Stephen Ray

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[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

@NolesHeadlines Brian Kelly has been fired from LSU. Both Kelly and Franklin have similar backgrounds. I don’t think Franklin would be a sure enough thing at FSU. What are your thoughts?

[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

@Nolecast LSU fan base has not been happy with the results of Brian Kelly. Do you think if FSU were to hire James Franklin we would go through a similar situation? They both have similar backgrounds from their previous schools.

[CJ Nole @seminolegoat]

⁦@bertkreischer⁩ getting g the crowd pumped

[molly jacoby @molly_jacoby]

First game as a Nole:

- 100+ top recruits
- field storming
- top 8 WIN

Best Gameday atmosphere and fans in the country!! Absolute coolest game of my career!!!

Feeling BLESSED to have the opportunity to be a part of this program- NOLES BABY🍢🍢🍢

[Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden]

It's a TWO BOX DAY here at the FFCA!

Not only did we get an awesome box from Coach Norvell and @FSUFootball but Coach Jarrett and @FSUBaseball sent us a box as well!

Thank you so much to both incredible programs and GO NOLES!!

[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

@Nolecast @BudElliott3 there’s a lot of discussion about faulting these bad times due to portal evaluations or recruiting. Might part of the reason be not having Atkins on game days to help make adjustments to his o-line?

[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

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[TJ Pittinger @TJ_Pittinger]

MY COACH❗️❗️❗️❗️

[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

@Nolecast I understand that, but can’t grasp what Cristobal could be selling better than fsu right now. He can’t be selling the program other than early 2000s. Can’t be selling stadium/atmosphere. UM is beautiful campus is all I can think accompanied with south beach w/ 18+ year olds.

[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

@Nolecast what makes a good to great recruiter? When you talk about Cristobal you say he’s a great recruiter. What is he doing different than Mike Norvell that gets him the higher rated recruiting classes? Is it UM paying more NIL?

[Stephen Ray @Clubbin_Steve]

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@CallawayGolf 21 @frttr_

[Plant The Spear @Plantthespear1]

I'm not trying to go all tinfoil hat here... I'm just presenting some thoughts and information that I find interesting 🤔

In case you weren't aware, ESPN has a 3 BILLION dollar media rights deal with the SEC that goes into effect in 2024. Keeping that in mind.

FSU was still ranked #4 after the UF game. After Jordan's injury. After the offense didn't look great, but UGA (the SEC) was still in. Had UGA won, FSU probably doesn't fall to #5, and we never have this conversation.

However, beating a top 15 team the following week got FSU dropped to #5 because the offense was being judged by a QB's performance who wasn't even going to be the starter in the playoffs. Still, the offense only put up 5 less yards than they did against UF with a true freshman QB against a higher ranked defense.

That "bad" offense put up more yards than #1 Michigan did in the B1G CG. More points than #2 Washington scored on AZ State's 109th ranked scoring defense in late October with a Heisman finalist at QB. They won by a larger margin than Texas did over 5-7 TCU and the same margin as they did against 7-5 ISU in the month of November, with their starting QB. They didn't need a hailmary to beat beat a 6-6 team that got blown out by NM St the week before, like Alabama.

Those games didn't define those teams, but FSU's did. Not the championship level defense they played with. The one that held the #1 offense in the country to 17 non-garbage time points. The same one that Bama gave up 28 to at home with Daniels knocked out of the game in the 4th quarter. That performance was too far in the rear view mirror for FSU, but not Texas' win over Bama that happened 1 week later. That was also against a Bama team that benched their current QB, struggled against USF, and then benched another QB. If FSU is a "different team" now, is it not possible that Bama was a different team back then? FSU's defense would have also gotten a 6'5 - 330 lb 4-star transfer DT back for the playoffs, too.

Never mind the SEC's 7-9 OOC record or the 4-6 record vs. the ACC. Never mind that FSU beat a higher ranked team than Texas in the conference championship game with a true freshman, making his first start at QB.

Coincidence or not, this move also happened to be during the same week that the SEC would have theoretically knocked itself out of the playoffs when Bama upset UGA. Uh oh! 😳 And they still left FSU ranked over UGA. So, the committee believes that after beating a worse team than FSU by 3 points in a neutral site that Bama was so good, they deserved to jump 4 spots and pass FSU. Also, the AP & Coaches poll has FSU in the top 4.

So what happens? They dropped an undefeated P5 champion out of the playoffs for the first time ever and put in two 1-loss teams instead. One of those is a current SEC power brand, and the other will be an SEC team in 2024 when the media deal goes into effect.

Oh, and both playoff games are broadcast on ESPN, btw. Yes, the ACC is an ESPN property, but they don't have nearly the money invested in that ACC as they do the SEC. It's no secret that ESPN's numbers have been dwindling and their parent company is losing money. What better way to create excitement for the SEC and boost the return on your investment! Especially when the team getting left out openly bashed an ESPN owned property for revenue issues and was open to joining a conference run by their largest competitor. As much as we love college football, it is a business, and companies only care about 1 thing.💰

I'm not saying that I've cracked some secret code. I'm just sharing my thoughts on this situation because, honestly, it sounds as plausible as any other scenario that tries to justify FSU getting screwed.

And before you say it was the 55th SOS, Oregon's was 52nd, and they would have gotten in with a win. Before you say they didn't want to see FSU get beat badly in the playoffs, 70% of games in the CFP era have been decided by at least 3 scores. Just food for thought... Go Noles!

[Melina Myers @melinasphotos]

Mike Norvell and Odell Haggins 🥹

[FSU Football @FSUFootball]

Proud to present your 2023 ACC 𝓒𝓸𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓨𝓮𝓪𝓻

Congratulations, @Coach_Norvell!!

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A legend in every sense of the word.

Thanks for everything Jordan Travis.

#FSU

[Kenny Chesney @kennychesney]

So goodbye Jimmy. Thanks for your friendship and the songs I will carry in my heart forever. Sail On Sailor 🦜🌴🌊

[FSU Plays Daily @FSUplays]

The fact that the FSU vs. LSU series is being played in New Orleans and Orlando makes me want to puke.

Big time night games at Doak and Death Valley are ELITE experiences and we’re being robbed of that.