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uring the glorious decade of the 1990s, the Seminoles began each season with the single goal of winning a national championship. They brought home two big trophies and played for the title another three times, all within the space of eight consecutive seasons.

What we call “The Dynasty” lasted 14 years from start to finish. It is defined by the unbroken run of top four finishes, and seasons with at least 10 or more wins. Writers sometimes say the Dynasty comprised 14 years of “Top Five” finishes. That is an unfortunate concession to the final breath of the run, a 2-13 loss to Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl following the 2000 season. We were ranked No. 3 going into that game, and the final AP ranking of No. 5 was the first time we’d been ranked as low as fifth at the end of the season since 1987. The Seminoles didn’t finish a season in the Top 10 again until 2012. In Dynasty Days, the ACC Conference championship was just assumed, beginning with FSU’s first full season of league play in 1992. The shock of a first league loss finally came after four years, in the 29th ACC contest, away from home

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and at the last second on a controversial call. Another two full seasons and 20 more games would pass before the Seminoles lost to another ACC team. For Seminole fans not there to experience it, it’s hard to appreciate how Florida State’s brand dominated the national stage. Sports Illustrated surveyed college football fans in nine separate geographic areas of the country. Only Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish and the Florida State Seminoles appeared among the Top 10 fan favorites in every geographic area. Florida State played in three consecutive official national championship games: the 1998–99 Fiesta Bowl, the 1999–2000 Sugar Bowl and the 2000–2001 Orange Bowl. Now, we are on the threshold of the 2013 season. For the first time since 2001 — nearly as long a stretch of time as The Dynasty itself — our Seminole program

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may once again have assembled the deep strength required to finish each season at or near the top of the rankings. But the structure of the national championship race itself has changed since we made regular appearances in the 1990s. The pathway to the title game has been redesigned; the selection process is different and will not necessarily always favor the Seminoles. What was called the Bowl Coalition was created in 1992 to orchestrate a true national championship game and avoid the split national titles of previous years. After a couple of seasons the Bowl Coalition evolved into the Bowl Alliance, and in 1998 the BCS made its first appearance. In what many hope will be the final evolution, the 2014 college football season will see the introduction of the official College Football Playoffs. Four

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teams, chosen not by computer rankings but by a committee of 14 to 20 members, will play in two semi-final games. The winners of those games will play each other for the championship. Six bowls will participate in the playoffs, I assume on a rotating basis. The first actual championship game is expected to be played in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 12, 2015. The road map to the championship is not the only thing that has changed since Florida State’s golden era. In fact, the structure of higher education in Florida has changed, mostly in ways that benefit FSU. Back in the day, the old Board of Regents controlled every aspect of the university system and decisions were often tilted in favor of one university. Florida State was a stepchild of sorts, not the favored one. For instance, in 1976 FSU needed to request permission from the BOR to pay newly hired Bobby Bowden a salary equal to that of the head coach at the University of Florida. That’s a small example; there are other stories of much greater significance. There were some ugly exchanges when FSU was making the decision to join the ACC rather than the SEC in 1991. That is a story for another day, but one of the reasons we joined the ACC was the desire to get out from under the shadow of our big brother university to the south. Since dissolution of the old Board of Regents by the Florida Legislature a dozen years ago, Florida State has operated under the protection and guidance of our own Board of Trustees. Even though six trustees are selected by the governor of Florida and five more are selected by the Florida Board of Governors, Florida State has been fortunate to have a collection of trustees dedicated to the best interests of FSU. Florida State alumnus and awardwinning journalist Gary Fineout penned

the lead story this June about the most significant advancement in Florida State’s competitive standing within the state’s higher education landscape. Reporting for the Associated Press, Fineout wrote: “After years of fierce lobbying, behindthe-scenes battles and even protests, Florida officially designated two of its public universities as preeminent research universities. “The Florida Board of Governors, acting on a new state law, gave the designation to two of the state’s bestknown and established schools. The University of Florida and Florida State University are officially designated the state’s pre-eminent universities. The Legislature established guidelines for ‘preeminent’ status in the spring, the Board of Governors approved a motion bestowing the title on the two schools.” Going into the 2013 season, the stars do seem to be aligning for Florida State once again. To ensure the Seminoles’ best chances to win more national titles, it would be advantageous to recreate a senior leadership cadre similar to what was in place in 1987. The starring cast of the original Dynasty included President Bernie Sliger, followed in 1994 by his successor,

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Coach Bobby Bowden poses with the crystal trophy, honoring the program's second national championship.

Sandy D’Alemberte. Coach Bowden surrounded himself with a collection of first class assistant coaches. Both sides of the ball were anchored by exceptionally talented coordinators: Mickey Andrews on defense, Brad Scott and Mark Richt on offense. Bob Goin and Dave Hart provided focused leadership as directors of Athletics. Another member of the cast was Seminole Boosters President Andy Miller. Miller became CEO of Seminole Boosters in early 1975 when he was just 24 years old. Miller was not only there for the Dynasty, he began his tenure during the final year of the Darryl Mudra era! He is modest about his role as creator of the University Center as well as his efforts in the design and construction of what is now one of the most impressive collections of all-sports athletic facilities in the nation. Miller has always said, “Our job was to make the best use of the wins that Bobby Bowden gave us.” The fabulous CollegeTown development and the new student housing facility which will

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accommodate the entire football team were both driven by Andy Miller. Miller remains part of the current cast. He joins head coach Jimbo Fisher and FSU President Eric Barron, three extraordinary personalities and powerful leaders, who are pulling together to create the fresh drama and success that will come with a new Dynasty. One member of the cast yet to be named is a new director of Athletics.

By the time this column is published, Florida State may have secured a new athletics director. I no longer represent the official views of Seminole Boosters Inc. However, if I were asked to describe the ideal candidate, here’s the advice I’d offer to the decision-makers. Go recruit an individual who has established top credentials in his or her profession, and that profession doesn’t have to be athletics. What Florida State needs, specifically, is an athletics director with the charisma to organize and lead the ACC football powers toward making the conference a stronger and more competitive business. In fact, an aggressive leader armed with a Taser might encourage the league to focus on football issues that aren’t limited to football scheduling and football officiating. Florida State needs an athletics director who understands how to maximize the economic potential of Seminole Athletics and how that fits within the complex landscape of the university. Such a director would be both a willing partner with the Seminole Boosters and a loyal member of President Barron’s team. Florida State needs an athletic director with the personal magnetism to attract experienced professionals in the field of college athletics. Those are the people whose expertise in athletic administration will smooth the dayto-day business of the department. Of course, the new director will also be

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required to recruit coaches who will win championships. On that point, the Seminoles already seem to enjoy a roster of head coaches committed to winning in all sports. Florida State needs an athletics director who is a commanding presence in the community and among the alumni, a charismatic spokesman in the media — on camera, in print — and in the hallways of power. Our director must tell the Seminole story and promote the Seminole program, in public, every day. It’s admirable for the director to attend undergraduate sporting events, of course, but the best way to demonstrate support for the student-athletes is to create a program that surrounds them with a wellfunded infrastructure of excellence. Long past are the days of old football coaches retiring to the athletic director’s suite. Today’s Division I athletics director must be an accomplished CEO, and those skills do not have to have been acquired in the arena of athletics. Leadership is leadership, whether those skills are honed in the military, in industry, in law, in politics or in

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education. We’ve watched the past several years as lawyers Jimbo Fisher with have become head football Bobby Bowden; coaches. They’re smart, they Legendary Defensive Coach Mickey Andrews know how to organize, they played a major part in can’t be intimidated and they creating the Dynasty. like the money. Donald Trump doesn’t know anything about medicine, but if you make him CEO of a hospital and tell him to create the best hospital in the world, he can not only make that happen, he would enjoy the challenge and accomplish it in record time. The qualities of superior leadership are not mysterious. We know strength when we see it, and we can sense weakness just as easily. We can deny our instincts and hope that they’re wrong, but in the end they are almost always right. And we know what Florida State needs. Charlie Barnes is the retired senior vice president and executive director of Seminole Boosters. Contact him at Cbarnes@admin.fsu.edu. SB

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Kutz: What changes do you advocate for the Atlantic Coast Conference? Miller: First of all, I believe every decision should keep the interest of fans and supporters at the forefront. We all realize that to fulfill our mission of providing educational opportunities for young people while competing at the highest level, we must depend on the loyalty of our supporters who fund scholarships, build facilities and underwrite operational costs. Some recommendations we support include conference divisional realignment to emphasize natural regional rivalries; intraconference competition in football, much like the ACC/Big 10 Basketball challenge; moving the ACC Basketball Tournament to New York’s Madison Square Garden; providing a host home site for the ACC Football Championship; and, finally, the State of Florida providing a semi-permanent home for spring sports. Kutz: Regarding divisional realignment, what are your recommendations? Miller: We should play Clemson, Miami and Georgia Tech every year. Georgia Tech is our closest neighbor and Atlanta is a major market for FSU Alumni. The game makes sense for both institutions. After those three games, one could argue that it would be beneficial from a recruiting standpoint, and even from the fans’ perspective, to have exposure and visit different regions of the country. Kutz: What are your thoughts about the USF series scheduled for a Home-Home starting in 2015? Miller: The last time USF came to Tallahassee they sold

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17,000 tickets for our home game. That’s more than Florida and Miami sell out of their available allocation. When we visit Tampa, because of our alumni demographics, it’s like a home game. We think it’s a good match up and a good experience for the fans. Kutz: Coach Bowden returning to Doak has created a lot of excitement. Talk about Bobby Bowden weekend and opportunities for Seminole fans to be involved. Miller: When Coach Bowden accepted President Barron’s invitation to return to Doak this fall, we saw a business opportunity to further involve him in fundraising. I don’t believe there is a better ambassador and friend-maker than Bobby Bowden. He not only led our football program for decades, in many ways he led our university. He was and continues to be a driving inspiration for legions of Seminole faithful. Bobby said many times that while he did not attend FSU he felt Florida State University was his school. He expressed his pride and love of the institution and its people in many ways. Seminole fans can pay tribute to the greatest coach and program builder of all time by being in their seats in Doak when the legend returns. Kutz: What Booster Life activities do you have planned? Miller: “The Legend Returns Weekend” will be packed with exciting activities. The fun begins on Friday with the Bobby Bowden Invitational Golf Tournament at Don Veller Seminole Golf Course, followed by an intimate evening with Bobby and Friends at the Tucker Center. The finale will occur when Bobby returns to Doak.

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Event and Ticket information for game weekends featuring Bobby Bowden can be found at Seminoles.com and Seminole-Boosters.com or by calling (850) 644-3484.

Kutz: Bobby walking out on that field before 80,000 fans, that’s going to be an emotional moment. Miller: I wouldn’t want to miss it. It’s one of those moments that you’ll cherish for a lifetime. Kutz: Tell me about the intimate Friday evening event with Bobby and friends. Miller: Saturday will be enormous, but Friday will be nostalgic. The program will open with a musical salute by the world renowned Marching Chiefs, followed by a video tribute to the coach that highlights his great moments — his famous one-liners and emotional moments during press conferences, television appearances and Booster events along with video footage of his greatest victories. Then a panel of Seminole Greats will have fun with Coach Bowden on stage. You will also hear from his many celebrity admirers from across the nation. And the finale … you will just have to be there to experience it. Kutz: Can you discuss the business relationship? Miller: The Booster leadership and the University administration are all very excited about this. Coach Bowden has agreed to travel with us to help raise funds, beginning in January 2014 through January 2016. Part of this agreement is a licensing partnership that will also generate additional royalty revenue for FSU Athletics. Kutz: How can I participate? Miller: Over a two-year period he will visit every major market throughout Florida and some nationally. He will be exposed to donors for photographs and autographs and do public speaking appearances. We haven’t finished the planning but feel it will be quite a show. Kutz: Any final thoughts? Miller: Long live the greatest coach of all time. The Legend Returns … don’t miss it. SB

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One Team. One Heartbeat. Since 2007, the True Seminole T-shirt campaign has generated over $200,000 in scholarship funding. The garnet football game day shirt built by Nike is sold at FSU retail stores, and profits from the sale are designated to a football scholarship endowment fund and the Student Government Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ambassador Program. You can support this tradition by purchasing the official True Seminole Tee. The 2013 T-shirt design features a Florida State Football themed graphic on the front and the numbers 475 (varsity student athletes), 20 (varsity sports), 11 school championships and 1 (university) on the back. Visit TRUEseminole.com for more information.

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Gene Ready Becomes National Chairman By Charlie Barnes // Photos Courtesy of Ready Family

ack in the day, the roads through Imperial Polk County were narrow and dark. From the outskirts of Tampa the lonely routes stretched east, some going straight through to the Atlantic coast, some northeast to Orlando. Others just meandered back and forth through the dense tracks of groves and fields. At night, the phosphate mines belched hellish yellow glows across the horizon. Gene Ready was born into the dirt roads and frame houses of western Polk County, near Lakeland. The youngest of six children, he was raised in what had been an old Army barracks. Like most young men from the area, he worked in the phosphate mines in the summer to help support his family.

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Gene and Barbara met and married while students at Florida State. They were married students living at Alumni Village. They celebrate their golden wedding anniversary this month.

No one in Gene’s family had ever aspired to attend college. “I knew I didn’t want to spend my life in the mines,” he says. He dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, and he was good. He captained both the football and baseball teams at Lakeland High School. “I saw college as a way for me to get where I wanted to go.” He arrived in Tallahassee in January 1961 with a change of socks and “just about enough money to buy lunch.” Of the $125 in his pocket, $100 went toward tuition. The Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity allowed him to earn his room and board by working in their kitchen. They were so impressed with this young, ambitious

athlete that they invited him to join their fraternity. “I will always cherish my relationships as a brother of Alpha Tau Omega,” he says. “They took me in as a freshman and sustained me during a very challenging time in my life. The individual members even let me use their textbooks — the books I couldn’t afford — after they’d finished studying.” Those friends and brothers who supported Gene 50 years ago became some of the most prominent professional, political and business leaders in the state of Florida. Jim Smith, Florida’s former attorney general and one-time candidate for governor, is one of those whose friendship has endured. There are many more.

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“We had so many great baseball players on our team at FSU,” remembers Gene. “It was really an honor just to see my name on a uniform.” His favorite baseball memory came when his Seminoles played Michigan State under Coach Danny

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Litwhiler. Litwhiler had been head coach for Gene and the Seminoles, leading them to three College World Series. But Litwhiler took the Michigan State job in 1964 and brought his Spartans team to Tallahassee to play that spring. “We were down 2–1 in the bottom of the 9th with one out,” Gene says. Ernie Lanford (later Seminole head golf coach) was an assistant under the new Seminole Head Coach Fred Hatfield. He thought Ready was the best fastball hitter on the team so Lanford pressed Hatfield to put him in. “I was really nervous. I swear that stud pitcher of theirs looked like he was 6 feet 10 inches. The guy was a monster.” The fast pitch came screaming across

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the plate and Ready whacked it low and long, out to the left center warning track. “Our man scored from third,” Gene says. “And then Larry Johnson batted in the final run and we won 3–2.” Barbara was there that day to see Gene win, just as she was always there. They had been high school sweethearts in Lakeland. She was captain of the cheerleaders, and Gene was captain of the Dreadnaughts football team. They both graduated from FSU in December 1964. Gene and Barbara both worked their way through FSU. Gene had his scholarship money from baseball and continued working in the phosphate mines in the summer. Barbara retired in 2005 after a 29-year career in special education. “Florida State was so very good to both of us,” says Barbara. “We have loved the university since the first day we set foot on this beautiful campus.”

Gene Ready became the national chairman of Seminole Boosters Inc. on July 1, 2013. A month later, he and Barbara celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary. They were married students at FSU and lived in Alumni Village. The Readys have two daughters, Kelly Hicks (Pat) and Kim Brady (Doug), and five grandchildren. The girl is smart and musically talented and the boys are athletically inclined, especially in baseball. Barbara says Gene takes all the credit for that. Gene was elected to the Florida Legislature in 1976 and served Polk County in the House of Representatives for eight years. He is CEO of Ready Capital Group and most recently completed a term on the Polk County Planning Commission. During the 1980s, when he was in the Legislature, Gene served a term on the Seminole Boosters Board of Directors. He’s always been involved as a Booster, but a decade ago he re-joined the Board and developed a renewed interest in leadership. “I thought ‘Wow, this is a great organization,’ ” he says. Gene and Barbara have established a named scholarship ($100,000) for Seminole Baseball. In addition to the Booster board he also serves as a director

of the Seminole Greek Alumni Foundation. Attaining the Booster chairmanship was a process that spanned nearly 10 years. “First, I served as a regular board member, learning all about the organization again,” he says. “Then I was elected to the executive committee and later was elected as an officer. Last year, I was named chairman-elect.” One of the unexpected enjoyments of their rise to Booster leadership is the friendship Gene and Barbara have developed with the coaches and their wives, including the Martins, Fishers, Haggins, Tricketts and Dawseys. “We share a love of baseball with the Fishers. Our grandson played in Cooperstown this year at the same time their son played there. Odell grew up in Bartow, about 10 miles from Lakeland.” Gene is humble about the role he will play as chairman of one of the most aggressive collegiate fundraising organizations in America. “I was watching the baseball team in Tallahassee during the super regionals. The crowd was so loud and supportive all the way through the last out. I want to make sure I do the right thing for those cheering fans, for the Boosters and for the university. I’m in a position at this time in my life to make that contribution.”

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Gene and Barbara with grandchildren, Hunter, Patrick, Will, Jared and Jack, in Times Square, NY.

Polk County today is in the dynamic agricultural and economic center of the state. The impressive Publix headquarters is there, and there are no longer any dark passages along I-4 as it runs between Tampa and Orlando at night. Gene Ready helped build the Polk County that is so prosperous today. Of his tenure as national chairman he says, “I am honored to be asked to serve. When I was approached about becoming chairman of the board my first thought was what a wonderful opportunity to give back to my university. I know firsthand about the value of scholarships to student-athletes who may not be able to even dream of college without that financial support. “Life has been good to me, and I have done well. If I can further enrich the university that gave me my start, and if I can encourage others to support our magnificent student-athletes, then I will feel good about my responsibility to the studentathletes and Booster members I serve as chairman of Seminole Boosters.” SB

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Seminole Boosters and Seminole Athletics pleased with selection of new CFO By Seminoles.com // Photos Courtesy Seminoles.com and Seminole Boosters

Matt Behnke was named associate athletic director for business and chief financial officer for the Florida State University Department of Athletics, assuming his new role on July 1. “Matt has spent nearly a decade working hand-in-hand with the athletics department as a member of the Seminole Boosters staff,” said Interim Athletic Director Vanessa Fuchs. “That experience will help to make this a seamless transition as we move into a new fiscal year.” As chief financial officer, Behnke is responsible for all departmental business and financial matters, including budgetary oversight and financial reporting. He will assist in the department’s strategic planning efforts and serve as financial liaison with all university constituencies. He will also oversee the department’s human resource and information technology functions. “I am grateful to Florida State University and the Department of Athletics for this unique and exciting opportunity,” said Behnke, 38, who graduated from FSU with an accounting degree in 1998. “The opportunity to work with the outstanding staff, coaches and student-athletes in their continued pursuit of comprehensive excellence is very exciting, and to serve in this role at my alma mater is a great thrill.” Behnke has been involved with Pictured with Matt Behnke Seminole athletic finances since is former quarterback Brad Johnson. Meeting 2004 as a member of Seminole in the late 1980s, Brad Boosters Inc., the university’s athletic helped generate Matt's passion for FSU. development and fundraising organization. Becoming the Booster’s chief financial officer

in 2009, he oversaw all financial matters and worked with the department’s business functions on all consolidated reporting functions. He was responsible for strategic planning, budgetary development and communication, financial reporting, student-athlete endowment investment implementation and Seminole athletic facility financing. He led the effort to finance the new Albert J. Dunlap Indoor Training Center (opening in August 2013) and the new Student Housing Facility (scheduled to open in August 2014). He began his career at the public accounting firm Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. in Tallahassee, where he earned his CPA certification from the Florida Board of Accountancy. He currently serves on the FSU Fraud Prevention & Detection Committee as well as numerous Florida Institute of CPA committees. SB

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‘We’re Ready’

Interim Athletic Director Vanessa Fuchs leads department By Brandon Mellor, Seminoles.com Managing Editor // Photos by seminoles.com

s Florida State’s interim athletics director, Vanessa Fuchs has a long list of goals she wants to accomplish — and one is of particular, personal interest to her. While her first priority was to meet with the staff and coaches and remind them that FSU’s athletics department “is not in a holding pattern” despite the recent change in power, she has placed great importance on the proper welcoming of a host of new studentathletes across 20 sports that will be added to the program this summer. After all, Fuchs knows what it’s like to be an excited, wide-eyed youngster joining the Seminole Family because she once was one — and not too long ago, as a matter of fact. A former women’s basketball player, Fuchs competed and served as team captain for Coach Sue Semrau for four seasons until her graduation in 2001. “I remember how special that time was when I was a student-athlete,” said Fuchs, 34, who was chosen as former Athletic Director Randy Spetman’s replacement June 5 by FSU President Eric Barron. “I want to make sure that we exceed their expectations as they come in here and join Florida State athletics.” Fuchs had her own high expectations when she came to Tallahassee from her hometown of Pompano Beach in 1997.

