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USA Today
05-07-2025
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- USA Today
FSU adds FCS ooponent to 2027 schedule
The FSU Seminoles will play a new opponent in the 2027 season. According to a report from they will host the ETSU Buccaneers on Saturday, Nov. 27, in Doak Campbell Stadium. It is the third game of FSU's 2027 schedule to be revealed. The Seminoles will open the season at home against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sept. 4. They will close the season at the Florida Gators on Nov. 27. Florida State will pay ETSU $525,000 for the game, according to a contract that FBSchedules obtained. The Buccaneers are an FCS team that competes in the Southern Conference. They are led by head coach Will Healy, who is entering his first season with the program after they went 7-5 in the 2024 season. While a week has not been announced, the Seminoles will also host Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, and Pittsburgh during the 2027 season. Their road ACC games will be at California, Clemson, North Carolina, and Syracuse. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
USA Today
29-06-2025
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- USA Today
Elite 2027 quarterback likes how Mike Norvell coaches
The FSU Seminoles recently landed the quarterback of their 2026 recruiting class in Jaden O'Neal, and now they are working on landing one for the 2027 cycle. One of their top targets is Jayce Johnson, a four-star prospect from Valdosta, Georgia. He recently named them one of his top five schools and locked in his commitment date for Aug. 3. Johnson will be deciding between the Seminoles, Texas A&M Aggies, Tennessee Volunteers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, and South Carolina Gamecocks. He recently spoke with On3's Steve Wiltfong about his recruitment and explained what he likes about each school. For the Seminoles, it was all about head coach Mike Norvell and quarterback coach Tony Tokarz. 'The way Coach (Mike) Norvell coaches and the way Coach (Tony) Tokarz breaks down how he wants his quarterbacks to work within his offense," he said. Johnson is the No. 50 player and No. 5 quarterback in On3's industry ranking. The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder is also the No. 6 player from Georgia. He had a productive sophomore season for Lowndes High School, leading them to a 10-2 record. Johnson completed 67.2% (123-183) of his passes for 1,799 yards, 16 touchdowns, and three interceptions, per MaxPreps. He also rushed for 318 yards and three touchdowns on 79 carries, averaging 4.0 yards per carry. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
USA Today
16-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
FSU commit shuts down his recruitment
FSU commit shuts down his recruitment The FSU Seminoles are starting to heat up on the recruiting trail, they are surging for several of their top targets after a busy weekend of official visits. Just as importantly, they are getting their commits to shut down their recruitment. Four-star wide receiver Darryon Williams announced his recruitment was over on Sunday, and three-star cornerback Sean Johnson did the same on Monday. He announced the news on X. "My recruitment is 100% shut down go NOLES," he wrote. He tagged defensive backs coach Patrick Surtain Sr. and safeties coach Evan Cooper in the post and included a photo of him and head coach Mike Norvell from his official visit. Johnson is the No. 549 overall player and No. 45 cornerback in the 247Sports composite rankings. He is also the No. 10 player from Maryland. While listed as a corner, he is expected to play safety for the Seminoles. He committed to them back on April 10 and is one of three safeties they have committed in their 2026 recruiting class. Four-star prospects Tredarius Hughes and Darryl Bell III complete the class. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
USA Today
08-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
FSU baseball vs. Oregon State: Prediction, odds for Game Three of Corvallis Super Regional
FSU baseball vs. Oregon State: Prediction, odds for Game Three of Corvallis Super Regional The FSU Seminoles and Oregon State Beavers are playing in a winner-take-all Game Three of the Corvallis Super Regional on Sunday. The winner of the game will advance to the College World Series in Omaha, and the loser's season will be over. FSU forced the game by winning 3-1 on Saturday behind some great pitching from Jamie Arnold and Peyton Prescott. Arnold allowed one run over 6.2 innings on six hits and a walk. He struckout nine batters and did not allow a run after the first inning in what could be his last appearance as a Seminole. Prescott closed the door over the final 2.0 innings. He issued one walk but did not allow a hit and struckout four batters in the biggest outing of his career. The righty touched 100 miles per hour on the fastball multiple times, a first for an FSU pitcher this season, and something FSU's coaching staff has expected to happen. The offense once again struggled against an elite Oregon State pitching staff, but had several timely at-bats. Gage Harrelson delivered the winning hit, driving in James Hankerson