Sunday, October 13, 2019

FSU Marching Chiefs class act




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Friday, October 11, 2019

Clemson approves $68.7 million in stadium upgrades


On Friday, the Clemson Board of Trustees met to approve concept design of Memorial Stadium upgrades. It was unanimously approved.

— Renovations are expected to be completed by Summer 2021 and cost $68.7 million. Construction is expected to begin December 2020. Next step is hiring an architect.
— The current main video board in the east is 65 feet wide by 25 feet tall (1,625 sq. ft.) and was installed in 2010. A new board is proposed at 126 feet wide by 57 feet tall (7,166 sq. ft.), or nearly five times the surface area. Included would be a new sound system and LED stadium lighting.

— The bottom of the new video board will be approximately 20 feet above ground, opening a 365-day view connecting the stadium and Scroll of Honor Memorial.

— New structures in the east will add nearly 2,500 lower deck seats and enclose that end of the stadium.

— A reconfiguration of the concourse level will allow for a new club area with more than 700 outdoor seats and accompanying indoor space comparable to the current Younts South Club.
— A club on field level in the west will offer a new premium experience. The 240 seats on field level connect to a club underneath a reconfigured first level of the WestZone.

— The gameday locker room will be renovated and expanded to nearly 8,000 sq. ft. for the 120 student-athletes and coaches. The field level space will be reconfigured with a new equipment room, training room and club.

— A new Tiger Walk development and reorientation highlight enhancements to Lot 5.
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DBU part 3?

As always, ESPN pushes SEC narratives, but lost of data on this debate.  interesting....



https://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2019/01/fsu-dbu.html

https://allthingsfsu.blogspot.com/2018/04/pre-draft-can-we-make-it-29-dosomething.html









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https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/the-real-dbu-florida-lsu-miami-ohio-state-south-carolina-or-texas/

DEFENSIVE BACK U COMPARISON
TEAMNFL STARTSPRO BOWLSDRAFT PICKSFIRST-ROUND PICKSTOTAL POINTS
1. Texas6876125738
2. South Carolina668292696
3. Ohio State6467123693
4. LSU6356124683
5. Miami5151583570
6. Florida4854103522
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Long-term vision produces ideal course



https://theosceola.com/long-term-vision-produces-ideal-course-for-runners/

What was once tall grass and dense woods has become a runner’s paradise.
Call it a modern-day, cross country take on “Field of Dreams.” They built it and runners – as well as their families – have come to Tallahassee.
FSU track and cross country coach Bob Braman remembers first stepping foot on the Apalachee Regional Park and it was very much a blank canvas. Braman as well as Brian Corbin from Gulf Winds Track Club began painting a picture while often hacking away with a machete to make the dream venue a reality just eight miles south of the Florida State Capitol on Apalachee Parkway.

What you don’t think of with cross country is revenue generation. The FSU Invitational won’t charge an admission to parents or fans. But it has been a financial positive for Tallahassee businesses, especially when meets are scheduled on weekends when FSU football is playing an away game.
“This is about bringing visitors with their money, hotels, restaurants, things like that,” Braman said. “And it’s been it’s been a really, really good partnership.”
There were nearly 2,700 finishers in the 2017 FSU Invitational, the largest in meet history. The 2018 meet was canceled due to Hurricane Michael.) 
Visit Tallahassee is also investing more than $2 million for extensive upgrades on the course, including a permanent structure, operations building, concession area, restrooms and awards stage beginning in December as the preparations ramp up to host the NCAA Championships in 2021. Braman is also optimistic that Tallahassee could be awarded future NCAA championship meets.
The other bonus for Braman and FSU cross country is that the course has hosted the FHSAA meets. When the state’s top high school runners step foot on ARP, they typically like it. And as much as stadiums or arenas help recruit top student-athletes in football, basketball or baseball, ARP does the same for Braman’s program.
“Most of them had a bunch of races, including their state championship on our course,” Braman said. “I would say over 90 percent of the kids that we recruit really like the ARP. And it might for many of be their favorite course. 
“I think that’s a help in recruiting. Having major championships here, that their parents and high school coaches and friends can watch is a big deal because we host a whole bunch of NCAA regional meets here, it won’t be too long before we’ll have another ACC meet here. Two years from this November we’ll have the NCAA championship here. So those things, you get to stay and play at home rather than kids who go out of state and parents don’t get to see them race.”
And because of that familiarity, runners get comfortable at home on the course. They have run it for years in high school and another four years in college. Landing an NCAA Championship meet was long a goal for FSU and ARP has delivered that, too. 
“I felt like it’s something we could do,” Braman said. “I just felt like with the right support and the right vision, that we could build something that would be better than what’s out there. It’s just really cool to finally have a national championship here.
“It can only get better. Each year we do more and more fencing and more and more infrastructure. And by the time you get to the 2021 meet there’s not going to be a place like it in the country.”