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Florida State University is expected to announce a Director of Athletics after this issue of Unconquered goes to press. Look for a full feature on the new Athletics Director in the next issue. Born with a personal connection to the Seminoles because her father, Donald, competed as a pole vaulter at FSU before earning his degree, Fuchs knew exactly where she wanted to spend her college years after starring in basketball and track at Cardinal Gibbons High School. “Playing for Sue [Semrau] for four years with the women’s basketball program was one of the best experiences of my life,” Fuchs said. “And I have been a member of the Seminole Family ever since.” The “ever since” part has only been 12 years, but that short amount of time hasn’t stopped Fuchs from creating quite the success story of an FSU graduate experiencing a rapid rise within a given profession. After starting as a championships intern with the Atlantic Coast Conference upon graduation, Fuchs eventually took a position in Indianapolis with the NCAA, where her specialization in the association’s legislation, interpretations and governance process eventually led to a role as the NCAA’s associate director of Academic and Memberships Affairs. Fuchs’ work with the NCAA brought her to FSU in 2010 to oversee the Seminoles’ compliance department. She was later promoted to the position of senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator before two years later earning the title of FSU interim Athletics director. “If you would have asked me years ago which of my players could have ascended this quickly to the heights that she has, she would have been right at the top of the list,” Semrau said. “I know that she will do a phenomenal job pushing this athletic department forward.” Barron obviously thought that Fuchs would be the perfect candidate to lead that charge and, somewhat

ironically, told her of his intentions while she was in Indianapolis taking part in an NCAA rules seminar. Having worked directly with the school’s president on multiple occasions, getting a call from Barron in the middle of day on a Wednesday wasn’t out of the ordinary — but the topic of conversation certainly was. “I kind of paused for a second,” Fuchs said, recalling her conversation with Barron in which he offered her the interim Athletics director position. “In athletics, we’re told you’ve got to be prepared for anything, and this was one of those moments. I immediately accepted the challenge and began working on a plan.” That strategy involves keeping an open dialogue with all coaches and staff, preparing for the new academic year and doing everything in her power — and the department’s power — to help Barron’s goal of pushing Florida State into the country’s top 25 of public universities. Fuchs will also be focused on utilizing the experiences and skills of all staff members of the Athletics department as the program makes this transition. The reality of her promotion may still take a while to fully sink in, but 16 years after officially becoming a new member of the Seminole Family, Fuchs is ready, excited and eager to now lead that family. “It’s been a fun week and a lot of people have asked me, ‘[Vanessa], are you ready for this?’ ” Fuchs said, smiling, in early June. “And my response has been, ‘We’re ready. We’re Florida State.’ ” SB

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Nevada Game WeekeNd: September 13-14, 2013

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ColleGetoWN merCHaNt/alumNI SpotlIGHt New Jersey native Brian McKenna and Orlando native Matt Thompson first headed to Tallahassee eager to begin their college careers at FSU. Little did they know almost 20 years later, they would be returning to Tallahassee to open Madison Social, the cornerstone bar and restaurant of Tallahassee’s newest district, CollegeTown.

brIaN mCkeNNa After FSU, Brian returned to his New Jersey and began working for Prada in the Big Apple. Years later he decided to branch out from the corporate to hospitality where he began learning the industry from the front lines, moving up from bartender to manager to general manager to owner over the span of seven years. He is now the owner of Saloon and the Yorkville Creperie in the heart of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A true Seminole, Brian’s first order of business was to bring FSU game-watching parties to Saloon’s sports bar setting. Now celebrating its fourth year, Saloon is the home for NYC FSU grads. With over 400 screaming ’Noles doing “the chop” he’s proud to be the premier spot in NYC to cheer on his beloved ’Noles.

matt tHompSoN For Matt, the road back to Tallahassee started seven years ago when his wife, Lindsey, and at the time seven-week old, Lily, moved into the Betton Hills area. He was working with The Zimmerman Agency in digital marketing and taught advertising at FSU. In 2008, Lindsey had their second son, JR. The family has not missed a home FSU game since. They host several tailgates to benefit the Kidz 1st Fund. This August, Brian and Matt are going “back to college,” as they introduce Tallahassee’s newest hot spot, Madison Social. Madison Social brings a communal-focused concept to Tallahassee’s dining scene. Featuring the hottest new ideas in food and drink in a vintage industrial setting, the restaurant and bar strives to echo the story of its owners; new adventures with old friends.

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A native of Tallahassee, Chad Kittrell’s experience began in the banking industry at the age of 19, becoming Assistant Vice President for SunTrust at the age of 22. During his banking tenure he held positions in both private banking and commercial lending. He left banking to partner up with J.T. Burnette and formed Hunter+Harp, a privately-held investment group headquartered in Tallahassee. The duo have closed over $50,000,000 in real estate and business transactions to date. Hunter+Harp’s portfolio has grown to over 20 subsidiaries employing over 1,000 employees. The renovation of the historic Hotel Duval Autograph Collection in downtown Tallahassee set the standard as the jewel of Tallahassee. This ideally situated property has been transformed from a traditional business hotel to a modern, unique boutique hotel. Hotel Duval features 117 upscale guest rooms, Shula’s 347 Grill and a Level 8 rooftop lounge and ballroom. Hunter+Harp is excited to see the positive impact CollegeTown will play in the community.

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JeFF JoHN

Operating Partner, America’s Backyard and Revolution Live

Jeff John oversees all aspects of the club’s three venues and develops strategies to retain the concept’s relevance and desirability as a destination. He manages all bookings and negotiations of concerts in the facility and is the relationship manager for Live Nation. John initiated 3-J’s original hospitality and entertainment concepts, aligned the investment team and executed the landlord tenant negotiations for the Fort Lauderdale property. This is the opportunity of a lifetime — combining the powerful brands of FSU’s CollegeTown and America’s Backyard and Revolution Live to create a new benchmark in campus living and entertainment for universities across the country. Every day the development of CollegeTown progresses, we feel more privileged to be part of this visionary project. While all of us at America’s Backyard and Revolution Live are huge Seminole fans, the allegiance runs particularly deep in Brian Freed’s family. Brian is a partner in the business and will be overseeing America’s Backyard at FSU. One of his relatives, Tommy Wright, actually wrote the Seminole fight song melody in 1950. To this day, Tommy grants the rights of the song to FSU in exchange for two season tickets every year. http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/16208/mascotmusician-memoirs-tommiewright https://one.fsu.edu/community/Page.aspx?pid=2214&srctid=1&erid=3719399 http://www.news.fsu.edu/More-FSU-News/Composer-and-beloved-professor-Tommie-Wright-makesbeautiful-music-at-summer-commencement

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SteveN FaSSberG

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Brooklyn Water Bagels, Inc.

Steven Fassberg, founder and chief executive officer, has developed an array of impressive restaurant concepts and delicatessens from 1984 until 2002. He began baking bagels at the age of 13 in Massapequa, NY. Fassberg began developing the concept for real Brooklyn water bagels in June 2004. “I first heard the term, ‘It’s all about the water’ when I was a 12-year-old kid who was forced to pack a heavy suitcase filled with bagels from New York to bring to my grandparents who had lived in Brooklyn their entire lives and then retired to North Miami Beach.” Since that time almost 40 years ago, I had often thought about how someone might be able to re-recreate an authentic New York bagel product anywhere in the world. “I simply connected the dots and was able to solve an age old problem,” and after almost a year of trials and testing of recipes and water formulas, The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel company was born. And now we are so excited to be part of Florida State University. We know that our bagels, pizza and other delicious food offerings will soon become staples in Tallahassee. Go ’Noles!

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President, Brooklyn Water Bagel Franchise Co., Inc. and Vice President, Brooklyn Water Enterprises, Inc. Joseph West served as the as Chairman of the Department of Hospitality Administration in the College of Business at Florida State University in Tallahassee from 1991 to 1999. As chairperson, he worked closely with the Seminole Boosters to establish the University Center Club at FSU. He left FSU to become the Dean of Florida International University’s School of Hospitality and Tourist Management where he served for 10 years. Joe joined The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.® in September 1999 after resigning as dean. On a personal level he and his wife Liz have been FSU Seminole Boosters since 1993.

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The Legend returns —

and you’ll want to be there

here are certain moments in life when you just need to be there to experience and fully appreciate them. Like the first time an Appaloosa named Renegade ran onto Doak Campbell’s turf with a student dressed as Osceola riding on its bare back. Or in 1977, when Bobby Bowden’s rebuilt Seminole team broke a 10-year losing streak to Florida with a 37–9 victory in Gainesville. I was at both those games and wouldn’t sell either memory for any amount of money. Each and every Seminole fan has a memory from a game they attended that they wouldn’t want to have missed and they probably have a game they missed that they wished they hadn’t. My gut tells me that this year’s October 26, 2013 home game against North Carolina State -- Bobby Bowden Recognition Day -- will be another game that Seminole fans won’t want to miss. The one game I missed during the Bowden era that I’d give a month’s salary to have attended was the 1980 trip to Memorial Stadium, when an upstart Seminole team beat No. 3 Nebraska and the Husker fans gave the ‘Noles a standing ovation. I wasn’t there, but I can remember exactly what I was doing.

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That was a year before I started the Osceola, when I was a season ticket holder and a Booster living in Orlando, sitting alone on my back porch, shucking oysters to help me feel like I was at a Seminole tailgate. The game wasn’t televised so I listened to Gene Deckerhoff on a lousy radio signal and wished I were there. The ice on the beer and oysters was melted by the fourth quarter as the ‘Noles held a slim lead and the Huskers were driving with time running out. It was do or die time for the Seminole defense, and the pessimist in me figured I’d spend Sunday morning picking up the toilet paper my Gator neighbors would surely shroud my home with. Then I heard the sweetest words I’ve ever heard Deckerhoff utter, sweeter even than, “Touchdown FSU.” Deckerhoff said, “Fumble,” and I’m not sure what he said after that except something to the effect of, “Piurowski recovers ... Florida State football.” As much as I enjoyed that moment, and can still see the play in my mind’s eye, I would have given anything to have shared it with all the Seminole fans there that day, to have hugged a friend or a stranger wearing garnet and gold, to have been surprised by the Husker fans’ postgame ovation after Deckerhoff signed off. Saturday, October 26, 2013 will be one of those days that Seminoles years from now will say, “I was there.” A herd of Appaloosas will not keep me from being there Oct. 25–26 when the architect of my our memories — Bobby Bowden — returns to Doak Campbell Stadium to be recognized by the fans who long for his return. I’ll even buy a Bowden T-shirt to prove I was there. Tallahassee will be like Woodstock for Seminole fans and former players alike; a weekend love and peace fest. Love for the man. Peace for the Seminole family that hungers for closure, for the opportunity to collectively express its appreciation. “We are all so excited to come back for the FSU vs. NC State game to honor

Coach Bowden,” said former FSU quarterback Brad Johnson, who led the Tampa Bay Bucs to a Super Bowl title. “He visited all of our homes as high school student-athletes (during) the recruiting process. He gave us the opportunity to build the great tradition of a winning program at Florida State. I could not have imagined playing for another coach with as much character, someone who cared and encouraged us both on and off the field. I am proud to have worn the garnet and gold uniform and to have played for the winningest coach in Division 1 football. Honoring Coach Bowden will be a must see event!” “Like everyone else in that stadium I will be overcome with emotion,” said Daniel Grant, a Golden Chief who serves on the Seminole Booster Board of Directors. “I’m sure I will be crying like a baby. I wouldn’t miss this game for the world. My 81-yearold mother is driving seven hours because she doesn’t want to miss it either!” Grant, his Brooklyn-born mother, and 83,000 other Seminoles will share the proverbial hanky. The funny thing about great memories is they almost always come at unpredictable times, like the “Puntrooski” — a play Beano Cook called the greatest play since “My Fair Lady” — that yanked the pants off everyone in Memorial Stadium. Peter Manso, a Booster from Palm Beach, remembers Leroy Butler running down the sidelines with the ball tucked under his arm and the headline in the morning paper that read: “The Butler Did It.” He also remembers Deion Sanders taunting the Clemson team before their pregame Howard’s Rock ritual and then later, during a television

Many fans say the “Puntrooskie” win over Clemson was their favorite, which also featured a primetime punt return by Deion Sanders.

timeout, telling the Clemson coaches and players he was going to return the ensuing punt for a touchdown. Bobby Bowden’s return to Doak Campbell Stadium will become an unforgettable memory but, unlike any of those unexpected moments, we already know the exact date and time this historic moment will happen. Here are the dates and times to enter into your mobile device calendar: Friday, Oct. 25, at 8:30 a.m. — The “Legend Returns Golf Tournament” at Seminole Golf Course. Friday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. — The “Legend Returns VIP Cocktail Party” at the Tucker Center followed by “A Night with Bobby Bowden and Friends” at 7 p.m.

Like everyone else in that stadium I will be overcome with emotion. I’m sure I will be crying like a baby. I wouldn’t miss this game for the world.” — Daniel Grant, Golden Chief and Board Member

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Saturday, Oct. 26 — 20 minutes before kickoff in Doak Campbell Stadium Bowden will make his entrance onto the field that bears his name. Friday, Nov. 15 — Bowden and his 1993 team will celebrate the 20th anniversary of FSU’s first national championship at the Homecoming Parade. Saturday, Nov. 16 — Bowden and his 1993 team will be recognized at the Homecoming game against Syracuse.

The Legend Returns Weekend Events Friday, Oct. 25, at 8:30 a.m.

The “Legend Returns Golf Tournament” at Seminole Golf Course.

Friday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m.

The “Legend Returns VIP Cocktail Party” at the Tucker Center followed by “A Night with Bobby Bowden and Friends” at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26

20 minutes before kickoff in Doak Campbell Stadium Bowden will make his entrance onto the field that bears his name.

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While Bowden will come back for both games, it will be the NC State game where the focus will be on Bowden and all of his former players and coaches. That will be the game where Doak Campbell Stadium becomes the Mecca for Seminole fans and former players. It will be an experience, a collective group hug, an opportunity to exchange mutually shared memories. Friday will be intimate, a chance to play golf with Coach Bowden, to hear him speak, to have a picture taken or to have an item autographed. Friday night will feature Bowden and his Seminole Booster Tour sidekick Charlie Barnes, sitting on a riser on the floor of the Tucker Center surrounded by Boosters. Bobby and Charlie will entertain in a way only they can, with humor and reminiscences brought to life with audio and video images, as well as cameo appearances by former players and sports celebrities. “I’m honored to be invited back and to be recognized for what we accomplished,” Bowden said. “When I say ‘what we accomplished,’ I include all of those who played for me and the coaches. It will be good to see all of them and the Seminole Boosters, who contributed so much to what we accomplished.” More than 500 tickets to the event were requested by former players just hours after the email was sent inviting them back. The players have been offered two complimentary tickets to the Friday night event and to the game on Saturday, and more than 1,000 are expected to return to honor their coach and reminisce about their collective achievements. “As a former player under Coach Bowden, and now a member of this athletic department, Coach’s return feels like a member of the family coming home,” said Senior Associate Athletics Director Monk Bonasorte, a 1980 All American safety who sits on the board of the Varsity Club.

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“The excitement level and anticipation among our fans and our former players to be able to recognize Coach Bowden is so gratifying for someone like me who had the privilege of playing for a legend. We are thrilled he is going to continue to be an ambassador for Seminole Boosters and FSU Athletics in the coming years.” Bonasorte, who played in that game I missed in Nebraska, said the players will come armed with memories to share with former teammates and Seminole fans alike. Football brings FSU grads and fans back to the campus where they share a common passion for the Seminoles and common experiences. One could make the case that it is those shared experiences that bind perfect strangers into a fan base. “It was the ‘Choke at Doak’ for me,” said Feiler, a Golden Chief from Miami, in remembering his special moment. “My wife Anna and I were high up in the stands. It’s going into 4th quarter and we are down 31–3. I am super pissed and I tell her, ‘We are leaving.’ She says, ‘Let’s at least watch this drive.’ It turned into the most exciting sports experience of my life.” Should Russ Morcom, a two-time chairman of Seminole Boosters, and his wife Genie meet the Feilers, they will have at least one memory in common. “I was sitting right next to the Gator section and was miserable to the point of wanting to leave at the end of the 3rd quarter and head back to Indialantic,” Morcom said Like Feiler’s wife, it was Genie who said no way. “After a moment’s thought, I realized that

we’d driven five hours to see the game, and it was worth sitting it out. And was it ever,” Morcom said. “At the end, the boisterous Gators all around me were stunned into silence and the pain of the first three quarters was forgotten. On the drive home after the game, at rest areas we encountered many Seminole fans who had left early and were kicking themselves for doing so. We were glad not to be counted in that group.” That’s the thing about these kinds of moments. You are glad you were there, glad you are able to share them with others and relieved you didn’t miss the moment like I missed at Nebraska in 1980. Jimbo Fisher has many favorite Bowdenera memories and frequently tells the story of the 1987 FSU vs. Miami game. Fisher was a quarterback at Samford, playing for Terry Bowden. Between series, Fisher would pull

that historic season came in Gainesville on a key third-down conversion. “The 1993 game at Florida will always be my favorite play because three Hall of Famer’s were involved — Charlie Ward, Warrick Dunn and Gene Deckerhoff,” said Conley Thornhill, a Golden Chief from Central Florida. “Anyone who has heard the replay of Gene calling that play has got to get chills. I do every time.” I polled a number of Seminole fans to ask what their most memorable games have been and a great many responded that it wasn’t the games in particular but the way Bowden conducted himself that will draw them home to say thank you. Don Yaeger, who has authored numerous books on sports and leadership, explained: “I was sitting in the stands at Georgia Tech (in 1992) listening to so many ‘fans’ call for the benching of

during the Spring Booster Tour. There was a problem — Bowden had busted the zipper in his pants and needed a place to hang out while Barnes found a seamstress to fix it. Unfazed, Bowden wrapped a bath towel around his waist and chatted merrily until Barnes returned with repaired britches in hand. The event on Friday, Oct. 25, will surely stir lots of laughable memories of Bowden the man and the comedian. The event will also help us appreciate Bobby Bowden’s gravitas and his impact on sport, on Florida State and on the lives of his former players and alumni. While we were waiting to interview Bowden on camera last month, he and I sat in his dining room, reminiscing about old times with Lane Herdt, who works for Seminole Productions. When Bowden left the room, Herdt turned to me star struck

We are all so excited to come back for the FSU vs. NC State game to honor Coach Bowden … I am proud to have worn the garnet and gold uniform and to have played for the winningest coach in Division 1 football. Honoring Coach Bowden will be a must see event!”

