Thursday, June 26, 2014
FSU Trustee Meeting tweets
doug blackburn
Trick or treat: Haunted House on Gaines Street coming down at some point this fall. Tallahassee is changing.
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Second floor of @MadisonSocial building in College Town to become an special event space starting this fall. @TDOnline
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One more College Town update: Ginzu Sushi is first eatery to fold, being replaced by South Florida eatery.
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FSU IT chief says university has accumulated a $35 million deferered maintenance bill.
FSU student affairs reports that 7,000 students affiliated with Greek life, about one-fourth of undergraduate population.
FSU's Wilcox on Civic Center and Doak: 'If you continue to fall behind current standards, we're going to fall behind in the recruiting game.
Meanwhile, FSU AD Wilcox tells trustees upgrading facilities a major priority and challenge, especially Civic Center.
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Mondy is name of game. FSU seeks better model for funding IT http://on.tdo.com/1vaV8on via @tdonline
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The trustees at Florida State received a sobering reminder Thursday of just how woefully under-funded the university was from 2006 through 2012.While FSU qualified for preeminent status in 2013, which will bring tens of millions of state dollars to FSU, the university's vast, $41.5 million per year information technology operation is a far cry from world class.
Michael Barrett, FSU's chief information officer, told trustees during a workshop that FSU needs to come up with $35 million for deferred maintenance for its IT systems, which are in greater demand every day.
FSU spends $1,011 per student for IT services, about one-third what Clemson spends per student – $3,091 – according to Barrett. Clemson, a public university in South Carolina, is ranked No. 25 in the nation and in the realm that No. 40 FSU wants to attain by 2018.
FSU interim President Garnett Stokes said the university has been hard-pressed to find recurring funding for IT.
"We haven't quite developed a sustainable model for supporting technology on campus and the demand for it is increasing," she said.
Barrett said that during the past four years, wireless Internet users at FSU have increased by 1,400 percent. Likewise, in the area of research computing, there has been a 150 percent increase in users and processors used per day during the past four years.
Kyle Clark, FSU vice president for finance and administrative services, said FSU is going to need help financially to keep up with the growing demand for its IT services.
"Right now we are meeting the demands of our customers. In order to exceed the demands and really step up, I think we have to find recurring funding," Clark said. "Part of the issue is historically it has been funded with a lot of one-time money. Right now, we're not concerned about any of our equipment failing, but long-term we want to see it on a more stable funding model."
FSU's trustees will meet in full session Friday, their first regular meeting together since Stokes was named interim president in March and board chairman Allan Bense identified the 27 members of the university's presidential search advisory committee."
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
UofL Football’s All-Time Record vs. ACC
UofL Football’s All-Time Record vs. ACC
"For the next week, LSL is counting down the days until UofL officially becomes a member of the ACC. Today, here’s a look at how Louisville stacks up against its new league members in football with the overall record and last meeting between the schools’ results.
Boston College
3-3
Louisville won 52-28 in 1998.
Clemson – never met.
Duke
1-0
Louisville won 40-3 in 2002.
Florida State
2-12
Louisville won 26-20 in OT in 2002
Georgia Tech – never met.
Miami
2-9
Louisville 36-9 in 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl
North Carolina
4-3
Louisville won 36-31 in 2012
N.C. State
3-1
N.C. State won 31-24 in 2011 Belk Bowl
Notre Dame – never met
Pittsburgh
8-8
Louisville won 45-35 in 2012
Syracuse
6-6
Syracuse won 46-25 in 2012
Virginia
1-1
Virginia won 16-15 in 1989.
Virginia Tech
2-5
VT won 35-26 in 2006 Gator Bowl
Wake Forest
1-0
Louisville won 24-13 in 2007 Orange Bowl"
The 20 Colleges With The Most Hardcore Sports Fans
The 20 Colleges With The Most Hardcore Sports Fans
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#1 Florida State University
AP Photo/Phil Sears
FSU's fan section might be best known for their "war chant," which has become as synonymous with the team as their Seminole mascot.
The "war chant" is usually accompanied by the Seminoles' iconic tomahawk chop, where fans repeatedly bend their arm at the elbow to symbolize a tomahawk swinging down."
Blacksburg, Virginia
Virginia Tech is one of the few public universities in the country to simultaneously maintain a cadet and civilian student body.
The cadet corps fires off a cannon called "Skipper" before every home football game and whenever the Hokies score."
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#13 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Monday, June 23, 2014
The big 2014 Florida State football guide: Just accept it
Great 2014 guide, most interesting is tiering of ACC.
Tier 4 & 5 are at levels .....well, they need to step up. There should be no level below tier 3 here.
The big 2014 Florida State football guide: Just accept it
"At the end of each conference run-through, I take a look at how I perceive the conference's balance of power heading into the season. This is in no way based on schedules, so they are not predictions. They're just how I would rank the teams after writing 4,000 or so words about each of them.
Tier 4 & 5 are at levels .....well, they need to step up. There should be no level below tier 3 here.
The big 2014 Florida State football guide: Just accept it
"At the end of each conference run-through, I take a look at how I perceive the conference's balance of power heading into the season. This is in no way based on schedules, so they are not predictions. They're just how I would rank the teams after writing 4,000 or so words about each of them.
For the most part, I try to lay out four tiers, but I couldn't avoid five this time. There's too much separation at the top (and, sadly, bottom).
Tier 1
1. Florida State
1. Florida State
Of course.
Tier 2
2. Clemson
2. Clemson
If ACC divisions were redrawn with general "balance of power" implications included -- not something I recommend, by the way, but something the ACC definitely attempted with its over-thought Atlantic and Coastal -- there's no way in hell Clemson and FSU would end up in the same division.
Tier 3
3. Louisville
4. Virginia Tech
5. North Carolina
6. Miami
7. Duke
8. Pittsburgh
9. Georgia Tech
3. Louisville
4. Virginia Tech
5. North Carolina
6. Miami
7. Duke
8. Pittsburgh
9. Georgia Tech
Any of six teams could win the Coastal this year, and none of them would surprise me. My bet is on Virginia Tech, but I'm not putting a ton of money on that.
Tier 4
10. Boston College
11. Syracuse
12. N.C. State
13. Virginia
10. Boston College
11. Syracuse
12. N.C. State
13. Virginia
Tier 4 could really be more like Tier 3a.
Tier 5
14. Wake Forest
14. Wake Forest
Sorry, Deacs."
CFB programs with 100 or more wins since 2003
CFB programs with 100 or more wins since 2003
"This shows us how far we fell in the lost decade: 45 of our 102 wins from 2003-2013 have come in 2010-2013 during Fisher's tenure as Head Coach. Bowden went 57-33 from 2003-2009. That's good for a 63.3% winning percentage."
"Now from 2010 to 2013 we have won 81.8% of our games "
"We had four really poor seasons. 2005 (even though we won the ACC we went 7-4 in the regular season), 2006, 2007 and 2009. And while none of these were losing seasons we did have 6-6 regular seasons in 2006 and 2009. Those might as well have been losing seasons in how they made our fan base feel about our program."
"Since 2010 only 4 schools have more wins than us.
Oregon - 47
Alabama - 46
Stanford - 46
N Illinois - 46"
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