FSU 1990s run ranks as the best full decade in @SBN_BillC's CFB history

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.@FSU_Football's 1990s run ranks as the best full decade in @SBN_BillC's CFB history http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/2/29/11125594/ncaa-football-best-teams-decades-history-alabama-fsu-nebraska-oklahoma-michigan … pic.twitter.com/GaF3g408uJ

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http://www.theterritory.org/phorum/read.php?5,487170

"FSU's only loss at home during the 90's (1991 wide right game).

That was it. "


 

The most hated CFB teams in the country...

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CRA sells property for College Town development

Interesting moves for area near stadium

CRA sells property for College Town development


The Community Redevelopment Agency sold a parcel of land on Gaines Street for $788,000 to North American Properties - Southeast Inc., a developer feeding the frenzy in student housing within College Town.
The transaction was approved Thursday by the CRA board, made up of city and county commissioners. The lot is located at 715 W. Gaines St. near Stone Valley Way, and it's appraised at $770,000. CRA documents indicate North American Properties sent an unsolicited letter that outlined its interest to purchase. CRA staff then issued a public notice to sell the property. North American Properties was the only respondent and offered $18,000 more than the appraised value.
“This is well done. We had an unsolicited offer and competitive process. Now we have a respondent who’s going to pay $18,000 more than the appraised price,” City Commissioner Scott Maddox said. “They’ve been a partner there, and that’s exactly how this process should work.”
College Town's explosive development sparked an increase in student housing. While it doesn't have a name at this time, the newly purchased land is slated for a 377,025-square-foot development with 123 housing units, 25,000 square feet of retail space and 992 parking spaces.
North American Properties, founded in 1954, is a real estate operating company with properties in several regions across the country. It has developed and managed more than $5 billion in properties involving retail, housing and commercial space.
Shawn McIntyre, senior vice president at North American Properties, said the Gaines Street property was key in a larger plan to acquire four pieces of property needed in that immediate area of College Town.
“This was the hole in the doughnut, the linchpin for this piece. Now that that’s been approved, I can sign that project and move forward,” McIntyre said.
“We’re densifying the Gaines Street corridor in accordance with basically 20 years of planning," McIntyre said. "If you look at our investment in Gaines Street, which is now over $200 million, we have raised property taxes from probably $20,000 to $35,000 per year to over a $1 million a year."


http://www.urbantallahassee.com/index.php/theforum/viewtopic.php?p=34249#p34249

area with potential road reconfigure

"They may be relocating Stone Valley Road because the proposed development seems to be bigger than what they can fit on that lot alone (715 Gaines). Here's a comparison of this development versus The Block and The Deck based on the information I could find on Urban Tallahassee.

New property: 377,025-square-foot development; 123 housing units; 25,000 square feet of retail space; and 992 parking spaces.
The Block:         99,827-square-foot development; 116 housing units; 13,000 square feet of retail space; and 238 parking spaces.
The Deck:                ???-square-foot development; 221 housing units; 20,187 square feet of retail space; and ??? parking spaces."

"

Tri States Automotive is on one parcel to the west of Stone Valley. Next parcel includes the land on the east of Stone Valley that currently has Train. Fight. Win. Fitness and MMA. FSU Multidisciplinary makes up the 715 parcel. East of the 715 parcel is two sub parcels that make up Scott-Burnett contracting and its warehouse.

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FSU Factoid of the Day

Seminoles Recruiting‏@FSU_Recruiting Feb 25

#FSU is the only school to produce a Consensus All-American every year since 2010. pic.twitter.com/qrBcxqlrdi

Another FSU College of Medicine Residency Program

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/money/2016/02/21/determined-dermatologists/80616096/

Cases and paperwork litter the top of Dr. David Dolson's desk as he peers into one end of a high powered microscope with three lenses.

He slips a glass slide under one prong of the device that he uses to teach students about scores of diseases. Dolson's expertise is apparent as he explains what he saw on a microscopic level, which to a lay person looks more like a psychedelic snapshot of blue and magenta lines and dark dots.