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off his helmet, slip on his FSU ball cap and the headsets and ask an assistant in the Samford press box for the FSU–UM score update. After scoring late, Bowden could have kicked an extra point to tie the game but instead went for two and the win but as disappointing as the outcome was, it was a moment not to be missed, tht clearly told those in attendance that a national championship was within reach. The moment finally came in 1993, when the ’Noles beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowlbut the memory that will persist of

— Former FSU Quarterback Brad Johnson Charlie Ward … but that was when the genius of Bobby kicked in. Not only did he do the right thing for the moment, he did the right thing for the program. Without question, one of his finest moments!” Tallahassee native Mel Pope agrees. It was the way Bowden handled himself in a press conference, with fans or with players. It is those memories that will drive people to Tallahassee to pay their respects to a man who transcended sport. Thornhill shared a personal story about Bowden and Barnes coming to his house

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and said, “That was the greatest 30 minutes of my career. I’ve been around a lot of celebrities, but I just spent 30 minutes with a Hall of Famer and a legend.” “Has there ever been a better Brad Johnson ambassador for a university or college athletics than Bobby Bowden?” asked Gold Chief Daniel Grant. “I don’t care how many conference championships or national championships another team has won. Florida State University will always have Bobby Bowden, and to me that trumps any trophy out there.” SB

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Opportunity Awaits 2013 FSU Football Season Preview By Brandon Mellor, Seminoles.com Managing Editor // photos by Mike Olivella

lorida State made national news this past April when it hit a school record of the country’s best 11 players selected in the NFL Draft. And while such an accomplishment is noteworthy because it indicates the type of talent that encompasses the Seminoles’ roster, it also means that FSU has a bunch of big Nikes to fill entering the 2013 season. Stepping into the garnet cleats of EJ Manuel, Bjoern Werner, Xavier Rhodes, Menelik Watson, Tank Carradine and many others may be daunting, but it also represents opportunity for the returning ’Noles. Without Manuel, the only quarterback taken in the first round of the draft when he was picked 16th overall by the Buffalo Bills, FSU Coach Jimbo Fisher and new

Quarterbacks Coach Randy Sanders turn their attention to a trio of underclassmen. When Clint Trickett elected to continue his career at West Virginia this past spring, it guaranteed FSU a first-time starter under center and a Jameis Winston, Jacob Coker and Sean Maguire competition that will dominate two-a-days headlines. Winston enters his redshirt freshman year with the hype of an established veteran following his memorable performance in the spring game and a full season of strong play for Mike Martin’s baseball team. Coker played a few snaps last year as the thirdstring quarterback behind Manuel and Trickett and is considered to have one of the strongest arms Fisher has ever coached. Like Winston, Maguire is a redshirt freshman and is quite talented despite the same hype of his classmate.

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At tailback, Chris Thompson is now suiting up for the Washington Redskins so it’s officially the Devonta Freeman and James Wilder, Jr. show in the backfield. “Wild and Free” combined for 1,295 yards rushing and 20 rushing and receiving touchdowns as sophomores a season ago and both figure to be given even more opportunities this year as FSU works in its new quarterback. Redshirt freshman Mario Pender should add a dynamic and speedy element to the rotation, and the program also welcomes highly touted tailback Ryan Green from St. Petersburg, Fla. Florida State doesn’t lack talent and depth at running back but it certainly has a void at fullback, where Lonnie Pryor excelled as a do-it-all runner and blocker during his career. The coaching staff has high hopes for senior Chad Abram after an impressive spring, but he is the only scholarship fullback on the roster and has just four career carries. While the backfield is doing its job to move the chains and help protect FSU’s young quarterbacks, the offensive line should be one of the team’s most resolute strengths this season. Watson may have turned his one season in Tallahassee into a second-round selection but junior Bobby Hart has starting experience and has the opportunity to earn his job at right tackle back. Along with

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As sophomores, James Wilder Jr. (above) and Devonta Freeman had a combined total of 1,295 yards rushing and 20 rushing and receiving touchdowns.

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Hart and backup center Austin Barron, Cameron Erving (left tackle), Josue Matias (left guard), Bryan Stork (center) and Tre’ Jackson (right guard) have all combined to start 96 games in their career — a total that is 10th most of any team in college football. On the outside, FSU lost Rodney Smith to graduation but returns one of the nation’s premier wide receivers in junior Rashad Greene. The speedy Albany, Ga., native has led FSU in receptions, yards and touchdowns in each of his first two years at FSU and could see his numbers increase even more this year as the ’Noles’ young quarterbacks looks to him frequently as a consistent go-to target. FSU also boasts key veterans like Willie Haulstead, Kenny Shaw and Jarred Haggins as well Kelvin Benjamin, who has the opportunity to become a dominant threat at wide receiver with his 6-foot-6, 240-pound frame if he can become more consistent. Florida State will also infuse exciting freshmen Jesus Wilson, Isaiah Jones and Levonte Whitfield into the rotation. Under the direction of new Tight Ends Coach Tim Brewster, Nick O’Leary is back for his junior year to lead a strong position group that also features senior Kevin Haplea, sophomore Christo Kourtzidis and true freshman Jeremy Kerr. Mark Stoops is now the head coach at

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Kentucky, and in his place is Jeremy Pruitt, who joined FSU’s staff this past spring after a multiple-championships stint as Alabama’s defensive backs coach. Pruitt brings with his an attacking, multi-blitzing defensive scheme that should maximize the efforts of Florida State’s athleticism on that side of the football. Brandon Jenkins, Werner and Carradine are now in the NFL so youngsters Mario Edwards Jr. Giorgio Newberry, Chris Casher and DeMarcus Walker all have the chance to make their own names at the defensive end position. Dan Hicks is also back at defensive end after an off-season switch to tight end and fall-camp injury sidelined him for the entire 2012 campaign. Hicks’ leadership will be key for a unit that is long on talent but short on experience. In the middle of FSU’s ferocious defensive line is a bevy of big-bodied tackles, focused on stepping in to replace the veteran playmaking of Anthony McCloud and Everett Dawkins. Timmy Jernigan begins his junior season as one of the most talented players at his position in the country and FSU also benefits from the return of Jacobbi McDaniel after the former fivestar prospect missed all of last season while recovering from an ankle injury. Demonte McAllister is also expected to make a healthy return after missing all

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of spring and Derrick Mitchell is finally healthy after injuries cost him his first two seasons at FSU. Justin Shanks, Eddie Goldman and Nile Lawrence-Stample are three more high-upside young players that could push for starting jobs. Opportunity awaits on the defensive line just like it does at linebacker, where last year’s starters at middle and outside linebacker — Vince Williams and Nick Moody, respectively — are both now playing professionally. Senior Telvin Smith was a “1B” option in the middle last year and will likely become the full-time starter at the “Mike” position this year. But Moody’s strongside spot will be wide open as a trio of young ’backers like Reggie Northrup, Ukeme Eligwe and Terrence Smith all vie for playing time. Christian Jones elected to return for his senior season and is one of the top outside linebackers in the whole country. The ’Noles have also brought in a handful of highly regarded freshman linebackers to provide depth and push for playing time. Pruitt has had incredible success producing all-star caliber defensive backs in his career and should continue that with a loaded cupboard of talent in FSU’s secondary where Lamarcus Joyner is the top returning player. Joyner, a senior who briefly flirted with the idea of leaving early for the NFL, stayed at Florida State to learn under Pruitt and make a switch from safety to cornerback. Joyner’s transition to the corner position helps ease the loss of Xavier Rhodes to the NFL and gives the ’Noles an impressive rotation of players that includes reigning ACC Defensive Freshman of the Year Ronald Darby and returning 14-game starter Nick Waisome, among several other talented young players. At safety, Karlos Williams could step into Joyner’s vacated starter’s role alongside Terrence Brooks. Florida State’s 2013 season officially kicks off in primetime for the nation to see as the Seminoles face off against new ACC member Pitt on Sept. 2 in college football’s annual Labor Day game. SB

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Jimbo Fisher Jimbo Fisher had just completed the Seminole Booster Spring Tour of 15 cities. His highly-attended football camps were in the rearview mirror, generating commitments from some of the nation’s top prospects. Florida State’s head coach was preparing to slip away for a few days of family vacation with his sons Ethan and Trey and wife Candi when he sat down with Unconquered Publisher Jerry Kutz to discuss the upcoming season. In spite of the beehive of activity outside his office, Fisher settled back in his chair and chatted happily about a team with promise and the players he loves to coach. Kutz: Before we get into the Xs and Os, let’s talk about the Johnnys and Joes; the people inside those helmets. You have said on the Seminole Booster Spring Tour that you like this team. What makes you say that? Fisher: We have good guys, fun guys to coach. They listen. I’m not saying they won’t have the normal issues that a college student will have, but we have very highcharacter quality people who are goal oriented. They are great representatives of Florida State University.

team have solidified themselves. Now, is there more to get? Yes, we’re not satisfied. Kutz: We had 16 of your players working in the Booster office this summer, calling our members and thanking them for funding their scholarship. One of them stopped me in the hall to proudly show me his Orange Bowl championship ring.

Kutz: On the Spring Tour, you said that you saw a marked difference in how the players carried themselves after having won the ACC Championship. They wore their ACC Championship hats everywhere they went. And that attitude carried through to spring practice.

Fisher: Growing up you see the guys that won and think, “Boy, I would like to have a Sugar Bowl ring, an Orange Bowl ring, an ACC Championship ring,” and you think, “Will I ever get one?” That is part of the dream of coming here. It gives them a different self-confidence and pride. They are proud. They say, “Yeah coach, there is a lot of blood, sweat and tears in this one.”

Fisher: Until you can actually say, “I am a champion,” you don’t know what it’s like. We talk about it in sports all the time. You’re never considered a great QB until you win a Super Bowl. When you win a championship as a player, it takes the pressure off and allows you to relax and play. And I think by winning 12 games, winning a conference championship, winning a BCS Bowl, the kids on this

Kutz: At the Boosters’ Saltwater Fishing Tournament in Captiva on Father’s Day, we had David Ponder, a former FSU defensive tackle, and his son Christian Ponder as our guests. When asked what his scholarship to FSU to play football meant to him, David Ponder confirmed what you’ve been saying all spring on the Booster tour, that the football scholarship changed his life

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and the lives of generations of his family. David was the first person from his family to go to college. When Christian was born it wasn’t a matter of if Christian would get a college education, it became a matter of getting the best college education. Fisher: The football scholarship changed his family and generations of people to follow. What donors need to know is that many of these players are first generation college kids. In the beginning, it may take time to adjust, but let them scratch and claw and get that piece of paper because it gives them opportunities in life. And now their kids can have a better life, and all of a sudden you change a whole generation or family forever. A lot of these kids wouldn’t go to school if it weren’t for athletics. They don’t think they are intelligent, or they don’t think they can make it, and suddenly they start doing well in school when they never thought they would. You talk about watching someone’s pride and confidence grow. And then their whole perspective on the world changes and it filters to their kids, their wives, their parents, brothers and sisters, their grandparents. I see it all the time. To me that is one of the great fulfillments of coaching. Kutz: To me it’s the greatest satisfaction of working for Seminole Boosters, because I know the money we raise is changing lives. College athletics is a great boot-strap, self-help opportunity program where the recipients have to work hard for everything they get. And the graduation rates, all in the mid-80 percent and higher under you, and the success the former players are having in life reflect that it’s working. Fisher: That’s exactly right. It is the Seminole Booster members’ giving that is creating an atmosphere and environment for somebody to be successful. You are changing their

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lives because you’re presenting an opportunity, a (view) of life that they’ve never seen. Those kids really do appreciate it, I promise you. Kutz: Quick thoughts about the 2013 offense? Fisher: We have all the pieces to be a very productive unit and we will be. We broke the school record in yards last year while scoring 30 points a game. That’s one of the top offenses in Florida State history. Kutz: Let’s flash through your offense position by position, starting with the offensive line. Fisher: We have four of our five starting linemen back with Bobby Hart returning as a starter. We feel very confident in three or four of our high-quality backups. Kutz: Running backs? Fisher: We have good playing experience in James Wilder and Devonta Freeman, who rushed for over 1,200 yards, and Mario Pender has a very high ceiling as he develops. Kutz: Receivers? Fisher: We have Rashad Greene, Kenny Shaw, Kelvin Benjamin, Scooter Haggins and Christian Green available. Willie Halstead is back and doing very well. That group has worked hard and will produce. Kutz: Tight ends and what you are doing at fullback? Fisher: We need to have a great year. O’Leary has to keep developing. (Editors note: Fisher talked about Haplea, but he tore an ACL days after the interview and is lost for the 2013 season). Cristo is a very good player. Those are key positions for us this year along with Chad Abrahams at fullback. Those guys will have to work out of the backfield some. We can present some real problems for defenses.

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Kutz: Quarterbacks? Fisher: We have three outstanding guys — Jameis, Jacob and Sean — who are very talented. I’m excited about the experience around them, which should relieve the pressure. We have guys around the QBs that will be in the right places, block the right people and do the right things, which will allow them to function in their job. They all have big time arms and have the ability to lead us, and that is why they were recruited here. Kutz: Talk about your experience working with a young quarterback. Fisher: A couple of times I’ve had freshmen or guys new to the system. First, we look at their talent level, ability to learn and what they can handle. But two, very importantly, which is much different here (with this team), is the amount of experience around the young guys. People get so focused on the quarterback and don’t realize how much better he can be with experienced guys around him that know how to function. The quarterback’s job, a lot of times, is not what he does, but what he does when other people break down. He is required to save it, to create a good play, to create a positive play or not take a loss. That’s why sometimes quarterbacks get too much glory and too much blame. A lot of things that go wrong aren’t always their fault, or the reason they play well is because everyone else around them plays so well. When you are breaking in a rookie quarterback it’s really important to have a veteran offensive line, receivers, backs and tight ends. I’m excited about being in that type of situation. Kutz: The QB’s job is to lead in the huddle. You’ve got some guys that can lead don’t you? Fisher: They are natural leaders. They have no problem stepping up, tak-

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ing charge and being authoritative. You either have presence and leadership or you don’t. When you walk in a room you either have command — people know who you are — (or you don’t). Our quarterbacks have that. We emphasize that when we are recruiting. That’s part of our evaluation. We look for guys that not only run well, throw well, are big and fast, but have presence, command and intelligence, too. Kutz: Let’s talk about all of the special teams play, including your return and cover teams. Fisher: Last year we were very strong in our kickers (Dustin Hopkins graduated and punter Cason Beatty is returning). This year with Beatty and (kicker) Roberto (Aguayo), we will be just as good. Phillip Doumar, our long snapper had a great spring. He has been a backup for two or three years and is ready to start. We needed to improve our return game this off season. We had too many penalties and turnovers. Kenny Shaw has really solidified the punt return position with Tyler Hunter as back up. We are a very athletic team so cover teams should be able to get an advantage on people. We have players that can run and have good size, which allows us to play and tackle in space. That is very important on special teams. Kutz: Kicker Roberto Aguayo must replace the very consistent Dustin Hopkins. Fisher: He has the same leg strength, possibly even stronger. Same range in the field goals; he hits them from 65–plus in practice. He hit a 58 in the Spring Game. He can kick it out of the end zone and kick it high. Now, I know he will be nervous early. He is a young freshman but he has handled things well so far. He’s very self-driven, very athletic like Dustin

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was. They are very similar type people in a lot of ways. Kutz: You mentioned on the tour that Beatty was really effective last year knocking punts down inside the 20. Fisher: We moved the ball a lot and didn’t have many three and outs on offense. Even when we didn’t score, we had great field position. He did a great job of pinning kicks inside the 10-, 15-, sometimes the 5-yard line. When we pinned a kick inside the 10 and held them to a three and out, we averaged 4.6 points a possession after that. It’s all part of the game of field position. That’s a part of football that has become less important. (College football) is in this no huddle offense trend. People don’t talk about field position anymore, but it is very critical, especially when you have a great defense like we do. That is still part of the game that we emphasize. Kutz: Speaking of defense. Let’s trot through your defense, which graduated some good players and has some new coaches too. Fisher: We have a very good team even though seven guys got drafted. In essence we had co-starters at D tackle with (Tim) Jernigan and (Demonte) McAllister. We have depth with Goldman, Nile Lawrence, Derrick Mitchell and Jacobi McDaniel. And all these guys back (from injury). Up front we have great depth and will keep a great rotation again. Kutz: Linebacker? Fisher: Vince Wiliams is gone but Telvin (Smith) played just as much. We have quality depth with Telvin and Christian Jones coming back. We have very experienced guys along with Terrance Smith, Reggie Northup and Marcus Eligwe. Those guys are all extremely talented, along with the freshmen.

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Kutz: You lost some defensive ends to the NFL draft. Fisher: Defensive end Dan Hicks will be back after playing a year at tight end. Giorgio is solid. Mario (Edwards), who started three games last year, will be there along with Demarcus Walker and Chris Casher. They are a talented group. Kutz: Defensive backfield. Fisher: With two seniors, we have great depth in the secondary. Joyner is going to corner now but at safety we have Brooks and Tyler Hunter. They’ll play multiple looks. All those guys were co-starters and are great players. Kutz: You have a new defensive coordinator. How will the philosophy or the scheme change with Jeremy Pruitt? Fisher: Our team philosophy won’t change. (The philosophy) is to stop the run, get off the field on 3rd down and affect the QB. We will still stay in a 4-3 defense in much of what we do, but we will create multiple looks, creating matchups so we can pressure the quarterback. Kutz: You chose Jeremy Pruitt to be your defensive coordinator. Tell us what you saw in him. Fisher: He has overall knowledge of the game and is a big picture thinker. He coordinates from the back to the front, which is very important in today’s times. He will be able to mix in coverage while protecting guys in the back. Also, he is a very hard-working, studious guy who pays attention to football and keeps up with all the changes and nuances. Kutz: Why did you choose the coaches on defense? Fisher: Sal Sunseri at defensive ends is a tremendous recruiter and well-

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known position coach. He has been a coordinator and has experience. He will be a great contributor of knowledge to the staff. Charles Kelly has been a coordinator at the Division 1AA and the 1A level, is a great recruiter and special teams coach. He can also bridge the gap on defense because he has been both a secondary coach and a linebacker coach. Kutz: Your defensive line coach, Odell Haggins, returns. Fisher: He has coached as many NFL guys as anybody. He is a tremendous inside coach and has a great presence and command. Kutz: Let’s move to offense, where Rick Trickett and Lawrence Dawsey return to coach your offensive line and receivers, respectively. Who are the new coaches and why did you choose them? Fisher: Tim Brewster is with the tight ends. He is a big picture thinker, is very knowledgeable, a tremendous recruiter, understands the game from a pro and college standpoint, and he brings the experience of having been a head coach. Jay Graham with running backs is also a tremendous recruiter, being a former running back himself. He was a great player in college and in the NFL but has really developed himself into a great coach. Again, he’s a big picture thinker, displays command and presence, is very knowledgeable and is well respected. Randy Sanders has the quarterbacks. Another big picture thinker. Has been a coordinator for years and called plays. He’s coached several offensive positions and brings all that experience to the coordinator position. He understands the run game and the pass game and is a very good recruiter. He has been in the business a long time.

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Kutz: There are always questions about the role of the offensive coordinator and who does the play calling. My experience is that it is a staff process that begins in the summer and leads right up to the play call. Can you take the reader behind the scenes and describe how a game plan is decided and plays are called? Fisher: All of our game breakdowns are done in the summer. We study every opponent and the problems they create on both sides. We look for things we can attack and we study their coordinators and their tendencies. When we get to the game week, Sunday is a general consensus day. Everybody is responsible for different pieces of the game plan. Every coach (on the FSU staff) has a specialty. Certain coaches are (responsible for) coming up with first down runs, first and second down runs, red zone plays, goal line plays, short yardage, play action, first down blitz, second down blitz, third down blitz, etc. Then we do a personnel match and a self scout. That is a report that is done every day. Each coach reports his piece. During the week of game planning the coaches are (focused) on their area of responsibility. When each coach presents his plan, I watch the film and we talk through decision making. Then we meet as a group and we all game plan together. Kutz: Does the defense follow a similar weekly planning schedule? Fisher: Defense practices the same way. We practice “good on good” every week. Mid week consists of good on good and 7-on-7. Good on good means first team against first team and second team against second team. We don’t practice against the other team schemes; it’s our best players against our best players for a certain number of snaps to keep the pace fast.

Kutz: Are you and the staff scripting what plays you want to call in certain situations throughout the week? Fisher: Yes, we script all the scenarios against down and distance, field position, red zones and every other situation. We practice every scenario possible. Kutz: On game day, if the opponent has a high tendency to run certain defenses by personnel group on the field, do your coaches in the box alert you to those situations and the plays you worked on during the week for those situations? Fisher: Certain coaches in the box are responsible for watching all substitutions, or secondary coverage on every play, back side reverses, etc. There are always three or four sets of eyes. Between every series on the sideline they call down and we run through it like this, “Okay, first and 10. What was the play? Was it successful? Yes. Was there a problem? Yes. What was the problem? The right guard missed his assignment.” Then, Trickett will get on the right guard. We coach the game as it’s being played, making adjustments as we go. Kutz: As for the play calling, do you have a script, a play your staff knows you want to call for certain down and distance, opponent personnel groupings, etc.? Fisher: We have top choices for play calling. We have plays we like to run in certain situations and we adjust as the game is played. If they (opponent) adjust to us, then we have to adjust. The first 15 plays are scripted and then we manage the game as it develops. The same goes for the defense too. We call pre-scripted plays for opponent tendencies in certain situations. Kutz: Let’s review the schedule.