Jr. in the seventh inning to give FSU its first lead of the game. Here is a look at the updated odds from FanDuel for Game Three of FSU vs. Oregon State, and a prediction for the game. The Odds Oregon State Beavers: -113 FSU Seminoles: -113 After two extremely close games, the odds are fittingly even for Game Three. The favored team has gone on to win the first two matchups. Oregon State's Statistical Leaders Batting Average: Aiva Arquette (.352) Aiva Arquette (.352) Slugging: Aiva Arquette (.661) Aiva Arquette (.661) Home Runs: Aiva Arquette/Gavin Turley (18) Aiva Arquette/Gavin Turley (18) RBI: Aiva Arquette (65) Aiva Arquette (65) Stolen Bases: Easton Talt (10) Florida State's Statistical Leaders Batting Average: Alex Lodise (.396) Alex Lodise (.396) Slugging: Alex Lodise (.715) Alex Lodise (.715) Home Runs: Max Williams/Myles Bailey (18) Max Williams/Myles Bailey (18) RBI: Alex Lodise (67) Alex Lodise (67) Stolen Bases: Chase Williams (18) Advice and Prediction Best Bet: FSU -113 The pitching staffs have carried the day for both teams through the first two games of the series, but Sunday could be about the offense. This is two great offences and one is bound to break out at some point after facing the same pitching staff three straight days. Multiple Seminoles, including Golden Spikes Award Finalist Alex Lodise, are slumping, but that will change on Sunday as FSU's offense comes to life and powers FSU to victory. How to watch, listen to Sunday's game Time: 9 p.m. ET Channel: ESPN2 Streaming: ESPN+ Radio: WFLA 100.7 FM or Seminole Sports Network Game Two of the series between FSU and Oregon State will start Sunday at 9 p.m. ET at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field in Corvallis, Oregon. The matchup will be streamed on ESPN+ on Saturday with Roxy Bernstein and Devon Travis on the call. The Seminoles are 13-7 on the road this season, Oregon State is 22-4 at home. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
USA Today
07-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Everything FSU's Link Jarrett said after losing to Oregon State
Everything FSU's Link Jarrett said after losing to Oregon State The FSU Seminoles lost to the Oregon State Beavers 5-4 on Friday in the first game of the Corvallis Super Regional. They led 4-1 entering the ninth inning with two outs before three state Oregon State players reached to tie the game. The Beavers then walked it off in the 10th inning, getting a leadoff double to immediately put pressure on the Seminoles before ending it with a bases-loaded single. FSU's fans were stunned by the loss, which has them on the brink of elimination. Head coach Link Jarrett spoke with the media after the loss and admitted it was brutal to watch Oregon State celebrate after blowing the lead in the ninth inning. "Oh, that's awful. I mean, it doesn't get much worse than that, and these guys will regroup," he said. "We have Arnold going, and they need to feel this a little bit. You're not shaking this off right now. I mean, absolutely, and you should not." He also talked about Joey Volini's start, Hunter Carns behind the plate, if they considered pulling Joe Charles in the ninth inning, and more. Here's everything Jarrett had to say in his postgame press conference. Opening Statement Two good teams going at it. I thought, the starting pitching was different, like, each one of those guys was built to pitch differently. Both were tremendous. Joey was on it, he could move his fastball around. The big breaking ball, I think he had that all day. He used his change-up well. I can't ask for more than that at the start of this situation. Rolling in here is a place that we've never played. Pitched out of some lead-off activity, and seemed to manage and got some big outs. That first out, when they seemed like they were positioned to have some sort of an inning created , he did a good job. I thought our defense was solid. There were some tricky plays. Shortstop, Lodise, there were three or four. Third baseman, Fisher, several nice little plays. Our second baseman made a nice one up the middle. The play that Lodise made to kind of keep the game from ending up the middle was really nice. I thought our catcher, Carns, did a great job. Both teams had nice relays. That was a big out that we had. You have to finish games and Joe had what seemed like a favorable matchup, but the breaking ball needed to be underneath the zone. I think that ball, you guys can see better than me, it looked like it was more in the middle part of the zone and it was elevated a little bit. That's a talented team. We racked up some strikeouts. I think as we did that, it drove Whitney's pitch count up pretty good. We were able to get him out there. Our two-out hitting was good. There were several two-out key hits that we had. Myles' home run was big. So sporadic offensive stuff for both teams, but clearly they stacked enough at the end. Joe had been really good for us. They stacked some big ways to come out on top. You have to finish games and you have to finish pitches, and we did not finish the inning or really finish the pitches that we needed to make. And we had a chance to end it, with a runner on second base and two outs. We felt like we were in position. But they're a good team. You