“We are not just learning how to remove a carburetor," he said. "These are people.”

Dolson diagnoses samples processed within the lab at Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee, the region's largest dermatology practice in the Panhandle.

The private practice is taking a bold step by launching a new residency program. It will one day produce more trained dermatologists for the area, which is desperately needed.

'A big undertaking'

Every day an average of 450 patients turn to Dermatology Associates for care.

Patients represent fishermen, farmers or scores of men and women who may have noticed a curious dark spot on their bodies and were concerned enough to make a call for treatment. But, treatment isn't so easy.

Some drive two to three hours for a diagnosis, surgery and treatment. They come from as far as Lake City, Albany and Tifton, both in Georgia, and Dothan, Alabama, for treatment at the practice's offices in Valdosta, Georgia, Panama City and Tallahassee. The practice, in response to overwhelming need, opened satellite sites in rural areas where patients have a harder time driving themselves to an office hours away.

With Florida being the "Sunshine State," Dermatology Associates is ever busy diagnosing and treating skin cancer and other issues.

John Prince, former chairman of the Tift Regional Medical Hospital Board of Directors, said there are no dermatologists in Tift County, which has a population of 40,000 people. As a result, potentially life-threatening issues go untreated because care is hard to access.

“That’s the reason they won’t go," Prince said. "It develops to a much more serious illness."

He became a patient after he noticed a spot on his leg and was later diagnosed with melanoma in 2014. Several visits to Tallahassee, a surgery at the Mayo Clinic and 68 stitches later, Prince said he is one of the lucky ones because it was caught early.

What makes this residency program so unique is the fact that it's a community-based effort led by Dermatology Associates.

Other residency programs are usually linked to a tertiary care center, such as Shands Hospital. The Tallahassee's dermatology residency program was at least seven years in the making.

 

Dr. Armand Cognetta, the practice's chief of dermatology, was the visionary behind the new program. But four components were needed: a pathologist, core faculty, a program director and the backing of Florida State University.

News of the new program traveled fast once potential students across the country learned of what Dermatology Associates launched. Competition is stiff for the three-year program since only two students per year will be accepted. More than 70 applications poured in.

The ultimate goal is to teach these students with the hope they will stay in the area. Cognetta said, in most cases, residency students will live within 50 miles of where they trained or the "mother ship," as he called it.

"The best way to keep people in the area is to really train people in the area,” Dr. John Fogarty, dean of FSU's College of Medicine, who's supported the program's concept for years.

He views dermatology as a specialty medicine with a shortage of doctors. The new program aligns with the school's mission to serve communities.

"I think it’s great that this kind of strategic planning has taken place," Fogarty said. "They’ve done a great job of long-term planning and not just looking at the long term."

This new program is no small feat, he added.

Cognetta, one of the area's most renowned dermatologists, said the practice is fully funding the launch of the program. He and his team would rather not stall the program by waiting on grants or other funding to surface.

"Hopefully over time, we’ll get some funding from various other sources," he said. "Our highest priority as physicians is to see and care for patients in our community and region. An even higher calling, perhaps, is training the next generation of physicians who will ultimately take our place."

Coveted opportunities with few slots

On Jan. 17, another achievement for the program was when it became accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The group provides accreditation for residency programs nationwide.

The vigorous accreditation process took about two and half years.

Dermatology is a highly specialized field with few opportunities nationwide. Around the country, there are 116 residency programs with 385 slots per year. Florida has four dermatology residency programs, such as University of Miami (six residents per year) and University of Florida (four residents program).

Dr. George Cohen takes a scalpel scrapping from the skin of a patient in his office at the Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Cohen uses the scrapings to perform a quick microscopic diagnosis for living signs of potential skin irritations.
(Photo: Joe Rondone/Democrat)

“To get that accreditation, it’s really a big deal because it shows that you’ve got the ability and they believe you’ll do a good job to produce certified dermatology. That says a lot. That makes us accredited as any university facility,” said Dr. George Cohen, the resident program director.

“Whether it’s the University of Florida or Harvard, they are accredited by the same body.”