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Fisher: I like that we’re not at home for long periods of time and not on the road for long periods of time. I prefer to spread out the home and get into a routine. I think opening up with Pitt is really going to make our summer more attentive because we’re coming out of the gate (with a dangerous game). We need to be ready. Kutz: It’s a different style isn’t it, with Pitt? Fisher: Paul Christ was the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin when we played them in the Orlando bowl game a couple of years ago. They use their size and mass. Paul is a crafty coach in throwing the football. They’ve got good players. They have a tradition of having great skill players. They have talented backs that can break big plays. Everyone thinks of the South as moving and dashing more, but it’s become universal. Kutz: In addition to opening with Pitt, your road games are tough. Fisher: Yes, we’ve got some very challenging road games in Pitt, a great matchup with Clemson and Florida in The Swamp. Kutz: When you look at the home schedule, what do you see? Fisher: A great traditional rivalry with Miami. North Carolina State comes here the week before Miami, just after the Clemson game. That is a very challenging run. Nevada is a completely different look. They had great success last year. Maryland has to come back here towards the end; their last chance. We have some different teams on the schedule. We’ve got five opponents we have never played: Syracuse, Nevada, Pitt, Idaho and Bethune Cookman, so it will be very challenging. We have some very tough road games and a good home schedule. SB

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Kelvin Benjamin

6-5

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Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central HS

Tyler Hunter

5-11

197

Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes County HS

Ronald Darby

5-11

192

Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac HS

Jesus Wilson

5-9

177

Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus HS

Freddie Stevenson

6-1

237

Bartow, Fla./Bartow HS

Reggie Northrup

6-1

223

Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast HS Hueytown, Ala./Hueytown HS

Jameis Winston

6-4

227

r-FR

Dan Hicks

6-4

260

r-SR

Oxford, Miss./Oxford HS

Nick Waisome

5-10

176

Groveland, Fla./South Lake HS

Christian Jones

6-4

235

Winter Park, Fla./Lake Howell HS

Mario Pender

5-10

192

r-FR

Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast HS

Devonta Freeman

5-9

203

Miami, Fla./Miami Central HS

Timmy Jernigan

6-2

294

Lake City, Fla./Columbia HS

Levonte “Kermit” Whitfield

5-7

178

Orlando, Fla./Jones HS

Karlos Williams

6-1

230

Davenport, Fla./Ridge Community HS Woodbridge, Va./C.D. Hylton HS

E.J. Levenberry

6-3

234

Sean Maguire

6-3

215

r-FR

Sparta, N.J./Seton Hall Prep

John Franklin III

6-0

172

Plantation, Fla./South Plantation HS

Derrick Mitchell

6-4

295

r-SO

Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast HS

Clay Pickler

6-3

180

Grapevine, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS/Tarrant County College

Jarred Haggins

6-0

193

Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland HS

Matthew Thomas

6-3

210

Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington HS

Rashad Gholston

5-10

167

Miami Gardens, Fla./Miramar HS

Jalen Ramsey

6-1

195

Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood HS

Jacob Coker

6-5

235

r-SO

Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s Episcopal HS Belle Glade, Fla./Glades Central Community HS

Greg Dent

5-11

195

Mario Edwards, Jr.

6-3

285

Gautier, Miss./Ryan (Texas) HS

Louis Giordano

5-8

160

Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Coral Glades HS Rockledge, Fla./Martins Ferry HS (Ohio)

Dorsey Moore

6-4

205

r-FR

Ro’Derrick Hoskins

6-2

216

Orlando, Fla./Evans HS

Jayon Young

6-1

212

Coral Springs, Fla./J.P. Taravella HS

Roberto Aguayo

6-1

208

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Mascotte, Fla./South Lake HS

Lamarcus Joyner

5-8

190

Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS

Chris Casher

6-4

260

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Mobile, Ala./Davidson HS

Taylor Doan

6-0

224

Tampa, Fla./Jesuit-Tampa HS Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes County HS

Telvin Smith

6-3

218

Jared Armstrong

6-0

180

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Gainesville, Fla./Oak Hall School

Gerald Demps

5-11

201

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Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes County HS

Ryan Green

5-10

188

St. Petersburg, Fla./Catholic HS

Terrance Smith

6-4

220

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Decatur, Ga./Southwest DeKalb HS

P.J. Williams

6-0

193

Ocala, Fla./Vanguard HS

Lamard Kiner

6-0

210

Ocala, Fla./Vanguard HS

Dan O’Neill

6-0

165

Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter HS

Marquez White

6-0

171

Dothan, Ala./Northview HS

Nigel Terrell

6-1

226

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Helena, Ala./Pelham HS

Nate Andrews

5-11

208

Fairhope, Ala./Fairhope HS

Colin Blake

6-3

214

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San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis HS

Terrence Brooks

5-11

200

Dunnellon, Fla./Dunnellon HS

James Wilder, Jr.

6-2

229

Tampa, Fla./Plant HS

Kevin Haplea

6-4

245

Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon HS/Penn State Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer HS

Nick O’Leary

6-3

246

Parker Conley

6-5

210

Norcross, Ga./Norcross HS

Kory Burnett

6-0

211

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Tyrell Lyons

6-0

210

Jermaine Washington

5-8

192

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Cameron Budde

5-11

228

Vero Beach, Fla./Saint Edward’s School/Franklin & Marshall College

Keelin Smith

6-3

185

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Fort Pierce, Fla./Treasure Coast HS

Jonathan Akanbi

6-1

204

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Orlando, Fla./Edgewater HS

Cason Beatty

6-3

229

Charlotte, N.C./Olympic HS

Justin Allred

6-1

197

St. Augustine, Fla./Nease HS

Bryan LaCivita

6-1

190

Gainesville, Fla./St. Francis Catholic

Danny Adams

5-9

195

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Kendall Fullington

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Chad Abram

6-0

234

Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen HS

Shayne Broxsie

6-2

260

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Lamarcus Brutus

6-0

202

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Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast HS

Peter Ciappetta

6-2

211

Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons HS

Desmond Hollin

6-3

268

Miami, Fla./ASA College (N.Y.)/Miami Southridge HS

DeMarcus Walker

6-3

274

Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood HS

Will Burnham

6-0

178

Lithia, Fla./Newsome HS

Nathan Slater

6-2

223

Terry, Miss./Saint Andrew’s Episcopal HS

Paul Aloise

5-11

225

Palm City, Fla./Martin County HS

Stephen Davis

5-11

195

Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS

Justin DeLuca

5-11

220

Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter HS

Dixon Phillips

6-3

224

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Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough HS/Quincy University

Jake Romano

5-11

232

Wellington, Fla./Wellington HS

Colton Woodall

6-3

190

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Fort Lauderdale, Fla./North Broward Prep/Univ. of Rhode Island

Bobby Hart

6-4

315

Lauderhill, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS

Giorgio Newberry

6-6

280

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Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central HS

Ukeme Eligwe

6-2

240

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Stone Mountain, Ga./Stone Mountain HS Vero Beach, Fla./Vero Beach HS

Bryan Stork

6-4

300

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Sterling Lovelady

6-3

291

Navarre, Fla./Navarre HS

Tre’ Jackson

6-4

330

Jesup, Ga./Wayne County HS

Ira Denson

6-3

330

Madison, Fla./Madison County

Jacobbi McDaniel

6-0

295

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Greenville, Fla./Madison County HS

Trey Pettis

6-5

350

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DeLand, Fla./DeLand HS

Philip Doumar

6-1

225

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Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter HS

Ryan Alicea

6-1

213

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Wellington, Fla./Wellington HS

Ryan Hoefeld

6-3

292

New Orleans, La./Brother Martin HS

Jacob Fahrenkrug

6-4

326

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Robbinsdale, Minn./Cooper HS/North Dakota St. College

Myles Davis

6-2

307

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Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz HS

Austin Barron

6-3

300

Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS

Mitchell Zak

5-11

197

New Smyrna Beach, Fla./Calvary Christian Academy

Rhett Goodman

5-11

209

Tampa, Fla./Jesuit-Tampa HS

Ruben Carter

6-4

309

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Miami, Fla./Jackson HS

Keith Weeks

6-4

292

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Valrico, Fla./Newsome HS

Reginald Dixon

5-11

203

Tallahassee, Fla./Godby HS

Josue Matias

6-6

322

Union City, N.J./Union City HS

Barrett Kernon

6-4

239

Ormond Beach, Fla./Seabreeze HS/Auburn University

Richy Klepal

6-4

285

Tampa, Fla./Plant HS

Joe Hernandez

6-0

207

Miami Beach, Fla./Miami Beach HS Wellington, Fla./Wellington HS

Brad Bentz

6-2

250

Jonathan Wallace

6-7

290

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Jacksonville, Fla./Lee HS

Cameron Erving

6-6

320

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Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County HS Boynton Beach, Fla./Park Vista Comm. HS/Minn-Crookston

Larry Levy

6-2

270

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Wilson Bell

6-4

314

Prichard, Ala./Blount HS

Rashad Greene

6-0

180

Albany, Ga./St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) HS

Kenny Shaw

6-0

170

Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips HS

Willie Haulstead

6-2

215

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Titusville, Fla./Titusville HS

Isaiah Jones

6-4

200

Milton, Fla./Milton HS

Tasean Crews

5-11

171

Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola HS/Tallahassee Community College St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg HS

Jeremy Kerr

6-5

254

David Tyrrell

6-3

195

Cape Coral, Fla./Mariner HS

Jeren Kowalewski

6-2

171

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Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch HS

Christian Green

6-2

205

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Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic HS

Eddie Goldman

6-4

313

Washington, D.C/Friendship Collegiate Academy

Cam Ponder

6-1

242

Yulee, Fla./Yulee HS

Davarez Bryant

6-3

234

New Smyrna Beach, Fla./New Smyrna Beach HS Miami, Fla./North Miami Beach Senior High

Pierre Jolicouer

6-0

250

Justin Shanks

6-2

308

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Prattville, Ala./Prattville HS

Dorian Earley

6-2

217

Saint Petersburg, Fla./Saint Petersburg

Keith Bryant

6-2

312

Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic HS

Demonte McAllister

6-2

298

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Tampa, Fla./Alonso HS

Nile Lawrence-Stample

6-1

313

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Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Nova HS

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Hart and Hustle Junior Tackle Bobby Hart is Back in the Starting Lineup and Working Hard to Stay There By Brandon Mellor, Seminoles.com Managing Editor // Photo by Ross Obley

ith nine freshman-year starts to his credit, Bobby Hart entered camp last fall ready to entrench himself as Florida State’s long-term right tackle. But the arrival of freak-of-nature junior college signee Menelik Watson, combined with Hart’s own inconsistencies, derailed the 17-year-old’s plan. Instead of building off a rookie year that saw him start all but a third of the season as the right-side bookend, Hart was relegated to a backup guard position for his sophomore campaign. For a student-athlete that was used to having a meaningful impact dating back to his days at powerhouse high school St. Thomas Aquinas, serving as a backup was unfamiliar and painful. Still, Hart knew his demotion happened for a reason — a reason he wasn’t about to let alter his plan again. “Sitting on the bench as an athlete, it hurts; it does something to you,” Hart said. “But when you sit back and start maturing and understanding the bigger scheme of things and understand what you did to get there and know that you never want to go back, you don’t want to say it’s a good thing but it definitely motivates you. “You can’t do what you did to put yourself in that predicament. You just work hard, and you listen to everything that your coaches say and you just do anything in your power to keep getting better and making an impact.” With Watson and fellow junior-college signee Daniel Glauser no longer on the roster, Hart entered spring camp earlier this year with a new outlook, new motivation and a new job — albeit a job he had already held — at right tackle. And while FSU Coach Jimbo Fisher and offensive line Coach Rick Trickett experimented with different personnel along the line throughout spring practices, Hart remained the most likely starting option at right tackle through camp. He even capped off the spring with a strong showing as a starter in the Garnet and Gold Game and is the likely starter at right tackle entering two-a-days.

His improvement from last year has been evident. “From fall, when I used to pass rush against him, to now his hands and quickness have gotten a lot stronger,” said sophomore defensive end Mario Edwards Jr. In addition to the humbling experience of falling down the depth chart and having to work himself back into a position of playing time, his role as a guard helped too. He now has a better grasp of the collective process required by all five offensive linemen for pass protection and run blocking success. “It helps you better understand what the guard is thinking. As a tackle if you know what they are thinking, you can help them out and communicate better,” Hart said. “You know what it’s like for them and what they have to do so you can better understand how the whole line needs to play.” With his junior year ahead of him, Hart plans on doing whatever is necessary to take advantage of his move up the depth chart. “I want to get a lot stronger in my upper and lower body,” he said. “I am going to be watching a lot of film and studying all the blitzes that the defense runs so I can be prepared for camp. And overall, just keep working on my craft and getting better.” Hart still talks with Watson and calls the soon-to-be NFL player a “great friend.” Watson is quick to share words of wisdom and remind his young pal of the importance of hard work, attention to detail and trust in his coaches; a trio of tactics that helped turn Watson into a second-round NFL Draft selection by the Oakland Raiders. Above all else, Watson has told Hart, focus on getting better every day. “I feel like I have done that,” Hart said. “But I feel like I also have a long way to go to be a great player. But it’s just a process and you just keep working and it’ll get better with time. You just keep trusting in Coach Trickett, and everything will work out.” SB

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Calendar of Events

Fall Calendar of Events and Activities Don’t miss a game or event during this season 9.14.13 FSU vs. Nevada

(Hall of Fame/CollegeTown)

9/12 - Gathering of the Chiefs – By Invitation only 9/13 - B lock Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm, featuring Chris Janson and Michael Ray Hall of Fame Banquet – For more information call (850) 644-1123. Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility Dedication – By Invitation only CollegeTown Ribbon Cutting – 5pm 9/14 - C ollegeTown Street Party – 10:30am, Tailgate Party 7:30pm – Post game street party featuring Houston Dees & Tobacco Road Seminole Spirit Walk – 2:45pm, Join the spirit walk to the stadium. Walk begins at CollegeTown, moves through the intramural fields to the stadium.

9.21.13 fSU vs. Bethune-Cookman (Youth Weekend/Band Day/Military Appreciation)

9/20 - Block Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm Let Us Play Auction – 5:30–8pm, $50 tickets. Register online at Seminole-boosters.com. CollegeTown – Entertainment, shopping and dining. 9/21 - Youth Day – $10 tickets for youth 18 and under Band Day – Over 3,000 high school band students participate in Seminole Gameday with the Marching Chiefs. Band Day is open to all area high school bands. Visit marchingchiefs.fsu.edu for more information. Military Appreciation Game – All active and veteran service members can receive a discounted ticket and commemorative t-shirt for $15. Call the ticket office for more information, 888-FSU-NOLE or 850-644-1830. CollegeTown – Visit FSUCollegeTown.net for planned activities. Spear It Cheer Clinic – Contact Staci for more info at SSutton@fsu.edu. 9/22 - Champions Beyond the Game – 9–10:30am, University Center Club. Invitation only. Florida State Soccer vs. NC State, 1pm

10.5.13 FSU vs. Maryland

(Parent’s Weekend)

10/3 - Florida State Soccer vs. Boston College – 7pm Old School Wine Dinner Auction – 6pm

CollegeTown – Entertainment, shopping and dining.

10/4 - Block Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm, featuring Tyler Farr Student Booster Parent’s Weekend Appreciation Party on the Green at Kleman Plaza, 5:30pm Old School Open Golf Tournament – Visit OldSchoolOpen.com.

CollegeTown – Visit FSUCollegeTown.net for planned activities.

10/5 - Parent’s Weekend – Florida State University welcomes all parents to the campus. Visit union.fsu.edu/pw for a complete list of activities.

More event details are available on Seminole-Boosters.com.

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10.26.13 FSU vs. NC State 10/25 - Block Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm Golf Tournament with Coach Bowden – 8am at Seminole Golf Course. $400 for Booster member foursome ($500 per foursome for non-Boosters) or $125 for Booster member ($150 per golfer). Register online at seminole-boosters.com. “Evening with Coach Bowden” – 6:30pm at the Donald L. Tucker Center. $20 for Booster member ($30 per ticket for non-Boosters). VIP floor seating with private reception tickets available – Tables of 8 $125 for Booster member ($150 for non-Boosters). Tickets available at Seminole-Boosters.com. Florida State Swimming & Diving vs. NC State/Georgia Tech – 4pm CollegeTown – Entertainment, shopping and dining. 10/26 - Bowden Day at Doak Campbell Stadium

CollegeTown – Visit FSUCollegeTown.net for planned activities.

11.2.13 FSU vs. Miami

(TRUE Seminole Weekend/Seminole Booster Appreciation)

10/31 - F lorida State Soccer vs. Notre Dame 7pm 11/1 - Block Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm, featuring Parmalee Seminole Booster Member Appreciation Party Presented by Lowes – FREE food, beverage, entertainment for 2013 Seminole Booster Members. Florida State Volleyball vs. North Carolina – 7pm

CollegeTown – Entertainment, shopping and dining.

11/2 - TRUE Seminole Weekend – Purchase your TRUE Seminole T-shirt at FSU Spirit Shop, Garnet & Gold, Bill’s Bookstore or online at Seminoles.com.

CollegeTown – Visit FSUCollegeTown.net for planned activities.

11/3 - Florida State Volleyball vs. NC State – 1pm

11.16.13 FSU vs. Syracuse

(Homecoming/’93 Championship Football Team Reunion)

11/15 - Block Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm

CollegeTown – Entertainment, shopping and dining.

11/16 - Homecoming – Visit homecoming.fsu.edu. ’93 Championship Football Team Reunion

CollegeTown – Visit FSUCollegeTown.net for planned activities.

11/17 - Florida State Volleyball vs. Notre Dame – 12pm

11.23.13 fsu vs. Idaho

(Senior Day)

11/22 - Block Party – Downtown Tallahassee at Kleman Plaza, 5–10pm

CollegeTown – Entertainment, shopping and dining.

11/23 - Senior Day

CollegeTown – Visit FSUCollegeTown.net for planned activities.

11/24 - Florida State Volleyball vs. Duke – 1pm

SAVE THE DATE — SEMINOLES AT SKI, Feb. 27th – March 2nd, Park City, Utah Presented by Seminole Boosters and the Florida State Alumni Association Visit Seminole-Boosters.com for more information.

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‘Thank You’

for Elite Indoor Training Facility By Jerry Kutz, Sr. Vice President// photos by Mike Olivella

ne violent lightning storm after another thundered through Tallahassee this summer, chasing Florida State’s football players from outdoor practice fields. The players could see the nearly completed Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility through a veil of rain but could not find shelter within until the scheduled opening on Aug. 5. The christening of the 50,000-squarefoot facility teased the players and reminded them of why the protective structure is important to their development, whether in summer conditioning or in fall preparation. “As a player, it’s going to help us tremendously with preparation,” said defensive lineman Timmy Jernigan. “We practice through rain. It’s the lightning that causes problems, especially living in Tallahassee where we get a lot of lightning and rain, and it comes at different times. You always have to be ready. Last year there were several times where we had to delay practice and sometimes even cancel practice due to the weather. Now, with the indoor practice facility, we are able to compete with other powerhouses, because we will be a lot more prepared on Saturday.” Lightning detectors were blaring this summer and every time one sounds, the university is required by law to remove players from outdoor fields until 30 minutes after the danger has passed. The

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rule is applied even in the summer, when players work on their own time, and creates havoc with team workouts. “When practice gets delayed, we go to the locker room to wait for the weather to clear. Once it has passed we have to stretch all over again and then start practice again,” Jernigan said. “It ruins scheduling for that day as we have meals at a set time, study hall at a certain time and night classes that all are affected. The facility will help academics as well as game preparation.” Reggie Northrup said the opportunity to finish a practice in the worst weather will help give the players a mental edge in the season. “When we go into the locker room to wait, we lose focus or get too relaxed, and it’s hard to finish our practice,” the linebacker said. “Now we will be able to finish.” Punter Cason Beatty said the facility is going to help the specialists as well. “It is extremely important as a kicker to have a consistent schedule,” he said. “We only kick three days a week before the game with a light Tuesday, heavy Wednesday and light Thursday. You have to save your leg for Saturday, so a lightning delay can mess up the number of balls punted during the week without an indoor facility.” Beatty found his way into the facility one day and launched a few trial punts to test the height of the roof. “Definitely, I can hit the roof with a punt every time if I want,” he said with a laugh. “But working

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Dedication and Tours Scheduled for the Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility

The dedication of the Albert J. Dunlap Athletic Training Facility will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2013 prior to the FSU vs. Nevada football game. The dedication of the facility is reserved for “Winning Edge Campaign” donors whose contributions funded the facility and is by invitation only. The facility will be open for tours on the Fridays of home weekends thereafter for current Seminole Booster members. Please visit the Seminole Booster website www.noleathleticstour.com to schedule your Booster Life facility tour. It’s not too late to contribute to the facility Contributions are still needed to fund the facility and are being accepted. If you’d like information about contributing to the facility and the naming opportunities available, call the Seminole Booster office at (850) 644-3484 or visit fsuipf.com.