can see why we're here playing them. They earned it and they earned the win. On whether they were too aggressive on the bases The first one was a bad mistake. I think he thought that ball was going out, and it did not. You have to run the bases as if it's not, and it does so be it. And then the other one, Max, just needs to keep on rolling there. But, yeah, it adds up. I mean, everything when you're in this situation matters. And, yes, they all add up. They all matter. On whether they considered going to someone else in the 9th inning with Joe Charles' pitch count Well, we had thoughts of it. We had guys prepped and ready. It seemed like the matchup, and his stuff favorably worked for that hitter. It just wasn't, he did not execute it. Was it too much? I mean, we had a number in mind. He was not there. So did it factor in? Maybe it did. You know, he's got to harness things. It got a little messy in the wild pitch and some of the other things with the left-handed hitters. That has not fazed him, but something appeared to today. I think if he just keeps that last one down. It may not be a punch-out, but I don't think it's hit like that. On Joey Volini's curveball It was great. He's a big kid and, it had a good release height to it, and it's got tremendous spin. When he's landing that, you see a lot of takes. I think hitters, even good hitters, give up on that thing a little bit because it's so big. And Whitney has a similar pitch. Joey may have landed it more frequently today, but it was great. He was able to get the break ball down and got some swings over the top of that thing, so you can't ask for more than that out of what he did. On Hunter Carns' performance catching, hitting Steady. It was like a rock back there today. His at-bats were really good all day. The ball to right-center, and the base hit to left. Caught great, blocked. Both catchers stood out to me. They're guy played a good game, he's a senior, grinds, big at-bats, handled things. You could tell both of them are handling the umpire and just aving that relationship to try to work through things that involve very proud in Carns as a freshman and just says a lot about his make-up and capabilities to step in here and deliver the way he did defensively and at the plate. On where the team is at, watching Oregon State celebrate Oh, that's awful. I mean, it doesn't get much worse than that, and these guys will regroup. We have Arnold going, and they need to feel this a little bit. You're not shaking this off right now. I mean, absolutely, and you should not. Like, there were enough good things that happened, but there are also enough negative things that took away from our chances to really either have more of a lead or snuff it out, and you need to think on it a little bit and reflect and how do you learn. It's tough. This is a tough, tough learning situation, but it has to become that because you can't repeat those things clearly, and then the guys that were not maybe in the situation today have to learn from what happened. And on this stage, in this moment, with the lock-in and the capabilities of the players, everything needs to click to get all 27 outs. And every one of them is an accumulation of how you execute, and we probably, although it felt like we were in position, we came out on the downside of the execution. On how they chased Oregon State's starter early Well, he's got four above-average pitches. So, we were trying to make sure we were prepared for the fastball and then try to figure out if he was landing the other pitches. If there was a chink coming into this, it was maybe he didn't land the secondary pitches as often as he did, and then it turned into he was gonna attack with the fastball just from what we had studied and looked for. So, the recognition is not easy, but I was disappointed in the number of strikeouts that we had, but it did get them out there and there were some things that were created because of the patience. The strikeout looking is just really tough to deal with when it happens, but, all in all, we did mount some good at-bats and the two-out hitting was good. On the team's ability to respond to adversity over the past two years These are independent competitions, and as difficult as that feels right now, when it's 6:06, and that first pitch was thrown. This shouldn't have anything to do with it. You have to go play and perform and finish and execute and have an offensive attack and run the bases better and execute pitches better. That's how we approach. Had the script been reversed in this, and we were all excited right now. It still has to be the same approach, and if that helps them be resilient, then great because this game is played so frequently. The number of games, you have to handle the ups and downs. If you're going to be successful as a team, and the players, within the team's success or failure, there's individual highs and lows that they have to absorb, too. So some of those guys that had great games, that's over with, and some that didn't, that's also over with. So there's the team component, and then there's the individual performance that has to be repetitive when you play so many games in this sport. Follow us @FSUWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes, and opinions.