Contact TaMaryn Waters at tlwaters@tallahassee.com or follow @TaMarynWaters on Twitter. 

FSU is one of the nation’s top research institutions for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars and students

FSU is one of the nation’s top research institutions for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars and students

"Florida State University is one of the nation’s top research institutions for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars and students, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which publishes an annual list of top producers by type of institution.
Seven faculty scholars from Florida State were awarded Fulbright grants for 2015-2016. FSU is tied for third in the nation among research institutions.
Florida State also ranked among the nation’s top-producing research institutions for Fulbright students with 11 students receiving awards in 2015-2016 — the only school from Florida on the list.
“This is a remarkable accomplishment for Florida State University,” said Sally McRorie, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Florida State. “It signifies the depth of excellence of both of our faculty and students.”
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recently announced the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Scholars. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.
Seven is the largest number of Fulbright faculty scholar awards Florida State has received in an academic year.
“FSU’s recognition as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars is a tribute to the excellence of our faculty,” said Janet Kistner, interim vice president for Faculty Development and Advancement. “We congratulate each of our seven awardees.”
In addition, it is the third time in four years that FSU has been a top-producing university for Fulbright Students. Ten recent FSU graduates received grants for the 2015-2016 academic year as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, while another earned a Fulbright-mtvU Award — a special Fulbright that focuses on contemporary or popular music as a cultural force for expression or change.
“Our continued success with the Fulbright student awards demonstrates the phenomenal dedication of our undergraduate and graduate students to international research and education, as well as Florida State University’s commitment to supporting an environment that fosters international experiences for our students,” said Craig Filar, director of FSU’s Office of National Fellowships.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide."

Big 12 payout in 2014-15 was $9.4 million less per school than SEC

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS 53m53 minutes ago

Big 12 payout in 2014-15 was $9.4 million less per school than SEC http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/25486513/big-12-schools-made-9-million-less-than-sec-counterparts-in-2014-15 …

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FSU Factoid of the Day

Dakota Moyer ‏@DakMoyer 24s25 seconds ago

You know what's crazy. Florida State scored 94 touchdowns in 2013. Ninety-four. That's nearly 7 per game.


The Daily Nole ‏@TheDailyNole 46s47 seconds ago

The Daily Nole Retweeted Dakota Moyer

Seven and change, but who's counting? https://twitter.com/DakMoyer/status/700062725905448961 …

 

The Daily Nole added,

Dakota Moyer @DakMoyer

You know what's crazy. Florida State scored 94 touchdowns in 2013. Ninety-four.…

          

 

Is Florida State the best college football program of the last 30 years?

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2016/2/11/10961794/florida-state-program-best-college-football-30-years

"I came up with a scoring system (below) and ranked the 10 most successful football programs of the last 30 years – a time frame that conveniently starts at the beginning of Miami’s great run and ends in the present day with the college football world being subjected to Alabama’s.

Counting down:

Honorable mentions: Teams we evaluated that didn’t make the top-10

Auburn: 506.4 points

Texas: 494.4 points

Penn State: 478.8 points

Notre Dame: 470.4 points

Tennessee: 459.8 points

Oregon: 459 points

#10 LSU: 517.4 points

The two national championships really help LSU here, as they came in with the lowest win total of any team on the list, also with eight losing seasons between 1989 and 1999 it’s safe to say that there has been a dramatic uptick in the quality of LSU football since Nick Saban came to town in 2000.

#9 Michigan: 644 points

The tail end of Schembechler’s career, the brief but reasonably successful stint of Gary Moeller, and a national championship under Lloyd Carr had Michigan cruising along until the Rich Rod hire.

#8 Oklahoma: 694.4 points

Except for the last couple years of Barry Switzer (86-88), Oklahoma’s point total is almost entirely attributable to Bob Stoops. Nine very good or great seasons, finish ranked in 14 of his 16 total seasons, and a national championship to boot is not a bad legacy to leave behind as a head coach.