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“We appreciate every dollar donated to this project, from small to large amounts. I appreciate the opportunity to call the Seminole Booster members in the summer to thank them because our Booster members provide everything.” — Punter Cason Beatty.

“I want to say thank you to our Seminole Booster members for your contributions that fund our scholarships and provide us with facilities like this.” — Defensive Tackle Derrick Mitchell

“Thanks for the contributions that built the facility. They are greatly appreciated. We’ll work hard not to fail FSU and to bring back a national championship.” — Linebacker Reggie Northrup

out with my directional punts and low line drives gets me prepared just as well for the game on Saturday. And I can still hit a 4.6 or 4.7 hang time in there that goes easily 55 yards if I work the middle of the roof.” The players believe the indoor practice facility solidifies FSU as a football program. “I think ours is among the best in the nation,” said Beatty, who has seen numerous facilities on recruiting visits. “It definitely shows a commitment to the players and the prospects. Recruits are more confident in their commitment to play at Florida State. They know there’s a lot of weather in Florida, and now they can go in and continue to practice.” Defensive tackle Derrick Mitchell said the plan for an indoor practice facility was a nice perk when he was being recruited, and he’s pleased he’ll be able to use the aesthetically appealing facility when practice opens Aug 5th. “It’s big, but it looks nice. I thought it was going to be a big metal building, but they made sure it was really well built and attractive,” he said. Offensive tackle Bobby Hart said the new facility also allows

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the team to practice in diverse conditions similar to what they’ll find on the road. “We can simulate crowd noise better, change the temperature. And this gives us time on turf if we are playing someone who has turf. We go on the road to Wake, Boston College and possibly a bowl game, so it’s definitely going to be helpful.” Jernigan and teammates know that the facility cost more than $15 million to build and that it was funded by individual donations from hundreds of Seminole Booster members, including a $5 million lead gift from Al and Judy Dunlap. “I definitely would like to thank the school and the Seminole Boosters who put the effort and the money into building it,” said Jernigan. “Thank you. The new indoor facility definitely means a lot to us,” agreed Hart. “It lets us know that the university is behind us as a football program. It makes you want to return the favor to the university by winning more games. Our Seminole Booster members make us better as a team. When the team has success, the donors can know that they had a part in that success.” SB

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I am very happy. It was a much-needed facility, a true necessity to help us advance the program to the highest level. “I want to say a special thanks to Seminole Booster members who contributed to this project and to the Seminole Boosters for getting this done and getting it done so quickly. It will make a huge difference and give us an advantage over some of our opponents, in preparation and player development. This is a tremendous facility that will be used on a yearround basis. “The facility is very important to our players. We demand excellence from them, but I think this is a sign that, ‘Hey, we are trying to give you all the tools you have to have to be successful at the highest level.’ Kids appreciate and understand that. That support makes them play a little harder, be a little more dedicated and truly believe that the Seminole nation is behind them.” — Florida State Head Football Coach Jimbo Fisher

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A GRAND REUNION The 20th Anniversary of FSU’s First National Championship

By Rob Wilson

ong before this edition of UnconSo dig deeper into those memories. Yes, highlight plays from the season. But buried quered reaches Florida State fans, deeper for the fans, probably not for the FSU was certain to field an outstanding they surely had their calendars players, are the challenges that were faced team, but there was much to be concerned marked for the Syracuse game and the character it took to bring home that about heading into the year. and the celebration and reunion of the 1993 first crystal trophy. Marvin Jones, who won both the Butkus National Championship team. Turn the clock back to August 1993. and Lombardi Trophies the year before, FSU fans were dizzy with expectation as The names of the stars on this great was now in the NFL as were all four of the season of promise approached. The Seminole squad roll off the tongue of even the starters on the defensive front. In fact, players on the 1993 team were just plain the most casual college football fan, and the the defense was a major concern heading dizzy in August as Tallahassee delivered its clarity of the memories of that spectacular into August and even more of a concern predictable searing heat, only to be mixed season bely their 20 years of life. coming out of it. Lost for the year during in with choking humidity. After all, what FSU fan older than 30 two-a-days was starting safety Steve Gilmer can’t close their eyes and see Matt and cornerback Corey Fuller. Fans Frier blast by the faked-out Miami began to wonder if their Seminoles defense; or Derrick Brooks racing to would be able to stop anyone. the end zone with a fumble recovery; And the questions weren’t all or Charlie Ward toying with wouldabout the defense. be pass rushers; or Bobby Bowden It was not clear whether the leading his team of destiny? Seminoles would stick with the The 1993 team delivered the innovative shotgun offense born school’s first national championship, out of desperation the year before along with some of the greatest against Georgia Tech or shift back players in FSU history, and launched to the more conventional formation. the program into the coveted role of Fans openly wondered whether a true college football power. And a consistent running game could that’s why those Garnet and Gold be established in either case. The calendars have had November 16 red zone offense was a concern, circled for the better part of a year. as was the fact that the Seminoles Details are set for the reunion needed to replace both kicker and and celebration of the 1993 National punter, and the duties for the former Champions and your chance to seemed to be falling in the lap of a remember the pride and thrills of true freshman. that incredible season — or have Charlie Ward appeared to be them explained to you by one of on track on his recovery from offseason shoulder surgery, but there the thousands of eager Seminoles were no guarantees. And Florida sure to be reminiscing all over the State would be entering the season Capital City — is really right around as the frontrunners for the national the corner. championship for only the second Memories are funny things time in school history and facing though. Sure Florida State entered a schedule ranked the toughest in the season as preseason No. 1, and Charlie Ward’s Heisman season propelled the Seminoles to the Orange Bowl where they beat Nebraska to win the title. the country. we can all recall one of the zillion

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1993 National Championship Team Reunion

But let’s return to those more easily accessible pleasant memories that began with the very first game against Kansas on the steamy turf of the Meadowlands, where doubts about the defense died with an inspired goal-line stand. FSU was heavily favored against the Jayhawks, but season-openers give coaches gray hair for a reason. And while it was evident early in the game that FSU would use the shotgun offense with record breaking efficiency, Charlie’s shoulder was okay and perhaps the Seminoles could simply outscore everyone on their schedule, it was the answers on defense that showed this team would be special. The answers came on a test like few others when Kansas snapped the ball an astonishing 11 times from inside the FSU 10-yard line only to be stopped each time and held scoreless for the game. Florida State hammered Duke in the rain, rocked Clemson 57–0 and humbled a rising North Carolina team 33–7 before The Osceola called the 51–0 win over Georgia Tech “another bug on the windshield.” But scraping away the remains of the Yellow Jackets only made clearer what stood in the way of the team and the title — a Hurricane. Miami had already cost the Seminoles six chances at national titles, and FSU fans had learned to watch the second half of this rivalry through their hands. But this year would be different. Sean Jackson ripped the proud Miami defense for a rare 69-yard touchdown run on Florida State’s first possession, and the party was on in Doak. Frier’s fake curl and go fooled everyone with a U on their helmet, and his 72-yard jaunt sent the stadium into delirium and propelled FSU to a cathartic 28–10 win. The Seminoles speared the Cavaliers 40–14 and Wake Forest 54–0, but it could have been a costly win against the Demon Deacons as Ward was injured, forcing Danny Kanell into his first start in a road game against high-scoring Maryland. Kanell had no problem passing the Terps, throwing for five touchdowns and setting the stage for one of the greatest games in the history of college football.

It has become cliché to label games “the Game of the Century,” but it was No. 1 Florida State at No. 2 Notre Dame in 1993 for which the label was created. So important and intriguing was the contest that ESPN’s Gameday crew of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Craig James pleaded with studio executives to allow the program to go live from South Bend for the first time ever, which gave birth to a program that has become iconic in college football. For the first time all season, the youth along FSU’s defensive front was exposed as the Irish pounded the line of scrimmage. Still, Ward’s pass into the end zone from the 14-yard line with no time remaining could have given FSU a win. Instead it was knocked away by Notre Dame. But fate, which had been cruel to so many previous FSU teams, changed its tune this year when the Irish lost the next week in a huge upset at Boston College. A rejuvenated Florida State team slashed through NC State 62–3 and outlasted the Gators in the Swamp 33–21 to set up a showdown against Nebraska for all the marbles. The Orange Bowl would play host to the 1994 (technically speaking) National Championship game, and it seemed fitting that the venue was as legendary as the

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A pile of Bobby Bowden rings. Bowden and the 1993 National Championship team celebrate the university’s first national championship at the 20 year reunion on Nov. 16 when FSU plays Syracuse.

two head coaches. Bobby Bowden and Tom Osborn had become icons of college football, but neither had a national title to cement their place in history. The venue had the familiarity of a recurring nightmare for Seminole fans that had come to associate the swaying palm trees behind the scoreboard with the dashing of so many hopes. So they could be forgiven for watching Nebraska score nine fourth quarter points to take the lead with grim resonance. However, this year would be different. Ward drove the Seminoles 60 yards in under a minute to set up a chip shot field goal by freshman Scott Bentley, who buried a ton of demons in the Miami turf. Bowden’s postgame bath came a play early, but eventually he and the rest of Florida State celebrated a breathtaking national championship run. You won’t want to miss a chance to relive the experience, shake hands with the season’s heroes and have a weekend-long Seminole celebration on this November weekend. SB

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Arms Race

FSU is guaranteed a first-time starter under center when the 2013 season kicks off in Pittsburgh Sept. 2 — and recent history suggests the winner of the highly anticipated ’Noles quarterback battle has legitimate championship chances By Brandon Mellor, Seminoles.com Managing Editor // photos by Mike Olivella and ross Obley

t’s been five seasons since Florida State last featured a firsttime starting quarterback under center on opening day. And a lot has changed since Christian Ponder orchestrated a 69-0 whupping of Western Carolina on Sept. 6, 2008. Ponder is now starting for the Minnesota Vikings and his replacement, EJ Manuel, was recently selected in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. A Clint Trickett-transfer later, FSU will start a season inexperienced at the game’s most important position for just the second time in a handful of years. But fear not, success has a way of finding young quarterbacks in that same time frame. In the last six seasons, four of the BCS Championship-winning quarterbacks have been first-year starters. That’s good news for a Florida State team with conference and national-title hopes riding on the arm of either Jameis Winston, Jacob Coker or Sean Maguire — all of whom have never started a game in their young careers. But to even be in position to beat an opponent for a championship, someone from the Seminoles’ signal-calling trio has to beat out his two teammates first. “The quarterbacks all have their talents and do some really nice things and [are] developing nicely,” FSU Coach Jimbo Fisher said at the conclusion of spring practices. So, what do we know about that development? And what can we expect out of the highly hyped competition that will also feature true freshman John Franklin III entering the 2013 campaign? Winston, of course, enters his redshirt freshman year with a national perception and a level of all-encompassing coast-to-coast excitement that hasn’t surrounded the quarterback job in Florida’s capital city in quite some time. An other-worldly arm on the baseball diamond for the Seminoles and a memorable spring-game performance on the gridiron, when he tossed a 58-yard touchdown on his first pass, will do that. Throw in the fact that Winston carries himself with a “face-of-the-program” type of demeanor and a five-star recruiting ranking, and the buzz surrounding the two-star student-athlete surely won’t subside anytime soon. But to prove he is the man for the job and capable of appeasing the toughest of quarterback critics in Fisher, Winston knows that

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one scrimmage and some mid-90s fastballs don’t guarantee he’ll be that first first-time starter since Ponder. “I’ve got to get better,” Winston said. “I’ve still got to get better on my reads and my play recognition and just different things. I’ve got so many different aspects of my game that I’ve got to get better.” He will get that chance during two-a-days, where August’s firstteam repetitions will likely be split between him and Coker, Fisher has said. Without Trickett on the roster, both quarterbacks will be given the most opportunities of their young careers to show why they deserve the job. For Coker, his early calling card may be the fact that he so easily passes the “eye ball” test.

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Jacob Coker

Maguire also benefits from a want-to-be challenged mentality. “I came here for a reason. I knew who was here; I knew Jameis [Winston] was coming in with me,” Maguire said. “I decided to come here because I thought competition was going to bring out the best in me … I came here because I wanted to learn from Coach Fisher, who obviously is one of the most knowledgeable coaches.” Fisher’s track record of producing quality college starters and NFL-ready quarterbacks means that all four of the scholarship quarterbacks on the roster are learning from the best, and Fisher expects the best. Like he did in the spring, FSU’s head coach will be keeping a keen eye on each quarterback. He wants to see production. He wants to see leadership. He wants to see an understanding of how to lead the offense and how to attack a defense. Most importantly, Fisher wants to see points. Whoever wins this battle, and in turn becomes that first quarterback since Ponder to start the first game of his career on opening day, will be the one that most consistently guides the offense to touchdowns during practice. “I think we have some outstanding quarterbacks on this team, and we’ll see how the consistency realizes through,” Fisher said. “I’m very excited for those guys in the future here.” And if all goes to plan, that future will consist of the fifth firstyear starter in seven years hoisting a BCS National Championship Trophy over his head come January. SB

Blessed with a 6-foot-5, 230-pound frame and a cannon-style right arm, Coker has the look and gun-slinging ability of an NFL quarterback. But to actually become one, he’ll need to make the most of the chances he’s never been given. After redshirting in 2011, Coker saw only a few snaps in late-game mop-up duty last year. He competed in the spring game, but that was at the conclusion of a month-long practice period that saw him limited because of a broken foot. Now fully recovered and aware of the opportunity in front of him, Coker’s approach remains the same whether he has two quarterbacks ahead of him on the depth chart or two quarterbacks next to him. “I don’t really think about other guys, I just think about how much I can learn,” Coker said. “All I can do is all I can do. As long as I do the best that I can, I can’t worry about anything else.” Like Coker, Maguire came to FSU as a three-star prospect without the same level of hype as Winston. But that doesn’t mean he has no chance in this arm’s race. The Sparta, N.J., native spent last season watching and learning from the game-day sidelines and helping his team prepare each week by running the scout-team offense. That time spent soaking in Manuel’s knowledge and advice, as well as his time spent studying under Fisher, has him prepared to battle for depth-chart positioning in Sean Maguire his redshirt freshman year.

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2013 Florida State Travel Primer ’Noles on the Road

By Rob Wilson

At Pittsburgh Monday, Sept. 2 Let’s start out by saying if you are a frequent reader of the football preseason edition of Unconquered, you may realize that my annual look at the road venues for the 2013 football season can be a bit sarcastic. Given that, I am sincere when I proclaim that if you’ve not been to Pittsburgh this city will surprise you in terms of rattling old stereotypes. Now, you can still go on a tour of a steel mill, but I think they only stoke the fires when they see the tour bus pulling in nowadays. L.L. Bean has a store here that is a “don’t miss” if you’ve ever owned a canteen.

One of biggest attractions are the converted cable cars from the 1800’s that will take you 400 feet up the side of Mount Washington, providing a panoramic view of the city and your lunch if you’re not scared of heights. Remember this is a MONDAY game so you can make it a long weekend and take in the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh’s 102nd Annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art. For those of you completely uninterested in art, perhaps you’ll choose to go instead to the Big Knob Grange Fair featuring “livestock and a tractor pull.” If you’re a runner, the city is hosting the Great Allegheny Pass

Labor Day Poker Run, and there’s also a country music festival in town. As for the game, just be warned that they have used FSU helmets on billboards all over the city as the center piece of their season ticket sales effort all summer. Pitt doesn’t use the cool yellow and blue uniforms you remember Dan Marino wearing anymore, but thankfully we’ll play in the fancy home of the Steelers instead of Pitt’s now defunct old stadium. As for atmosphere, just remember that it was Pitt’s public address announcer who was fired following his pronouncement during an actual game that “there was a tractor in the parking lot with its lights on, West Virginia tag number … ” As for the X’s and O’s, the Panthers were 6–7 overall last year but do return six offensive and seven defensive starters. Sept. 28 @ Boston College In contrast to Pittsburgh, Boston is just about exactly how you would imagine, only with worse traffic flow. Driving is a nightmare in this maze of two-lane streets, and it’s always better to use commercial transportation rather than renting a car. If you can’t find something to do in Boston you might be a Gator fan as there are 275 events listed in September alone on the Visitboston.org website. Of particular interest on the weekend we visit might be a display of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of Science. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has a special presentation called

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Visit Seminole-Boosters.com for a full list of Seminole Events at away games.

“To The Brink,” which examines the Cuban missile crisis in depth. The Red Sox are playing at Baltimore, which is not all bad since a ticket to a home game is really hard to get. But you can tour an empty Fenway when they are away. There are a million different tours, but the one that will catch your eye has these huge yellow ducks that you ride around in and can go both on water and land. Hmmm … if the British had come over in these Paul Revere wouldn’t have known how many lights to put up there. Speaking of that, the Old North Church is the “can’t miss spot” for Boston. That or the Bull and Finch, which is the real live pub the outsides of which were used for the TV show Cheers. As for the game, B.C. still has a ways to go to become a great college atmosphere, although the stadium itself is very nice. The problem is it’s right in the middle of a nice Boston neighborhood and consequently it’s the only place you’ll find those huge highway temporary signs demanding that tailgaters be gone an hour after the game. The Eagles won only one ACC game a year ago and finished 2–10 on the season but had a very young football team. Eight starters return on both sides of the football and 17 overall, which should mean significant improvement at Boston College. Oct. 19 @ Clemson Florida State fans turn out in droves for the Clemson game, and that can only mean that they are not staying in Clemson, S. C. This is the town that put the small in small town, if

you know what I mean. But Seminoles always find plenty to do around Clemson. You’ll forgive the normally highly-social Tiger fans if they are a bit “chippy” when FSU comes to town. The Seminoles might as well be Darth Vader to their Luke Skywalker for all we’ve done since joining the ACC — and we didn’t even have anything to do with breaking their pet rock! Before you laugh too hard at the fact that the Boone Hall Corn Maze will be open while we’re there, you had better take a look at what’s on Tallahassee’s calendar. Fortunately, they’ll be celebrating Ocktoberfest in nearby Walhalla, S.C., while we are in town. It’s a full-fledged German (read beer) festival complete with bands (read beer), dancers (read beer) and all things Bavarian (read more beer). All kidding aside, the mountains are just a few minutes away from Clemson, and the trees should be a dazzling array of colors (read beer, oops sorry). As for the game, Clemson is a football town in every sense of the word. They have a great stadium with a lot more vertical pitch to it than Doak Campbell. If you’re seated up top, and a lot of us will be, you can tell whether the blimp driver needs a shave. We haven’t won at Clemson since 2001 and have lost five in a row, so saying the game is critical is an understatement. The Tigers will be interesting in that they are tied for the most returning lettermen in the ACC with 55. But they only return a total of 13 starters, with six coming back on offense and six on defense. Remember, Clemson was cochampion of the ACC with FSU last year, finished 11-2 and has quarterback Tajh Boyd returning. So, it will be a challenge. Nov. 9 @ Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C., is the home of Wake Forest University and an awfully nice place to visit in early November. It could be sweater weather or perhaps even a bit colder than that, and the region is underrated as a fall golf destination.

