletic facility anymore,” Cragg says.
The key change, though, reflects realities beyond campus. Where once basketball drove TV revenues, particularly for the ACC, now the preponderance of income is derived from football. Top-notch facilities and support, matched by a quality coach such as David Cutcliffe, are seen as prerequisites to consistent relevance in a Power Five conference.
“We had to be a legitimate player in football,” Cragg says. “The previous model of Duke athletics probably didn’t work in the modern world by relying on one sport, being basketball. We’re unique in that – most schools are built around football.”
In fact, Duke was built around football, its teams nationally prominent from 1930 through the ACC’s early years. More recently the school became a laggard in football spending, its coaches’ salaries at the bottom of the ACC as the Blue Devils endured a run of 17 losing records in 18 seasons under four different men prior to Cutcliffe’s well-timed arrival in December 2007. The strategic plan adopted four months later succinctly targeted the need to “change the culture of the entire program” in football.
Duke had voted in vain with North Carolina in 2003 against league expansion that brought in Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech and enhanced the ACC’s football orientation. Soon afterward Duke was engulfed by a scandal involving a party-prone men’s lacrosse squad, an unethical prosecutor and a dissembling and disturbed young woman whose accusations were ultimately discredited. The mess riveted national attention in 2006 and 2007, much to Duke’s detriment.
Cragg says the painful episode drove the school to reappraise, spurring the formulation of its 38-page strategic plan in 2008. “We were at a low point here,” Cragg concedes. “I think it forced us, and I say that in a healthy way, it forced us to look at ourselves and our university to look at athletics.”
The plan parochially cited 1992 improvements to football facilities at UNC as precipitating “a tidal wave that swept across the ACC.” More germane, that same year Florida State, a football colossus, had joined the conference with the promise its presence would lift all boats. Instead FSU immediately dominated, finishing first for nine straight seasons with a combined 70-2 league record. That sparked a competitive spending spree that hasn’t abated since.