#7 Nebraska: 719.4 points

You could call them the anti-LSU, where 90’s Nebraska (three championships, five major bowl wins) had the Huskers as easily one of the top-3 schools from 1986 to 1999. Since that time the Bill Callahan, Bo Pelini, and Mike Riley years have not been as kind of this school’s status as an elite-tier football program.

#6 USC: 766.4 points

Thank goodness for Pete Carroll, all seven of Southern Cal’s top-5 finishes and 6 of their 8 major bowl wins came during an amazing streak from 2002-2008 with two national championships peppered in the middle.

#5 Florida: 814 points

Florida’s history as a major football power roughly starts with the hiring of Steve Spurrier in 1990. They’ve had the benefit of two future all-time great coaches build their college football legacy at Florida, but the misfortune of having both tenures end prematurely. Still, 3 national championships, 2 Heismans, and 14 top-10 finishes later, the Gators have done alright building themselves up the last couple of decades.

#4 Ohio State: 864.6 points

Ohio State might have the best argument for divine institutional oversight of any football team in the nation. They have arguably not made a bad coaching hire since 1947 (Wes Fesler, the man who preceded Woody Hayes). In the last 30 years the continuity between John Cooper, Jim Tressel, and the ridiculous 50-win 4-loss tenure of Urban Meyer has gone far in helping tOSU consistently rack up points. They have the 2nd most conference championships, 2nd most major bowl appearances, 2nd most top-5 AP finishes, and the 3rd most ranked season (22 of the last 30).

#3 Alabama: 893.2 points

It’s amazing what a good coaching hire can do. Starting with the departure of Gene Stallings in 1997 Alabama had an 11 year run of mediocrity, going 74-61 with just one conference title, one major bowl appearance (a loss to Michigan), and four losing seasons. Four national championships the last 7 years will turn your ranking around pretty quickly. It’s not just the national championships though; the last 8 years have also given Alabama two Heisman winners, 8 consecutive top-10 AP finishes, 25 consensus All-Americans, 17 first-round draft picks, and a 105-18 combined record that rockets them all the way up to #3.

#2 Miami: 904.8 points

If this list were done on a yearly basis, Miami would start dropping precipitously. Their god-level run from 1986-1992 which gave them 7 consecutive top-3 finishes, three national championships, five major bowl wins, two Heisman winners, and 15 first-team all-Americans is going to be a difficult task for Mark Richt to keep pace with. The U-part-2 revival under Butch Davis/Larry Coker grabbed them another three major bowl wins, a fourth national title the last 30 years, and four more AP-top 5 finishes. What ultimately gives them the edge over Alabama? Draft picks. The hurricanes have accumulated an extraordinary number of 1st round draft picks – beating the Tide 47 to 29, and leaving a tied 2nd place Ohio State/FSU in the dust with 36 – they’ve accumulated by locking down the South Florida hotbed during their periods of greatness.

#1 Florida State: 1140.4 points

Much like Florida, just about all of Florida State’s history as a major power exists in the last 30 years, the Seminoles have just done it better. Kicking off with the Nole’s first-ever top-5 AP finish in 1987, they have been easily the best team in college football thanks to probably the greatest 14-year run in history under Bobby Bowden and the recent resurgence of national accomplishment under Jimbo Fisher. Over this time frame the Noles lead the nation in conference championships (15, 2nd place Ohio State, Oklahoma, Michigan have 11), Major bowl wins (12, 2nd place Ohio State has 10), major bowl appearances (20, 2nd place Ohio State has 14), total bowl wins (21, 2nd place Alabama has 15), top-5 AP finishes (16, 2nd place Ohio State has 12), top-10 AP finishes (17, 2nd place Ohio State has 13), ranked seasons (26, 2nd place Michigan has 24), losing seasons (0, 2nd place Florida has 1), Total wins (301, 2nd place Ohio State has 289), Heisman winners (3, tied with Southern Cal), Consensus All-Americans (37, 2nd place Alabama has 36). When you throw in trailing only Alabama and Miami in national championships, and only Miami in 1st round draft picks, you get the best football team of the last 30 years."