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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Nobody Compares to Burt Reynolds’ Legacy at Florida State University



Nobody Compares to Burt Reynolds’ Legacy at Florida State University





Known as “Buddy” before he was famous, actor Burt Reynolds was a football star out of West Palm Beach where he played halfback for Palm Beach High School. He accepted a football scholarship to play for FSU and roomed with ESPN College Gameday co-host Lee Corso.
He started his career as a college football player in Tallahassee pretty well, rushing for 134 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries and adding four catches for 76 yards.
But that would come to an end due to a knee injury during the 1954 college football season. Reynolds took the next year off as well, but after a car accident leading to the loss of his spleen and re-aggravating his knee injury, his football career was ultimately over.
Reynolds left the school before graduating, though he did eventually go to Palm Beach Junior College where he took up acting.
But the end of his playing days did not end his relationship with Florida State. Not even close.

Burt Reynolds’ Florida State Uniforms

After the 1980 season, Reynolds wasn’t impressed with the Seminoles’ uniforms, so he took it upon himself to get new uniforms designed and sent them to the team without anyone inside the program knowing about it. The Seminoles began wearing the new uniforms shortly after.
While he was a famous actor in Hollywood with starring movies roles throughout the 70’s like Deliverance, The Longest Yard, and Smokey and the Bandit, Reynolds was still a part of the FSU football program. He was close with former head coach Bobby Bowden and would even join him on a weekly television show. Reynolds was regularly spotted on the sidelines and in the stands at FSU football games.
Reynolds gave back to the school, not just the football program, enough that they eventually named a new dormitory building after him.
Burt Reynolds made sure to always support his school, hanging FSU pennants around the sets of his movies and also had it in his contract that he wear Florida State clothing at least once in each movie.
In the 1981 film Cannonball Run, Dom DeLuise’s character, Victor Prinzim, was named for Reynolds’ former FSU teammate, quarterback Vic Prinzi.
The man known as the Bandit, Buddy, or Burt may not have had the great career as a running back with Florida State football he dreamed of, but he was always thankful to the school that gave him an opportunity, and he will be remembered for his dedication.
His connection to football always continued, even away from his school. He had roles in several football movies like both versions of The Longest Yard, he starred in Semi-Tough, and also became a part owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits, a USFL football team.
He will not only be remembered as one of the best actors ever multiple accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Boogie Nights, but as a great member of FSU athletics. Reynolds was elected to the Florida State Hall of Fame in 1977.
Burt Reynolds died of a heart attack at the Jupiter Medical Center in Florida on September 6, 2018. He was 82 years old. Bobby Bowden, Lee Corso and Doug Flutie were among those in attendance at his memorial service.
When it comes down to it, the reason Reynolds will always be remembered as a great Seminole is because he always had garnet and gold in his heart. When a player or student leaves a school, it is a dream to have them support the school half as much as Reynolds did throughout his life after leaving Tallahassee. He was a true FSU great, and he always will be.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

FSU student on Jeopardy




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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

ACC update projections

Fun projection but these projections have regularly been almost double what actual athletic depts have been projecting.

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