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2013 Football SCHEDULE September 2 at Pittsburgh Panthers Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA 8:00 p.m. ET 7 Open Date 14 Nevada Wolf Pack (HOME) 3:30 p.m. ET 21 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (HOME) TBD 28 a t Boston College Eagles Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, MA TBD

October 12 Open Date 19 at Clemson Tigers Memorial Stadium, Clemson, SC TBD 26 NC State Wolfpack (HOME) TBD

November 2 Miami (FL) Hurricanes (HOME) TBD 9 at Wake Forest Demon Deacons, BB&T Field, Winston-Salem, NC TBD 16 Syracuse Orange (HC) (HOME) TBD 23 Idaho Vandals (HOME) TBD 30 at Florida Gators Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL TBD

December 7 ACC Championship Game Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC 7:45 or 8 p.m. ET

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If you are looking to educate yourself sometime before or after the game, you can visit the display of Chinese ceramics from the Changsta Kiln which, of course, dates back to the Tang Dynasty. Or, perhaps a tour of the displays featuring the instrumentmaking traditions of the Blue Ridge would be more up your alley. The restaurants and bars will surprise you in Winston-Salem with some truly gourmet establishments. I guess that shouldn’t come as a surprise since the region is known as the leader of the North Carolina wine industry. But I’m not sure the “Gateway to Yadkin Valley” moniker they feature on the website is going to turn any heads. The Demon Deacon football team has been a pain, literally, for the Seminoles over the last eight years, but even the most enthusiastic Wake supporter will tell you there has been a dip in recent performances. Wake does return eight starters on offense and defense from last year’s 5–7 squad that didn’t seem to get many breaks.

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Nov. 30 @ Florida Boy, you’ve really got to bite your lip on this one if you are a true Seminole fan. I’ve gotten in trouble for my reviews of Gainesville before, so I’ll be good. Historic Micanopy is just south of Gainesville and halfway between Gainesville and Ocala. It’s a great town for antique shopping and begs visitors to lazily enjoy lemonade on the front porch of restored old Florida homes. The Florida Museum of Natural History will have an exhibit titled Surfing Florida that should be worth seeing. The Turkey Trot National Open will be the same weekend at the Auto-Plus Raceway. Speaking of true, it is true that Gainesville is literally pulsating during a home football weekend, especially when the Seminoles come to town. It’s also true that the atmosphere has improved for this rivalry at the home stadium of both schools for visiting fans, so suck it up and head to the game.

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Florida returns 11 starters from 2012, including six on offense and five on defense. The Gators’ weak link would appear to be the defensive front where UF must replace all but one starter. But this game, as the old saying goes, always could go either way. Make it a great season in 2013 by following your Seminoles on the road and at home. SB

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Necessity is the Mother of Innovation Building Relationships and Making Connections

By Kirstin Rayborn // Photos Courtesy Seminole Boosters

he world of college athletics has evolved tremendously over the last five years, and the new era calls for new strategies to fill massive stadiums. Florida State Athletics and Seminole Boosters are on the cutting edge of that evolution.

Michael Espada, Director of Ticket Sales

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After the Dynasty Era of the 1990s, attendance began to fall in Doak Campbell Stadium. By 2009 the season ticket base had shrunk from 47,000 to 33,000 full season tickets. It was time for FSU to re-think the way it interacted with its existing season ticket holders and Booster members, as well as the way it sought to attract new supporters. Instead of waiting for the phone to ring, it was time to proactively reach out to our fan base, ask them for input and create packages and events that would entice them to join. “In 2010 the Seminole Boosters and the Athletics Department made the decision to really make a change in our everyday approach to create a true sales and service-oriented culture,” said Seminole Boosters Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jerry Kutz. “Associate Athletics Director Ben Zierden, who is in charge of ticket operations and sales, and I hired Michael Espada, a 2004 graduate from FSU who worked several years in professional sports in the sales and service field.” A budget was approved to hire Espada and three account representatives to generate new revenue. The first year goal was $650,000 in new ticket business and Booster

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FSU Sales Team contributions — and an expanded team of seven produced more than $2 million! “By focusing our efforts on building relationships and making connections, we have made huge strides in taking back Doak and adding new Boosters,” Espada said. “The training is all on service and consultative-based selling, and the results speak for themselves. Our fans are no longer a number in a database. We now offer them a personal and insider connection to FSU Athletics and Seminole Boosters. Our fans have shown us they love having the direct phone number and cell phone number to reach their personal account representative for anything they need in regards to FSU.” FSU is listening to its diverse fan base, which wants to be involved in some way. “We have created many options that allow our fans to get involved in ways that meet their budget needs,” Zierden said. “We are now offering full season tickets starting at just $220 and threegame packages as low as $151, as well as special seating sections for our recent graduates that offer discounted season ticket rates. The Boosters are also offering a half price membership for recent graduates (within 3 years).” In order to create memorable fan-friendly experiences, FSU also created special group package rates. For groups of 20 or more you can buy packages that are great for corporate outings, birthday parties, reunions, family outings and more. “We feel these offerings and the fan-friendly service make it easier for our fans to want to come back to their roots, relive memories and support their ’Noles,” Zierden said.

The Athletics Department, Seminole Boosters and IMG College also teamed up to create a weekend filled with the kind of experiences that make fans want to come back. A total weekend experience was created, from Friday tours of the athletic center and the Friday Night Block Party, which features musical entertainment and fun activities, to enhanced tailgating and game day experiences. The majority of the revenue generated by this group comes from calling on single game ticket buyers, former season ticket holders, Boosters who don’t have tickets, ticket holders who aren’t Booster members yet and fans who attend events. But the very best resource for new ticket purchases and Booster contributions comes from customer referrals. Every Seminole Booster member and season ticket holder knows other Seminole fans not yet supporting the program. “When building relationships with our existing customers, we ask them to refer friends and family who they would like to come to games too,” Espada said. “We all want to win National Championships, and we all know that to do that we need to grow our fan base and support. Our representatives are seeking warm referrals from our existing customers which really makes our calling more effective.” Added Zierden, “We expect to sell out of our recent graduate section, our fan zone tickets and our three-game pack featuring Bobby Bowden at the NC State game and Miami. There’s energy in the program, and our sales efforts have added unprecedented momentum. Now is a good time to be sure your family and friends order the ticket package that suits their needs.” SB

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Meet the Seminole Boosters Sales Team

Mark Cameron Sr. Account Executive

George Seliga Account Executive

Tommy Heppler Account Executive

WC Yates Account Executive

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Division Breakdown

New league members Syracuse and Pittsburgh officially joined the Atlantic Coast Conference July 1, and the new-look ACC will soon feature Louisville and partial member Notre Dame in 2014. Until then, here’s a look at the 2013 version of the league.

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Head Coach: Steve Addazio 2012 Record: 2–10 2013 OUTLOOK: Former Gators assistant coach/Temple head coach Steve Addazio is now at Boston College’s helm and will spend the 2013 season doing everything in his power to push the Eagles past the Frank Spaziani era. During Spaziani’s time as head coach, Boston College failed to sign any impact-player type of recruits, so Addazio doesn’t have much to work with right off the bat. What he does have is a quarterback in Chase Rettig, who became one of the better passers in the league a year ago. Rettig will have to be special this year if the Eagles are to have any success, though, as Boston College lacks any experience at running back after Deuce Finch quit the team in the spring. Boston College does have a talented player at wide receiver in Alex Amidon, who set school records in receptions (78) and yards (1,210) last year. Defensively, the team will have to improve on last season’s effort as they finished the year ninth in the ACC in total defense.

CLEMSON

Head Coach: Dabo Swinney 2012 Record: 11–2 2013 OUTLOOK: A popular preseason ACC favorite to not just compete for the league championship but for a national championship as well, Clemson represents the Seminoles’ greatest challenge in 2013. Having to play on the road at Death Valley this season against a Tigers squad that features Heisman hopefuls at quarterback (Tajh Boyd) and wide receiver (Sammy Watkins) and a defense that showed signs of steady improvement as the season progressed last year won’t be easy. Boyd saw his production and NFL draft stock skyrocket in 2012 as he threw for 3,896 yards and an ACC single-season record 36 touchdowns en route to conference player of the year honors. Watkins should emerge from his sophomore slump as he becomes featured even more following the off-season loss

of DeAndre Hopkins. The Tigers do have to replace speedy tailback Andre Ellington. On defense, Brent Venables’ group is coming off an impressive seasonending Chick-fil-A Bowl performance against LSU.

FLORIDA STATE

Head Coach: Jimbo Fisher 2012 Record: 12–2 2013 OUTLOOK: The Seminoles are coming off a strong 2012 campaign in which they climbed back to the top of the ACC for the first time since 2005 and won the Orange Bowl. In order to repeat such a performance this year, and potentially compete for a national championship, Florida State has to first and foremost establish itself at quarterback where Jameis Winston, Jacob Coker and Sean Maguire are all vying to be EJ Manuel’s replacement. The young quarterbacks benefit from an experienced offensive line and a myriad of playmakers at wide receiver, tight end and tailback. Defensively, Jeremy Pruitt has replaced coordinator Mark Stoops and FSU figures to take more risks blitzing and throwing different looks at opponents than it has in several years. The ’Noles return All-America candidates Christian Jones, Timmy Jernigan and Lamarcus Joyner to that side of the football and have a plethora of young players that could all become household names by season’s end.

2013 ACC FOOTBALL SCHEDULES Boston College 8/31 9/06 9/14 9/28 10/05 10/12 10/26 11/02 11/09 11/16 11/23 11/30

Clemson 8/31 9/07 9/19 9/28 10/05 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/02 11/14 11/23 11/30

Duke

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Villanova Wake Forest @ USC Florida State Army @ Clemson @ North Carolina Virginia Tech @ New Mexico State North Carolina State @ Maryland @ Syracuse Georgia South Carolina State @ NC State Wake Forest @ Syracuse Boston College Florida State @ Maryland @ Virginia Georgia Tech Citadel Clemson TBD @ South Carolina N.C. Central @ Memphis Georgia Tech Pitt Troy Navy @ Virginia @ Virginia Tech N.C. State Miami @ Wake Forest @ North Carolina

Maryland

8/31 Florida International 9/07 Old Dominion 9/14 @ Connecticut 9/21 @ Baltimore, Md. 10/05 @ Florida State 10/12 Virginia 10/19 @ Wake Forest 10/26 Clemson 11/09 Syracuse 11/16 @ Virginia Tech 11/23 Boston College 11/30 @ North Carolina State

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MARYLAND

Head Coach: Randy Edsall 2012 Record: 4–8 2013 OUTLOOK: Maryland endured a nightmare scenario at quarterback last season when the team sustained so many injuries under center that a freshman linebacker had to start several games — including the loss to Florida State on Nov. 17, 2012. Shawn Petty is back at linebacker, and the Terrapins are hoping he remains there with healthy senior quarterback C.J. Brown returning to action. Brown’s favorite target will be Stefon Diggs as the electrifying sophomore is coming off a rookie campaign that saw him generate a school record 1,896 all-purpose yards. Maryland will also add junior college transfer Deon Long, who caught 25

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Miami 8/30 9/07 9/21 9/28 10/05 10/17 10/26 11/02 11/09 11/16 11/23 11/29

Florida Atlantic Florida Savannah State @ USF Georgia Tech @ North Carolina Wake Forest @ Florida State Virginia Tech @ Duke Virginia @ Pittsburgh

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NC State

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Boston College @ NC State Virginia @ Pittsburgh Old Dominion Duke Louisiana Tech Richmond Clemson Central Michigan @ Wake Forest Syracuse @ Florida State North Carolina @ Duke @ Boston College East Carolina Maryland

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Head Coach: Dave Doeren 2012 Record: 7–6

Pittsburgh

9/02 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/02 11/09 11/16 11/23 11/29

Florida State New Mexico @ Duke Virginia @ Virginia Tech Old Dominion @ Navy @ Georgia Notre Dame North Carolina @ Syracuse Miami

Syracuse

8/31 @ Penn State 9/07 @ Northwestern 9/14 Wagner 9/21 Tulane 10/05 Clemson 10/12 @ North Carolina State 10/19 @ Georgia Tech 11/02 Wake Forest 11/09 @ Maryland 11/16 @ Florida State 11/23 Pittsburgh 11/30 Boston College

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BYU Oregon VMI @ Pittsburgh Ball State @ Maryland Duke Georgia Tech Clemson @ North Carolina @ Miami Virginia Tech

Va Tech

8/31 Alabama @ Atlanta 9/07 Western Carolina 9/14 @ East Carolina 9/21 Marshall 9/26 @ Georgia Tech 10/05 North Carolina 10/12 Pittsburgh 10/26 Duke 11/02 @ Boston College 11/09 @ Miami 11/16 Maryland 11/30 @ Virginia

Wake Forest

8/29 Presbyterian 9/06 @ Boston College 9/14 Louisiana-Monroe 9/21 @ Army 9/28 @ Clemson 10/05 North Carolina State 10/19 Maryland 10/26 @ Miami 11/02 @ Syracuse 11/09 Florida State 11/23 Duke 11/30 @ Vanderbilt

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touchdowns at Iowa Western Community College last year. The Terps are still searching for depth on defense. If they can find it, that may help improve a group that gave up at least 30 points in five games last season. The 2013 season will be Maryland’s final in the ACC as it will make the jump to the Big Ten in time for the 2014 season.

2013 OUTLOOK: Dave Doeren did a strong enough job as head coach at Northern Illinois to earn the Wolfpack an Orange Bowl bid against Florida State, but he had to watch that game from the stands after accepting the top job at NC State before season’s end. Doeren went 23-4 at Northern Illinois in two seasons and replaces Tom O’Brien, who led NC State to a victory over FSU last season but finished with a fate-sealing 7-6 overall record. Doeren’s new Wolfpack squad will surely have its growing pains as he works to implement a new fast-paced system in place of the previous pro-style attack. NC State must also move on from the Mike Glennon era after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted the quarterback in the third round this year. New Defensive Coordinator Dave Huxtable has a strong core to work with as he gets acclimated to his new squad, and NC State benefits tremendously from four consecutive home games at Carter-Filney Stadium to start the season.

Syracuse

Head Coach: Scott Shafer 2012 Record: 8–5 2013 OUTLOOK: Doug Marrone made the leap to the NFL and is now coaching EJ Manuel in Buffalo, so Syracuse has put the program in the hands of new Head Coach Scott Shafer. A former defensive coordinator for Marrone, Shafer hired Miami’s George McDonald to run an up-tempo offense that will do its best to look as much like the high-powered version that Marrone and quarterback Ryan Nassib perfected last season. While the Orange navigate through that journey, they’ll also be crossing the ACC terrain as one of two new league members this season. Helping that trek is Shafer’s defense, which was one of the better units in the entire league last year and returns a bevy of experienced players on that side of the ball. While offense had been the calling card

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for Syracuse under Marrone, its transition into the ACC will be all about playing as stifling a defense as possible and helping take some of the pressure off the new-look offense.

WAKE FOREST

Head Coach: Jim Grobe 2012 Record: 5–7 2013 OUTLOOK: Wake Forest returns a quarterback who has thrown for more than 6,600 yards and started 34 games in his career (Tanner Price), and a wide receiver who in 2012 averaged the second most catches-per-game for a full season in league history (Michael Campanaro, 7.9). But the Demon Deacons are still switching things up drastically on offense for 2013. Head Coach Jim Grobe is making the move to a misdirection running attack from the pass-happy one that defined the team last year, when it was just 114th in the nation in scoring offense. On the opposite side of the line of scrimmage, Wake Forest returns playmakers Nikita Whitlock and Merril Noel as well as its leading tackler from last year, linebacker Justin Jackson. The Demon Deacons’ defense has a chance to be the strongest part of the 2013 team, but they’ll have to avoid the injury bug and keep the team’s many seniors healthy if they want to compete in the Atlantic Division.

COASTAL DIVISION DUKE

Head Coach: David Cutcliffe 2012 Record: 6–7 2013 OUTLOOK: Duke will unveil a new quarterback this season as the dual-threat Anthony Boone takes over for pocket-passer Sean Renfree. Boone’s addition to the starting lineup gives Duke more options offensively because he can move the chains with his arm and his legs. The Blue Devils are expected to feature a veteran starting lineup on the defensive ine, which should help them control the point of attack on defense and make things easier for talented players like linebacker Kelby Brown, who is a playmaker but is coming off back-to-back ACL injuries, defensive end Kenny Anunike and defensive back Russ Cockrell. Duke made a bowl game last season, and if it wants to get back into the postseason, it will have to rely on these experienced players to help guide it there. A lot will depend on

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how Boone plays at quarterback and if he can take the next step from a reserve who threw for more than 500 yards in relief last season to an every-down starter this year.

GEORGIA TECH

Head Coach: Paul Johnson 2012 Record: 7–7 2013 OUTLOOK: The Yellow Jackets gave the ’Noles everything they could handle in the 2012 ACC Championship Game, and Georgia Tech should be even better this year as it returns 16 starters on a veteran-heavy roster. If the Yellow Jackets are once again going to win the Coastal Division, such an accomplishment will probably depend on how new quarterback Vlad Lee performs under center running that tricky triple-option offense. Lee has the athleticism and one of the most experienced offensive lines in the country to be effective for Georgia Tech despite the lack of a proven wide receiver. On the other side of the line of scrimmage, Ted Roof was hired this off-season to run the defense where he has switched the scheme to a 4-3 from the 3-4 that Al Groh ran before he was fired in the middle of the 2012 season. The Yellow Jackets do return eight starters on defense, so that will certainly help Roof make the transition.

MIAMI

Head Coach: Al Golden 2012 Record: 7–5 2013 OUTLOOK: While an NCAA investigation continues to hang over the Miami program like a black cloud, Head Coach Al Golden has done a good job of keeping his squad together. Offensively, Golden went out and made a splash this off-season when he hired FSU offensive coordinator James Coley away from the ’Noles to fill the same position in Coral Gables. Coley benefits from the return of eight starters on offense and quarterback Stephen Morris showed signs of progression and improvement a year ago. Duke Johnson is also one of the nation’s top running backs. It’s on defense that most questions surround the 2013 ’Canes as they return just four starters from last year’s team, which gave up a lot of yards. Miami was near the bottom in every major defensive category in the ACC, and if it wants to be better

than that this year it will have to figure out a way to be consistent. If it can, Miami could be a major factor in the race to the Coastal Division crown.

NORTH CAROLINA

Head Coach: Larry Fedora 2012 Record: 8–4 2013 OUTLOOK: Under Head Coach Larry Fedora and offensive coordinator Blake Anderson, North Carolina was one of the most exciting teams offensively in 2012 and, despite losing star tailback Gio Bernard to the NFL, should be just as potent this year. Bryn Renner is back to start for the Tar Heels at quarterback for the third consecutive year, and he’s got the duo of A.J. Blue and Romar Morris to hand the ball to and the pass-catching combo of Quinshad Davis and Eric Ebron to target. UNC’s biggest hurdle will be to replace three starters on the offensive line. The ’Heels may need to score a ton of points, though, just to combat a defense that struggled mightily in 2012 and might not be better this year after losing stars Kevin Reddick and Sylvester Williams. In order to make the most of that firepowered offense, North Carolina must have fewer mental lapses and fewer missed assignments.

Pittsburgh

Head Coach: Paul Chryst 2012 Record: 6–7 2013 OUTLOOK: Other than Devin Street and his team-best 975 yards on 73 catches last year, Pittsburgh enters the ACC without much else as far as proven offensive commodities go. Former starting quarterback Tino Sunseri (the son of FSU defensive ends coach Sal Sunseri) exhausted his eligibility as did star running back Ray Graham, who finished his career as Pitt’s No. 2 all-time rusher. Freshman sensation Rushel Shell ran for 641 yards his first year but flirted with transferring this off-season and his status prior to the 2013 season remained unknown at time of publication. The Panthers enter the ACC with a strong defense, though, and return eight starters to a group that ranked No. 17 nationally last year. Pittsburgh will need a similar defensive effort to show up right away as it kicks off its new league membership with a primetime game at home against Florida State on Labor Day.

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VIRGINIA

Head Coach: Mike London 2012 Record: 4–7 2013 OUTLOOK: Virginia has major questions at quarterback entering the 2013 season after an offseason of moving parts at the position. Michael Rocco started eight games under center last year but transferred to Richmond. Phillip Sims, who had transferred from Alabama and started the other four games last year, was ruled academically ineligible for this season. With no Rocco and Sims, that leaves only two players who watched from the sidelines as redshirts last year: David Watford and Greyson Lambert. The Cavs do return four starters on the offensive line, which obviously helps. Focused on revamping his less-than-stellar defense this off-season, Virginia Coach Mike London hired respected Defensive Coordinator Jon Tenuta and his attack-style scheme in hopes of becoming more disruptive. An improved defense could ultimately help London’s job security as he started his tenure in Charlottesville, Va., strong but is just 16-21 in three seasons running the Cavaliers.