FSU 2nd most Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award Winners

But you would never know it from the press.....would you?

Never trust the media folks, they only care about $$$ and how that tells them how to report.  ESPECIALLY ESPN.



http://www.tomahawknation.com/2016/2/10/10957774/fsu-dominating-in-state-rivals-walter-payton-nfl-man-of-the-year

"Florida State football players are thugs? That's rich. And it's even more laughable if you consider the recipients of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. The award is presented annually to exemplars of community service, and last weekend, former Florida State receiver Anquan Boldin became the third Seminole to take home the honor held in such high regard by the NFL that it is actually the finally award bestowed during the NFL Honors, a prize announced even after the MVP.

I wrote earlier about how Boldin followed Seminole greats Derrick Brooks and Warrick Dunn as recipients of the hallowed award-- but just where does that place FSU in the pantheon of former players who have acquitted themselves as gentlemen at the highest level? Only one school, Notre Dame (with four), has accounted for more NFL Man of the Year recipients than Florida State, and the 'Noles find themselves tied with only USC and Alabama as the three programs to have produced almost as many recipients of the award as the Irish.

Notably absent from the list are Miami and Florida, neither of which have ever produced a single Walter Payton NFL Player of the Year Award winner."

ESPN/SEC Top 6

ESECPN bias

SEC Exposed ‏@SEC_Exposed 3m3 minutes ago

SEC Exposed Retweeted ESPN CollegeFootball

A “Top 6”. Gee, where have we seen this (and “Top 11”) before? #ESecPN #ESPNisSECsBitch http://twitter.com/ESPNCFB/status/698622151272898565 …

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ESPN CollegeFootball @ESPNCFB

2016 Preseason Football Power Index (FPI): http://es.pn/1VcpFk7  6 BAMA 5 TENN…

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FSU most players drafted to NFL since 1995

Thanks to ACC Football RX for nice find.


http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2016/02/links-news-and-rumors-21216.html

Top NFL FeedersWe looked at this NFL.com chart once already, but let's take another look...

Player's Lounge 360

http://on.bubb.li/384228aaey5zcnkhqiqwuo0/

FSU Champions Club Update Pictures

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/champions-club-new-pictures-2-10-16.112158/

 

9 NOLEurROLE, 42 minutes ago

The Big 12 is way behind in attracting top players

SB✯Nation CFB ‏@SBNationCFB 22m22 minutes ago

The Big 12 is way behind in attracting top players http://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2016/2/10/10939292/signing-day-2016-ncaa-recruiting-big-ten-sec-acc … pic.twitter.com/EgGRJen9tb

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Trustee donates downtown building to house School of Entrepreneurship

Trustee donates downtown building to house School of Entrepreneurship


"Brian Ballard, CEO of Ballard Partners, and Kathryn Ballard, a Florida State University alumna and member of the FSU Board of Trustees, are giving the university a building valued at $1.1 million in downtown Tallahassee that will serve as the home of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship and the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship and will be the physical centerpiece of Florida State’s “entrepreneurial university” initiative.
The three-story, 19,000-square-foot building is the former Guaranty National Bank, located at 111 S. Monroe St.
“This incredibly generous gift is a remarkable demonstration of Brian and Kathryn Ballard's support for Florida State University,” said President John Thrasher. “It will enable us to quickly follow through on making the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship a reality.”
After first undergoing an interior and exterior renovation, the building will be ready for occupancy in summer of 2017. Its prime location will place Florida State faculty and students close to the state Capitol, downtown businesses and statewide associations and within a short walk to a new FSU College of Business building.
The Ballards’ gift follows a landmark $100 million gift to the university in December by Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation. That gift was the largest in FSU’s history.
“The culmination of these two gifts will give rise to the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship, the first interdisciplinary entrepreneurship school of its kind in the nation, allowing us to give our students a world-class education in entrepreneurship and innovation,” said Sally McRorie, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs.
While the school’s faculty — including its entrepreneurs-in-residence — will maintain offices in their current colleges and departments on Florida State’s main campus, the building donated by the Ballards will house the school’s staff and its founding director, Susan Fiorito.
“We are grateful and honored to receive these gifts that fund the school and the building, both of which will ensure a world-class education focusing on entrepreneurship for all interested FSU students,” said Fiorito, an FSU business professor and entrepreneur-in-residence who serves as president of the university’s Faculty Senate and is a university trustee. “We will strive to reflect in all that we do the goodwill and unselfishness that the Ballards have shown with their contributions.”

The new home of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship.

The Ballards’ gift will not only transform the way Florida State serves its students, but also the way it serves small businesses across the state, according to Randy Blass, executive director of the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship.
“The decision to locate the Jim Moran Institute and the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship in one building in the heart of our state capital will greatly enhance our collective ability to bridge relationships between small businesses and our campus community,” Blass said.
When conversations began with the Ballards about the Monroe Street property, their vision was for Florida State to have a more visible academic presence downtown and to help activate the area, according to Tom Jennings, vice president for University Advancement.
“They left the decision completely to FSU to determine what the building’s best use could be,” Jennings said.
A group of university leaders and faculty members met several times to discuss potential uses for the building, and the universitywide entrepreneurship initiative emerged quickly as the highest priority.
“As discussions with Jan Moran progressed, the idea of locating the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship on Monroe Street became very exciting to everyone,” Jennings said. “The Ballards’ offer to give the building to FSU enabled the discussions about the School of Entrepreneurship to move more quickly.”
The Ballards’ desire was to create a gift that did more than simply offer funding, but one that contributed to the academic mission of the university. What they didn’t originally realize was that their gift would be one of the key factors in attracting the largest gift in FSU history, Jennings said.
“We are so excited and proud to support the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship,” said Kathryn Ballard, who has served as a trustee since 2013. “This will be a special place for FSU students, faculty and alumni for generations to come.”
“We are honored to be able to play an integral role in providing a home to Florida State’s newest school, which will revitalize a highly prominent corner in downtown Tallahassee,” Brian Ballard said.
The Ballards’ gift of real estate not only aligns with their philanthropic goals, but also creates strategic value for the university, according to Kevin Graham, executive director of the FSU Real Estate Foundation.
“Because of the Ballards’ incredible generosity, the university is able to establish its presence in a highly prominent location in the heart of Tallahassee,” Graham said. “The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship will create the first impression many people have of the academic programming at FSU.”
The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship is scheduled to officially launch in August 2018. "

FSU Factoid of 3

3 Walter Payton Man of the Year winners.

3 Heisman Trophy Winners

3 National Titles

FSU Super Bowl Factiod

The Daily Nole ‏@TheDailyNole 23s24 seconds ago

FSU has two Super Bowl MVPs in Fred Biletnikoff and Dexter Jackson. #SB50

FSU's Anquan Boldin is the 2015 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year

FSU's Anquan Boldin is the 2015 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year


"49ers wide receiver Anquan Boldin was recognized as the 2015 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year at the NFL Honors ceremony held, appropriately in Boldin's case, in San Francisco. He is the third Seminole to garner this prestigious honor, joining Derrick Brooks (2000) and Warrick Dunn (2004)."

NCAA conference affiliation linked to academic prestige in Stanford/Iowa study

NCAA conference affiliation linked to academic prestige in Stanford/Iowa study


"A college’s academic status may be determined as much by the teams it regularly meets on the football field as on the lectures and lessons taking place in its classrooms, according to a recently published study from researchers at Stanford University and University of Iowa.

“Our work shows that football is not an adjunct to the academic business of a university — it’s a part of that business,” said Mitchell Stevens, a study co-author who is associate professor of education at Stanford. “Football doesn’t corrode a school’s academic reputation. It enhances it. Contrary to what many academic professionals believe, academic and athletic reputations are not antagonistic. They’re complementary.”