VIRGINIA TECH

Head Coach: Frank Beamer 2012 Record: 7–6 2013 OUTLOOK: Virginia Tech was one of the more disappointing teams nationally in 2012 and Head Coach Frank Beamer figured the best way to breathe some extra life into his program was to revamp his offensive coaching staff. New Offensive Coordinator Scot Loeffler will undoubtedly enjoy working with the tools that senior quarterback Logan Thomas brings to the table after he threw for nearly 3,000 yards and 18 touchdowns last year. But as high as Thomas’ upside is (some pundits have said he has the talent to be a first-round draft pick), he also has his struggles as evident from the 16 interceptions he threw in 2012. Not helping is that the Hokies lost their top three receivers from last year. Longtime defensive coordinator Bud Foster’s crew has some questions in the secondary but Virginia Tech does return AllACC defensive end James Gayle and should be its typically ferocious self in the defensive trenches in 2013.

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PLAY IN HER PRO-AM, GIVE BACK TO YOUR SCHOOL. Florida State University Hall of Fame Member Colleen Walker played the LPGA Tour from 1982-2003 and carded nine tournament wins, including one major championship. She also won a title on The Legends Tour in 2003. Colleen lost her battle with cancer on December 11, 2012. In her honor, the ISPS Handa Legends Tour Open Championship at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor will include a special pro-am to raise money for FSU Varsity Club. Please contact Betsy Hosey to sponsor or play in the pro-am - 850-644-1123. bhosey@admin.fsu.edu

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The Garnet and Gold Guides Provide tours to recruits and Seminole Booster members By Sarah Reed // Photo Courtesy of Garnet and Gold Guides

he Garnet and Gold Guides are the recruiting hosts for the Florida State University Department of Athletics. The group consists of students from all levels, backgrounds and academic disciplines. The Garnet and Gold Guides provide recruiting prospects, families, guests and Seminole Boosters with tours of the athletic facilities. They also lead special tours coordinated through the FSU Visitor Center (athletic facilities and groups), assist the Visitor Center with various functions involving large groups visiting campus and support the athletics department by providing tours and answering questions for prospective student athletes. The Garnet and Gold Guides attend all home football games with recruits; accompany guests and prospects to recruiting lunches, dinners, meetings and banquets; and provide assistance with the annual Jimbo Fisher football summer camps and other athletics-related events. SB

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20 % Discount on all Lodging Special Golf Rates during stay of $40 + tax per player for all day play 20 % OFF on F&B (alcohol is NOT included) Free Rental Clubs (quantities are limited) Free (Seminole Colors) St. James Bay Hat (quantities are limited)

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About Seminole Boosters

Athletic Facilities As one of your Seminole Boosters Membership benefits, you can

Your membership funds life-changing scholarships for more than 350 studentathletes at Florida State University, many of whom are first-generation college students. Membership also helps fund all athletic

facilities and provides our teams with the

a rare look at the FSU weight room, training room and press box as

resources they need to compete nationally. No state or university money can be used

well as an exclusive viewing of the Seminoles 3D highlight video in the

to pay for athletic scholarships or facilities

football team film room. The tour concludes on Bobby Bowden Field at

which are funded by private, tax-deductible donations to Seminole Boosters, Inc., the

Doak Campbell Stadium. This benefit is for current 2013 Seminole Boosters members. If you are a current member, or choose to join, simply register for a tour.

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Florida State Hall of Fame Class of 2013-14

Induction Ceremony Set for September 13 for the Seven Member Class By Jim Crosby // Photos courtesy FSU Sports Information

Sammie Smith

Football (1986–88) There was little doubt that Sammie Smith was destined for stardom from the first moment he stepped on the turf at Doak S. Campbell Stadium. The Apopka High School star was a natural runner with strength, agility and a 9.2, 100-yard dash. Florida State bested Michigan for Smith’s services, and by the time his college career was finished he had racked up 2,539 career yards and scored 15 touchdowns on the ground and three on receptions. Smith had nine 100-yard and three 200yard rushing games. Twenty-five years later, Smith still holds a prominent position in the record books. His 95-yard touchdown run from scrimmage against Furman in 1987 is second longest, and the 212 yards gained in that game remains second best. Against East Carolina in ’87 he scored on an 83yard run (7th) and gained

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212 yards (4th). As a freshman, Smith gained 205 yards in the All-American Bowl against Indiana and was named to the 1986 Football News All-American first team. He followed that up with Associated Press AllAmerican honors in 1987 and 1988. Smith was drafted as the ninth pick of the first round by the Miami Dolphins and was the leading rusher in 1989.

giate softball coach to earn 1,400 victories. Her teams collected two national titles (1981–82) in AIAW slow-pitch. Switching to fast-pitch, Graf’s Seminoles appeared in the College World Series seven times with 21 regional tournaments and 10 Atlantic Coast Conference titles. Her players earned 25 All-America awards, 96 All-Regional and 74 All-ACC. They surpassed 40 or more wins in 25 seasons, 50-plus in 15 seasons and an incredible 60 or more victories three times. Florida State’s 50.75 wins per year is tops in the country. In 1992 she became Dr. JoAnn Graf after completing her doctorate degree in athletic administration at Florida State.

JoAnne Graf

Softball (1973–75 & 1978–2008) One of the highest honors coaches can receive is to have their home field named for them. On April 2, 2005, the Florida State softball stadium was renamed “JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex.” A 1975 graduate, JoAnne Graf returned to her alma mater in 1978 and coached softball for 30 years. Her accomplishments are legendary. She was the first colle-

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Baseball (1998–99) In the 1998 pre-season write-up on Matt Diaz his coaches labeled him as a “pleasant surprise at the plate” and added, “We want to get his bat in the

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lineup as he has exhibited good power to all fields.” Good observation. Just ask Oklahoma. In an NCAA regional game in 1998 against the Sooners, Diaz slammed four home runs, had seven RBIs and 17 total bases, leading FSU to a 23–2 victory. He finished the season with a .390 batting average and 22 home runs and was named The Sporting News Freshman of the Year. Diaz, a standout from Santa Fe Catholic, Lakeland, spurned a pro contract to come to Florida State and play with his brother Zach, a left-handed pitcher. As a sophomore, Diaz hit .379 with 21 homers, earning 1st Team AllAmerican honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He was named to the Baseball Weekly 2nd team and 3rd team by Collegiate Baseball. His career average of .384 places him sixth in the record books, just behind J. D. Drew and ahead of Marshall McDougall. With 43 homers he ranks 11th, trailing Stephen Drew by one. Diaz signed a Major League contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2013 he signed a new contract with the Miami Marlins and began his 11th season in

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record for the longest field goal — 63 yards on Monday Night Football. He has a record longest FG attempt — a 76-yarder into the wind that fell short. Janikowski has scored more than 1,000 points while becoming the highestpaid kicker in NFL history.

Sebastian Janikowski

Football (1997–99) In the National Football League they call Sebastian Janikowski “The Polish Cannon” for his kicking leg — considered the strongest in professional football. At Florida State the Polish-born Janikowski assaulted the goal posts, becoming a Consensus All-American and twice winning the Lou Groza Award as the nation’s best kicker. Janikowski was convinced to play football at Daytona Beach Seabreeze High School, where he was a soccer star. In Seminole Territory it became a common sight to see a Janikowski kickoff sail through the end zone and into the stands. He made over 76 percent of his field goals, and in his junior season he hit on 84 percent. With Janikowski on the bench, coaches knew they only had to move the ball past mid-field to score points. He made four field goals of over 50 yards. After college, Janikowski became a rarity — a placekicker selected in the first round of the NFL draft, being picked 17th by the Raiders. Entering his 14th year, Janikowski has tied the NFL

He was a first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers, where he played for three years in an injuryshortened pro career.

Doug Mannheimer Jamal Reynolds

Football (1997–2000) Jamal Reynolds, a defensive end from Aiken, S.C., was a four-year letterman and a two-year starter at Florida State. Reynolds was Florida State’s leading pass rusher in 1999 and 2000. After his junior season, he elected to forego the NFL Draft and returned to FSU to have a stellar season. After recording 12 sacks, 15 tackles-for-loss, 11 quarterback hurries, forcing four fumbles and recording three safeties, he became an NCAA Consensus AllAmerican. In addition, Reynolds was awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy identifying him as the nation’s top lineman. He was also a finalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award (top defensive player) and the Football News Defensive Player of the Year. Reynolds concluded his career with 170 tackles, 23.5 sacks and 33 tackles-for-loss.

Moore-Stone Award Winner Florida State Seminole fans would say Doug Mannheimer was “raised right.” His father, the late Hank Mannheimer, was an avid and beloved member of the Seminole family who was always seen in his reserved seat at Dick Howser Stadium. Doug inherited his father’s passion for FSU sports. A graduate of the FSU School of Law, Mannheimer has received many awards over the years for his outstanding achievements as an attorney, including being recognized in “Best Lawyers in America in 2013.” He was honored with the Florida State Alumni Association’s prestigious Circle of Gold Award for service and achievement personifying the university’s tradition of excellence. Mannheimer has served as chairman of the Florida State Hall of Fame Committee since 1994. He was a top fund-raiser of Seminole Boosters Major Gifts and Member Gifts prior to becoming treasurer, then

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chairman of the Seminole Boosters. Doug Mannheimer has also been Keeper of the Seminoles’ famous Sod Cemetery tradition since 1987.

Cindy Schofield

Soccer (1999–2002) Cindy Schofield, high school soccer star at Jenkins High School in Lakeland, played forward and was a four-year letter winner at Florida State. A three-year starter, she became a two-time FirstTeam All-Atlantic Coast Conference player in the soccer conference considered the best in the country. Recruited by Coach Patrick Baker for his first recruiting class, Schofield was a major contributor to the first women’s soccer team in FSU history to go to the NCAA tournament (2000). She was also a member of the first Seminole team to record a soccer victory in the ACC tournament (2001). Schofield’s 42 points in 2001 (17 goals and 8 assists) are still the second most points scored in a season by a Seminole. She remains second on the FSU career list for goals (40) and points (102). SB

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Incoming freshman students spend time by the fountain on Landis Green.

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Fsu Athletic Summer

“BRIDGE” PROGRAM Welcomes FSU’s Newest Student-Athletes By John Lata, Ph.D., Office of Student Services Photos Courtesy FSU Student Services

or the ninth consecutive year, the annual “Summer Bridge” program was held in mid-June. The week was a chance for the athletic administration to assist many of our incoming freshman student-athletes in making the transition to the university community by supporting their intellectual, social, cultural and emotional development. The program was a joint collaboration between the Student-Athlete Academic Services office and the Office of Student Services. Many hours were spent helping the new students to understand the values, traditions, norms and expectations of their upcoming educational experience at FSU. Discussions took place regarding the skills needed and resources available to assist each new Seminole in their transition, growth and development. This was a great opportunity for them to learn about their new academic challenges before the start of fall practice. “The Summer Bridge Program affords students a wonderful opportunity to begin their college education with a head-start,” said Greg Beaumont, associate dean/ senior associate Athletic Director and director of the Student-Athlete Academic Services. “When the fall semester begins, and the studentathletes commence their training and season(s) in earnest, they will be thoroughly familiar with campus and the myriad of resources available to assist them. In addition,

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they already will have earned college credit toward their degrees and will be ‘veterans’ who can help newly arriving students learn the ropes. In addition to interacting with many entities across campus, the freshmen were aided by a dedicated group of mentors, junior and senior peers who could explain the way things really work. “Having been through Summer Bridge myself, I realize it is about developing leaders that will continue to uphold the Garnet and Gold and continue to carry on the legacy of Florida State University through leadership, communication skills and understanding the necessary tools that help you to succeed,” said mentor Tiffani Brown, Women’s Softball team member. Baseball team captain and mentor Justin Gonzalez agreed. “Mentoring in the Summer Bridge program has given me the opportunity to not only reflect on how much I have matured since entering Florida State, it has also given me the gratifying experience to help pave the way for new studentathletes to enjoy the same success as I’ve had here at the university.” When the freshmen arrived on that sunny Sunday afternoon with their parents and families in tow, there were many administrators waiting to welcome them. Dean Karen Laughlin from Undergraduate Studies and Pam Perrewe, the faculty athletic representative, joined members of the Athletic Department. Many folks from across campus helped with programming, including Maxine Jones from the History department, who delivered a seminar on note taking. While Summer Bridge is primarily an academic orientation, there were opportunities to learn outside the classroom as well. There was a teambuilding session the first night, a Life on Campus skit and a bowling event. A campus scavenger hunt also helped acclimate the student-athletes to their new surroundings. “The mentors were really a big help in guiding us through the week and the Scavenger Hunt was a lot of fun,” said incoming freshman Wilson Bell, who hails from Mobile, Ala. “I hated waking up early, but it prepared us

for what is coming. And the bonding exercises the first night helped us to become close very quickly.” One of the highlights was the former student-athlete panel. Football players Myron Rolle, Keith Cottrell, Nick Maddox and Kyler Hall came back to share their messages with the newest Seminoles, from things they might have done differently to things they should notice along the very quick four year journey. “I really enjoyed imparting experiential knowledge to incoming student-athletes,” said Rolle, a Rhodes Scholar and first-year FSU College of Medicine student. “They are the future and if we can right their trajectory early, we may help them reach their maximum potential both off and on the field.” The Etiquette Dinner took place on the last evening. The student-athletes gathered at the University Center Club and had the opportunity to learn the subtleties of fine dining. “Learning how to carry myself with regards to social media was important and learning how to do a formal dinner was really important as well. I learned a lot this week,” said freshman EJ Levenberry, a linebacker from Woodbridge, Va. Cathy Badger, coordinator of Athletic Advising, said the Summer Bridge program provides student-athletes the chance to integrate into college life within a smaller setting that eases the transition from high school. “An often unrecognized benefit from this early start is the chance to meet other incoming freshmen studentathletes,” Badger said. “It’s nice on the first day of class to walk into a lecture hall and already know someone and have a future study buddy. These friendships make a large campus seem a lot smaller.” The student-athletes certainly learn a lot about the town and campus from the Summer Bridge program, which also helps the athletic department get to know the student-athletes better. “I love seeing new faces, new personalities and, more importantly, new leaders,” said Ochuko Jenije, a former football player who serves as coordinator of Student Services. SB

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30+ Year Donors

Recognizing 30+ Year Members In the spring of 2012, while planning a membership recognition program, we contacted donors whose records dated back to 1984, the farthest back our records are dated. Knowing that many members began giving to the program prior to 1984, we asked them to share a story about how they remember their first year. The response was overwhelming. Here are anecdotes from one of our 30-plus year donors. They are moving, interesting and entertaining, and reading them will likely trigger some of your own memories. Share your story with us. Send it to BoosterInfo@admin.fsu.edu.

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Taking Care of Family

A dream came true when Kelly Oliphant, the daughter of FSU alums and fans Pat and Doug Oliphant, cheered at her first FSU game.

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t was over. As the confetti rained down on Coach Bowden and Peter Warrick holding the National Championship trophy, she did not want it to end and could not make herself leave the field. Dream had become reality for Kelly Oliphant. Her mother Pat, a 1970 FSU grad, was a teacher at John I. Leonard High School and had bragged from Kelly’s birth that she was going to be a Seminole cheerleader. “I had an FSU cheerleader outfit from birth and would wear it on game days, whether at home or in Tallahassee. We made the six hour drive to most games where my Mom taught me the rules and strategy of football — and cheering really loud just came with the territory.” Kelly remembers that “Lake Clarke Shores was filled with alums from all the Florida schools. Sunday after a rivalry game, the loser always woke up to a yard filled with toilet paper or the winner’s logo flags. I think that kind of competition makes you even more passionate so, over time, I filled my room with posters and anything Seminole. FSU became not just my mother’s thing, but my thing.” Kelly liked to stay active and, until high school, was devoted to gymnastics. When she began high school where

her mother was teaching, she expanded into cheerleading and other sports. She excelled in the classroom and was so well liked she was elected class vice president for three years and homecoming queen. “As graduation drew closer, there was no question that I’d be attending FSU, but I loved cheerleading. I was hoping to have a chance to cheer on the field for the Seminoles and fulfill my mother’s dream, which had now become my dream.” Tryouts in Tallahassee were the week of the big senior event at Leonard High School. “I remember returning to school the day following tryouts and the assistant principal, who is still a dear friend of the family, announced over the loudspeaker that I had made the team. “My Dad, better known as Capt. Doug, did not go to FSU but was a huge fan. What I remember most about moving into Sally Hall in the summer of 1996 was him pulling in towing a trailer with all my things. He had painted it garnet and covered it with Seminole decals. It was a little gaudy and somewhat embarrassing, but he was very proud of it.” After training hard all summer and becoming very close with her teammates, the first home game finally arrived. “That is when it hit me — I was on the field at Doak Campbell Stadium with Coach Bowden. There are no words that can describe the spectacular, breathtaking experience of standing beside the team as they rush out on the field behind Renegade and Osceola plants the spear. It was such a rush and I got goose bumps every time; I do now just thinking about it.” Although Steve Conner was born in Tallahassee the same year Bobby arrived, he returned to FSU through a very different route than Kelly. His parents, Wayne and Carol (Ekey) met at church growing up in Tallahassee but only began dating when they attended FSU. After graduation and marriage, Wayne went on to work for Commonwealth Mortgage in Tallahassee. “My earliest memory was going with my parents to the airport to welcome home the team after a victory. They dressed me in a T-shirt saying, ‘Hey Bobby, I’m ready.’ ”

When Steve was 5, Wayne’s job moved him to Houston. “It wasn’t easy growing up a ’Nole in Texas; everyone was a Longhorn or Aggie, and no one cared if you were anything else. Most people didn’t even know where FSU was. “My parents remained ardent Seminoles, and we watched every game we could. The only other ’Noles in our neighborhood were Bobby and Susan Jones, so we would all watch games together. Sometimes our families would join the Houston Seminole Club for a game watching party. We always had our Seminole flag displayed, but no neighbors ever cared. My parents’ families in Tallahassee kept me supplied with plenty of Seminole gear that I wore to school a lot. Because of me, my best buddies Chet and Brandon became fans and began to wear FSU stuff.” Steve’s parents usually came for long family visits during the summer and on holidays, so they did not make many home games. “But every game we did make, I vividly remember. The most memorable game early on was when my cousin Scott

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Sapp and I went to the Miami game by ourselves. I was old enough to understand the game, and it was really loud and crazy.” After graduation, Steve went to a small school in Tennessee for a year, but he found it was not for him and transferred

ABOVE: Kelly and her husband Steve Conner and daughter Sky. BELOW: Steve and his dad Wayne. Steve’s parents Wayne and Carol met at FSU.

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Sky with the FSU cheerleaders. Will she dream of becoming a cheerleader for FSU?

to FSU. “I remember thinking how big the campus was, but it felt like family and that I was home — this is where I am supposed to be. I’ve never shared this with my Dad, but I had thought it would be really special to get my business degree in the same building where he got his, so when I walked into the Rovetta Building for the first time, it was pretty moving.