In the study in the July issue of the journal Sociology of Education, Stevens and two colleagues find that intercollegiate football leagues are composed of schools that tend to be similar in measures of academic reputation. What’s more, over time, scores assessing the academic reputation of schools admitted to any given league come closer and closer to the scores of those already in that league. “This reputation convergence seems to be independent of change in underlying academic quality,” said Stevens.

The findings add another element in considering the potential effects of two developments last week: the Aug. 7 NCAA board of directors’ vote to give greater recruitment latitude to five of its most prominent conferences and the Aug. 8 federal court ruling to loosen restrictions on compensating athletes. (Both the NCAA decision and court ruling are under review.)

“While there is little question that the revenue-generating capacity of big-time college football is the main driver of the NCAA board’s decision, schools in those five conferences [the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conferences] may also be gaming their academic reputations,” said Stevens. “Now that a new category of football conferences could be created, we may well see it further improve perceptions of the academic caliber of the member schools.” 

"Moreover, Stevens and his colleagues discovered that the academic reputation scores of schools entering a given league move closer to their league average at a rate of 3 percent per year. “This may seem like a modest increment, but in the cutthroat competition for higher places in the academic pecking order, there are no small gains or losses,” said Stevens, a member of the faculty of Stanford Graduate School of Education."

Bama's National Titles?

Always disliked how a few SEC teams fudge how many national titles they have...especially Bama.  Which is odd because the power that Bama is....it doesn't have to fudge it's history to look impressive.

This tidbit below is interesting.


RedditCFB ‏@RedditCFB 1m1 minute ago

(and yes, as the letterhead notes, they only claimed 3 titles in '72; 5 earlier ones were claimed by a SID in the 1980s) @RedditCFB

RedditCFB ‏@RedditCFB 23m23 minutes ago

/u/woodfinx shared this letter from Bear Bryant (his grandpa worked as a pilot for the Crimson Tide): #RollTide pic.twitter.com/Pz8E7dlXHx

Misc. Maps

http://csnbbs.com/thread-769225.html



















Other maps:
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/14/6951261/sp...aps-charts

http://www.businessinsider.com/25-maps-t...om-2013-10
(You can see how the game has moved, why the north is hurting, and why the B1G will struggle to maintain its position moving forward.)

http://mode.github.io/blog/2014-01-16-fo...ndex.html#

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FSU Factoids of the Day

BIG COUNTY PREPS ‏@BigCountyPreps1 9m9 minutes ago

Last double digit win season for Miami was 2003 (11-2) 5 of last 6 seasons for FSU have been double digit win seasons

 

 

BIG COUNTY PREPS ‏@BigCountyPreps1 11m11 minutes ago

Most double digit win seasons in the last 10 years FSU 5 UF 5 UCF 4 (Really? Yeeeep!!!) USF 0 Miami 0 (Really? Dang!)

 

 

BIG COUNTY PREPS ‏@BigCountyPreps1 14m14 minutes ago

Most Wins in the last 10 years 1 FSU 98 2 UF 92 — 3 Miami 71 4 UCF 69 (Imagine if they didn’t go 0-10 this past season) 5 USF 64

Signing Day!

Will update throughout the day.



Jared Shanker ‏@JShankerESPN 3m3 minutes ago

Jared Shanker Retweeted Gerry Hamilton

FSU was the last team to beat Alabama in the recruiting rankings in 2011. Could the Noles now end the Tide's streak? https://twitter.com/hamiltonespn/status/694991715904700416 …

Jared Shanker added,

Gerry Hamilton @HamiltonESPN

#FSU #Noles take over No. 1 in our latest #ESPN class rankings update. pic.twitter.com/Jzf56cuIlq

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Paul FinebaumVerified account ‏@finebaum 3m3 minutes ago

There is a change at the top of the @espn class rankings! pic.twitter.com/IyT1cqvPSJ

Pick Six Previews ‏@PickSixPreviews 3m3 minutes ago

UPDATED (3pm) Top Classes:

1 Alabama

2 FSU

3 LSU

4 Ohio State

5 Ole Miss

6 Michigan

7 Georgia

8 Clemson

9 Texas

10 Florida

11 Auburn

12 USC

Dakota Moyer ‏@DakMoyer 4m4 minutes ago

Not factoring in attrition, FSU loses 13 seniors next year + Cook = 14 at a minimum. Gonna be a small 2017 class.

Dakota Moyer ‏@DakMoyer 3m3 minutes ago

X-factors are Rod Johnson, Nnadi, Rudolph, Pugh, Christmas, Thomas, Hoskins, and Marshall (all draft eligible)

David Hale ‏@DavidHaleESPN 6m6 minutes ago

Here are the ESPN300 & 4/5* recruits signed by each ACC school last 4 cycles… pic.twitter.com/Rf9K8lzHib

David HaleVerified account ‏@DavidHaleESPN 1m1 minute ago

FSU, Clemson & Miami inked 33 ESPN300 recruits. Rest of ACC signed 12.

David Hale ‏@DavidHaleESPN 17s17 seconds ago

Per ESPN’s rankings, #FSU, #Clemson & #Miami signed a combined 43 5/4* recruits. The other 11 ACC teams combined for 29.

J ‏@PhenomeNoles 32s33 seconds ago

82% blue chip excluding our bad ass kickers.

 

Jason Staples ‏@DocStaples 3m3 minutes ago

Looks like FSU is going to exit #NSD2016 with 89 on the roster. Not much movement needed to get down to 85 before the fall

Corey Clark/TDO.com ‏@Corey_Clark 53m53 minutes ago

Florida State has 16 of ESPN's Top 300 recruits. LSU (19) is the only school with more.

 

 

Doak Dynasty ‏@doakdynasty 3h3 hours ago

OT Josh Ball 6'8" 323

OG Landon Dickerson 6'5" 306

C Baveon Johnson 6'3" 340

OG Mike Arnold 6'6" 320

OT Jauan Williams 6'7" 306

FSU Recruiting Facilities

Ryan S. Clark ‏@ryan_s_clark 1h1 hour ago

And #FSU also listed their commitments to this point. #Noles https://floridastate.n.rivals.com/news/florida-state-football-recruiting-signing-day-central-2016 … pic.twitter.com/DmZQ37CwIE

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9:55 AM - 3 Feb 2016 · Details

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Ryan S. Clark ‏@ryan_s_clark 1h1 hour ago

Here are some photos from the new #FSU Players Lounge. #Noles pic.twitter.com/DV22LXfiXI

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9:54 AM - 3 Feb 2016 · Details

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Bob Ferrante ‏@BobFerrante 1h1 hour ago

Goodbye to the turf room. Now the FSU players' lounge pic.twitter.com/MNmQvfx3C8

9:47 AM - 3 Feb 2016 · Details

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FSU Rivals

Matt BarrieVerified account ‏@MattBarrieESPN 25m25 minutes ago

Yes!!!! Bielema just went full #WoooPigSooie on Florida during #NationalSigningDay on ESPN2. pic.twitter.com/p2BNOKH3GA

 

Jesse Re Simonton ‏@JesseReSimonton 11m11 minutes ago

Bret Bielema shading #Gators: “Florida kind of the new Ole Miss. They’re doing some things recruiting that kind of shocks you a little bit.”

 

 

Rob Cassidy ‏@Cassidy_Rob 19m19 minutes ago

"Florida and Ole Miss are doing some things in recruiting that kind of shock you a little" -Arkansas' Bret Bielema on ESPN2. #ShotsFired

 

 

Cinefunk ‏@CineFunk 29m29 minutes ago

Just remember Tebow was a home-schooled 890 SAT scoring player who got into UF.

 

 

Edward AschoffVerified account ‏@AschoffESPN 1h1 hour ago

So far UF has signed just 4 of the top 50 players in the state of Florida. Miami has 10 and FSU has 8, according to ESPN RecruitingNation

 

 

Daniel Glauser ‏@DanielGlauser1 8m8 minutes ago

UM already looking for excuses as well... I think the second picture describes it a little bit better... #Usuck pic.twitter.com/CGDuSMF5Bt

 

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