“I never missed a game while I was in school. My most memorable game during school was when we beat the No. 1 ranked Gators. I rushed the field and helped take down the goal posts — am I going to get in trouble saying that now?” After Steve graduated in 1998, he was hired by Morgan Stanley in Ft. Myers. Not satisfied there, he took a couple of more jobs, all with potential to make very good money. “I just didn’t feel a calling at those jobs. I wanted to work at a place where I believed in their mission and respected the work they did. It didn’t matter if it wasn’t the highest paying job.” Since 2003, Steve has been working for FSU’s College of Education and is currently assistant dean for Business Operations. He is proud to have obtained a graduate degree from FSU while working during the day and attending classes part-time in the evenings. After Kelly graduated with a degree in finance and marketing, she was recruited by FSU and is now assistant director of Administrative Services at the College of Education. Having never met in college, she and Steve met at work, and the rest is history. A year after their marriage in 2007 they were blessed with their daughter Skylyn, who saw her first game at the age of three weeks. Kelly had attended every game that fall until Sky’s birth. Like coaches and players, it had been a hard adjustment for her to watch a game from stadium seats,

and Steve had been a Booster and season ticket holder since graduation. On home game weekends, the Conner house is so full with friends from out of town that even the floors are filled. Although their respective friends never knew each other in college, after a five hour tailgate and a game, they are all now family. A few years ago Steve mentioned to me that he and Kelly had included Seminole Boosters in their estate plan. I congratulated them for having a plan in place and thanked them for including us. They provided me the docwumentation and became members of our Custodes Lampadis Society. I asked them how hard it was to make a will and what motivated them to make a gift to Seminole Boosters. “Creating a will is actually very easy and inexpensive to do. The hard thing was deciding on who will take care of Sky if we should die before she is grown. We felt like a will should be about taking care of family, so of course we took care of Sky. But FSU is our family too. It has given us much more than we can ever give back, so we will never be able to give back enough. Our FSU family gives us some of our best friends and memories, and that will continue for the rest of our lives.” Sky eagerly awaits the tailgates and games, where she always wears her Seminole cheerleading outfit. Steve and Kelly have a dream for her — let’s hope it becomes her dream and reality. SB

GOD’S WAITING ROOM At the recent Roast and Toast to Charlie Barnes, my dearly departed (from the Booster staff) best friend, Charlie took great pleasure in unleashing his caustic wit to bombard me with verbal caricatures of my job as Director of Gift Planning. His impression — shared by others — was that only very old donors made gifts from their estates. Among other names, he referred to me as “the angel of death … “ He giggled as he told people that my office, once adjacent to his, was “God’s waiting room.” Steve and Kelly Conner have become the more typical age of new estate gift donors — a national norm. Theories abound about why an increasing number of people in their 20s and 30s are setting up an estate plan and including a charity. The theories include: more involvement in community service than prior generations; estate planning now viewed as responsible; lack of stigma to making a plan

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and sharing that plan with a charity; experience with poor estate planning, or no planning, from older folks around them. When single and beginning their careers, many Boosters confront the need to designate a beneficiary on a retirement plan or life insurance policy, which is how I made my first estate gift to the Boosters when I was in my early thirties. Now, I receive quite a number of calls from our younger ‘Noles asking how to designate a similar gift to Seminole Boosters. As these donors and their families grow, the gifts they are now making will evolve. The vast majority will keep Seminole Boosters in their plans and increase their gift, and we look forward to growing old with them. If you have already made an estate gift to us, or want more information on options available to you, please call my direct line (850) 545-7019 or email jpadgett@fsu.edu.

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Player Feature

Kassey Kallman By Bonnie Holub // photos by Larry Novey

hile Big Brother was watching her, Little Sister was watching back. For the past 17 years, Kassey Kallman has been watching her older brothers and sisters play soccer, making mental notes and developing into one of the best collegiate women’s soccer players in the country. Kassey, a senior majoring in business management, served as cocaptain of the 2012 FSU women’s soccer team and is a key component of the Seminole defense. She was born the fifth of six children in Omaha, Neb., and raised since the age of two in Woodbury, Minn., among a family of accomplished athletes. Four of her siblings — Brian, Brent, Krystle and Kylie — played Division 1 soccer. Her brother Brad was a wrestler, her mother

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Laura ran track and her dad Rich was a three-sport star in high school. Brothers Brian and Brent currently play professional soccer for Minnesota United FC. Sister Krystle (Kallman) Seidel is an assistant women’s soccer coach at the University of Minnesota. Did you notice all the boys’ names start with “B” and the girls with “K”? This made life easier for Laura Kallman while keeping track of her active brood’s comings and goings on the refrigerator calendar. To save calendar space she made notations using the first initial and birth order of the children. For example, Brian was B1, the first boy, and Kassey was K3, the third girl. At FSU, K3 is No. 9. “I started playing soccer at the age of four,” said Kassey. “I wasn’t as intense as my siblings at first, but my interest grew watching them play.” Her father undoubtedly heightened, or perhaps was the catalyst for, Kassey’s passionate play. “My dad is a very intense guy. Growing up, we could hear him shouting motivating things to us from the sidelines,” said Kassey. “We knew the sound of his loud hand clap when were on the field.” The loud clap, which Kassey remembers with a quick laugh, was often in response to what he considered an unacceptable play from one of his offspring. Kassey said her dad never wants his children to be content with how they play. He wants them to always be better the next time. “Considering the number of elite athletes in our family, that may be an underlying factor of our success,” she said. Rich and Laura were involved in most of their children’s sporting activities in Woodbury. Now that Rich is retired, his trips by car to his children’s college soccer games are attaining legendary status. His automobile travels were documented in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Dec. 2, 2011. An excerpt: “… Rich drove down to Blacksburg, Va., on Thursday to watch Kassey play against Virginia Tech. He then headed south to watch Brian help the Stars (pro soccer team) clinch the championship in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … before cruising north to Raleigh, N.C … for Kassey and Florida State’s first ACC tournament game.” “He comes to almost every game,” said Kassey. “He drives 19 hours, one-way, to Tallahassee to watch me play and then turns right around to go back home. He’s crazy … in a good way.” Kassey’s mother, Laura, also travels to watch her children play but not to as many away games as her husband. Kassey said her mom is a big support, with a calm demeanor and always ready with hugs after the games. Special memories When asked about special soccer memories over the years, Kassey immediately mentions two. One is her play growing

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up in the Woodbury Soccer Club. Her club won the State Cup for seven straight years, finally winning regionals and going on to nationals. “We didn’t win the nationals, but going was big for us,” said Kassey. “That was a special group of girls.” The other special memory is representing the United States as a member of the U-20 Women’s National Team and winning gold in the 2012 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan. The U.S. defeated Germany in the final match, which was especially satisfying because the U.S. team lost to Germany in an earlier round robin match. Before anyone knew Kassey would be playing for gold in the World Cup, an away-game between FSU and her sister’s University of Minnesota team was scheduled; a family match-up of sorts. However, fate had something else in mind for Kassey; a trip to Japan. She missed the special match-up, as well as the festive gathering of her teammates and her sister’s team at the Kallman home in Woodbury. “But, they Skyped me,” Kassey said. “I watched the FSU-Minnesota game from Japan. I was so nervous. Krystle’s team scored two early goals.” Happily, the Seminoles prevailed with a 3-2 win. Kassey’s parents rooted for both teams. Why FSU As close as the Kallman family is, you may wonder why Kassey chose the Seminoles over her sister’s Gophers. “My choice was between Florida State and the University of Minnesota. At Minnesota, I could have been coached by one sister and a teammate of my other sister. My sisters wanted me to come with them, but in the end they supported my decision to come here.” Kassey gave several reasons for donning the Garnet and Gold. “When I came on campus, I saw myself fitting in here. I really liked the coaching staff, campus and team. The athletic advisor is incredible and the resources available to us are amazing. When asked what it means to receive a scholarship, she expressed great regard for “the unbelievable opportunity to play at one of the best programs in the country and at one of the best facilities.” Kassey added, “This type of opportunity has, and will, open

so many doors in the future. FSU really sets students up for success.” Women’s Soccer Coach Mark Krikorian calls Kassey an exceptional student athlete and person. “Her success on the field is obvious,” he said. “She is also a scholar athlete with a GPA among the best in the athletic department.” Kassey is a three-time honoree on the ACC All-Academic Team and was named second team Capital One Academic All-American in 2012. The respect between coach and player is mutual. “Coach and the team have given so much to me. And when you are brought here to play, there is a certain expectation. I feel the need to strive.” Kirkorian called Kassey a model for other students. “She’ll step in and coach on the field if she sees something that is not right. Her presence and involvement in the team is significant,” he said. “She is an exceptional leader and the type of student athlete that makes all Seminole fans proud.” Life after FSU “I will be forever grateful for what FSU has given me and being a part of this school,” said Kassey. “I want to play soccer as long as I can. Maybe in the U.S. Soccer League or overseas. And then have a huge family. I can’t imagine otherwise. I love the crazy, hectic big family stuff.” Luckily, Kassey will always be a member of Florida State’s big Seminole family. SB

CAREER ACCOLADES: » Capital One/CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican Second Team (2012) » NSCAA Scholar All-American Second Team (2012) » Capital One/CoSIDA Academic AllDistrict IV First Team (2011 & 2012) » NSCAA South Scholar All-Region First Team (2012) » TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Season First Team (2012) » All-ACC First Team (2012); Second Team (2010) » NSCAA Southeast All-Region Second Team (2012) » All-ACC Freshman Team (2010) » Soccer America Freshman AllAmerican First Team (2010) » TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Rookie Second Team (2010) » Weekly Honor: TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (11/22/10, 8/29/11, 9/17/12) » WSU Invitational All-Tournament Team (2010) » ACC All-Academic Team (2010, 2011) » ACC Academic Honor Roll (2010-11) » FSU Dean’s List (Spring 2011)

U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: » One of 20 members selected to compete with the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team at the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan (Aug. 19– Sept. 8, 2012) ... went on to win a gold medal as the U.S. defeated Germany 1-0 in the finals. » Called up to the U.S. U-20 National Team training camp in February of 2010 ... competed with the team in Spain in March. » Participated in U-20 camp twice in 2011 practicing in California on Feb. 13–21 and June 4–12. » Member of the U-20 squad that traveled to LaManga, Spain for friendly matches.

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The Micco Tradition The Spirit and Responsibility of Giving By Charlie Barnes // Photo by Russell Grace

ne night during each football season, after the weather turns cool, an elite cast of Seminole fans and supporters heads north up the canopied Meridian Road for an evening of food, fellowship and a secret “fire ceremony” that unites them and reaffirms their love for Florida State. Just south of the Georgia line there is a rustic cabin deep in the woods on the shores of a dark lake. Shine your light across the water at night, and see the red eyes of the alligators flash back at you. The gators lie just below the surface, motionless, waiting to see if anyone interesting strolls down toward the water. The cabin, outbuildings and gently sloping grounds are the site of the secret Micco Fire Ceremony, a time when every new Micco is embraced into the circle. Only Miccos are allowed to attend and participate in the ritual. The Micco Fire Ceremony is secret, but there is a public Micco ritual that has become a popular gathering time for Seminole fans on game weekends. The ceremonial lighting of the flame atop the Unconquered statue takes place at sunset before each home football game. The spear is set afire and burns until Sunday morning. While it appears to echo the living game-day symbols of Osceola and Renegade, the Unconquered represents a much broader concept. The statue sits on a granite pedestal, soaring three stories into the air. Tallahassee attorney Steve Reilly guided the project through 10 years of planning and production. “The sculpture celebrates the human spirit that will not be defeated,” explains Reilly, who is present at every ceremony as a member of the permanent team performing the ritual. “This statue does not depict any particular person or event. It symbolically portrays the unconquered spirit of the Seminole people of the 19th century and the timeless legacy of that spirit that continues to burn bright into the future.” At sunset on Oct. 10, 2003, the monumental sculpture was

formally dedicated in Williams Plaza, at the end of Langford Green. Internationally renowned sculptor Fritz White created the massive bronze figure designed to symbolize the indomitable spirit of the Seminoles. That spirit is a symbol for the university and for our Seminole teams. George Langford was the first to support the vision of Unconquered with a $1 million gift in 1994. George founded the Municipal Code Corporation and twice served as chairman of the Board of Seminole Boosters. His son, Lawton Langford, also served a term as chairman. Langford Green is named for their family. Williams Plaza honors the Williams Family of Thomasville. The family patriarch founded Maybelline Cosmetics in 1913, and the family has contributed millions to athletic and academic initiatives at FSU. On the night of Oct. 10, thousands of Seminole fans crowded the parking areas to see the official dedication and the first lighting of the spear. Seminole celebrities to be honored included George and Marian Langford and family, Tommy and Sabrina Williams and their family, President T.K. and Ginger Wetherell, Bill and Leanne Durham and family, sculptor Fritz White and his wife Ina, Seminole Booster President Andy Miller, Seminole Booster Chairman Bob Fohl, Steve Reilly and his wife Donna, and representatives of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, including Douglas Zepeda, Kyle Doney, Emily Osceola-Branch and Carla Gopher. That first lighting was jointly performed by President Wetherell, Tommy Williams, George Langford, Bill Durham, Steve Reilly, Fritz White, Bob Fohl and Carla Gopher. Since that night, every Friday evening before a home game a different Seminole celebrity Micco performs the ceremony and lights the Unconquered spear. The couples (sometimes individuals) are selected by Seminole Boosters Inc. It is a rare and coveted invitation, and only select, exceptional people are chosen for the honor.

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Feature By the late 1980s, a major capital fundraising campaign was needed to finance a park of first class athletic facilities. These would solidify the Seminoles as a nationally competitive program in all sports. The crown jewel would be the magnificent University Center, conceived simply as “Project SBI” in 1987. University Center would become one of the most beautiful collegiate structures in America and perhaps the single largest contiguous brick construction in the history of the United States. Until then, the Seminole Boosters had concentrated primarily on an annual fund that supported all student-athletes through scholarships and program enhancements. After the decision was made to create a new $1 million contribution level, the next question was what name would be used to designate the donors. We decided to ask an expert. Mike Bristol and I managed to get backstage to see Chief James Billie in his dressing room before he performed in concert with his band, a self-proclaimed “swamp rock” band called The Shack Daddies. Chief Billie is a former Green Beret who wrestles alligators and displays the missing fingers to prove it. Somehow, the reduced number of fingers hasn’t diminished his guitar skills. He was born dirt poor but displayed a flair for politics and business. Elected tribal chairman in 1979, Billie began turning the Seminole Tribe of Florida into a dynamic economic engine that has since shattered every popular perception. In 1996, Billie and his lawyers beat the State of Florida in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that affirmed the Tribe’s sovereign rights. When the Tribe raised his annual salary to $330,000, James Billie became the highest-paid elected official in Florida. In 2007, the Tribe bought the Hard Rock Café franchise for $1 billion.

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The Unconquered statue and Williams family plaza was dedicated on October 10, 2003 with the very first lighting of the year. The $1 million dollar giving level was established to raise major capital to finance athletic facilities.

When Mike and I went to ask for the chief’s advice, we said we needed a good, legitimate Seminole name for this small circle of mega-donors. “Who are these people?” Billie asked. Well, we said, they are mostly graduates of the university. In every case they’re all passionate fans of Florida State and the Seminoles. They are wealthy, successful, powerful individuals willing to contribute great sums of money to ensure Seminole student-athletes have all the resources they need to win. “Hmmmm,” Billie pondered. “The word you want is ‘Micco.’ ” We asked if that word meant chief. “Not necessarily,” he said. “Micco is more of … a responsibility.

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A Micco is one who does whatever is necessary to triumph. A Micco could be a war leader, or he might be called to be a chief. In some cases, it might even mean that he or she is called upon to be a god.” Bristol and I smiled. “Oh, they’ll like that very much.” He must have liked the idea himself. In 2005, Billie became CEO of the Micco Aircraft Company. Today, several of the 70 or so Miccos still wish to remain anonymous. Other names are more familiar, like former Seminole football player Burt Reynolds, who was the top male box-office draw in the world when he returned to Tallahassee for the dedication of Burt Reynolds Hall.

In 1998, Gordon and Bette Sprague were the first to commit under the new Micco designation. Gordon Sprague is an international financial consultant who amuses himself by cheating death as a professional race car driver. Joel Padgett gave the Spragues an exhaustive tour of the athletic facilities and talked about the program’s needs. They even stopped by Coach Bowden’s office to see Gordon’s old friend. Gordon was a student struggling to make ends meet in the early 1960s. He worked part time in the Athletic Department where he befriended the

young FSU receivers’ coach, then still in his early thirties. After a few days the phone call came. “Joel,” Gordon said, “Bette and I have decided to give a million dollars.” Padgett was excited. He thanked Gordon and then asked how the Spragues would like to be recognized for their extraordinary gift. “Well, we don’t need anything for ourselves,” Sprague said. “I have the money to give. I love the school and my Seminoles. I just want to do whatever’s necessary to see that they have the very best.” Spoken in the true spirit of the Micco. SB

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Micco is more of … a responsibility. A Micco is one who does whatever is necessary to triumph. A Micco could be a war leader, or he might be called to be a chief. In some cases, it might even mean that he or she is called upon to be a god.” — Chief James Billie

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The Warrens:

A Seminole Success Story By Jim Crosby // Photos Courtesy of Terry and Scott Warren

henever Bobby Bowden went to Titusville to recruit future star Scott Warren his younger brother, Terry, knew that meant one thing. He would be booted out of his bed! “I always had to sleep on the couch when Coach Bowden came to town. He would sleep in my bed,” Terry remembers with a smile. But, as the old saying goes, “All is well that ends well.” What the Seminole coach got out of those trips, in addition to a good night’s sleep in a comfortable bed, was two All-American football players. Scott Warren was already being recruited by Seminole defensive ends coach Jim Gladden when Coach Bowden arrived at Florida State. Bobby’s home visits sealed the deal, and Warren became not only the first scholarship signee of the Bowden era, but a four-year starter as well (1976–79). And Bowden practically became a member of the Warren family. When he was inducted into the Seminole Hall of Fame in 1997 sports columnist Mike Bianchi (Jacksonville.com) called Warren “the first brick in the wall.” Gladden, his position coach, said, “Scott would grab hold of you like a snapping turtle and wouldn’t let go until the sun went down.” In Terry, the Seminoles not only got an exceptional football player, but a great ball boy as well.

Seven years younger than Scott, his first exposure to Doak Campbell Stadium was as ball boy. He and his Dad traveled to away games on the team bus. Despite his familiarity with allthings-Seminole, the Georgia Bulldogs came after Terry Warren hard. He received 300 letters from Bulldog Boosters (it was legal then) and a gala reception. “Vince Dooley had a big dinner set up for me with all the coaches and wives,” said Terry. “But Coach Dooley was the only one that didn’t attend.” The Dawgs’ loss was the Noles’ gain, as Terry would become a starter at outside linebacker (1984–87). He recorded 173 tackles and 10 QB sacks and was named to the Associated Press All-American team in 1987. Both Scott and Terry give Florida State football a lot of credit for the stellar careers that would ensue. “I think just playing football is something that teaches you discipline and the team concept. It teaches you to work with those around you and how to get along with others. Along with the exceptional coaches we had at Florida State, especially coaches Bowden and Gladden, it prepares you to be successful,” said Scott.

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Terry Warren recorded a popular album and is the full-time minister of music for Honey Lake Church and Worldwide Ministries, just outside of Tallahassee.

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Talk about success. Scott went to medical school and became a dermatologist. He got a fellowship in Mohs Cancer Surgery and has successfully performed over 35,000 surgeries. He lives in Ponte Vedra Beach where his First Coast Mohs clinic is. Terry’s career has had some zigs and zags but he has been able to do what he likes best … sing. His story is an interesting one. One game in 1987 serves as a microcosm of Terry’s career. It was homecoming and Seminole fans were surprised to see a football player, in full uniform, approach the on-field microphone to sing the national anthem. After Terry got a standing ovation for the anthem he got another moments later in the game. “I hit the (Tulane) quarterback so hard, I knocked him out. He didn’t wake up until after the game … in the hospital,” said Terry. Needless to say FSU won, 73–14. The team went on to record an 11–1 season and beat Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl. The one loss was by one point to Miami when a 2-point try failed. Bowden has called that team his best. That’s the thing about those Warren boys. It was easy to underestimate them because they were handsome guys, worked hard, didn’t swear and were not rule breakers. How could guys like that succeed at such a tough game as football? “Both of those guys were outstanding Christian men,” said Coach Gladden. “With that being said, they had a mean, nasty streak. As far as football, they were very tough and very nasty. They never got hurt here. Never were limping around. You couldn’t make it too tough for them.” But there were some quirks. “I remember we were watching film, and Terry was lying on the carpet kind of propped on his elbow. Unbeknownst to me he was busy tying my shoelaces together. When I got up I almost fell before righting myself,”

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Gladden laughingly remembered. On Nov. 7, 1987, there was another landmark event for Terry Warren at Auburn. “Burt Reynolds called me in my hotel room before the game,” he said. “I answered the phone and he said, ‘This is Burt Reynolds.’ I said, ‘Sure,’ and hung up. I thought my roommate Paul McGowan was playing a practical joke on me. Luckily, Burt called back and offered me the opportunity to go to his acting school in Jupiter.” Terry wasn’t finished with football yet, but he would be done sooner than he thought. Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys,

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the ’Noles OLB, who had never been injured, suffered a severe career-ending back injury in practice. He wouldn’t play a game in the NFL. It was time to take Burt Reynolds up on his offer. After acting school, Terry moved to Los Angeles where he enjoyed some success. He did all the background music for “Evening Shade” on TV, with his version of “Lady in Red” being well received. He also appeared with Peter Falk in some scenes on the popular show “Columbo” and in “B. L. Stryker.” To be closer to the music industry, Terry

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moved back east to Nashville. One day on his car radio he heard they were auditioning for “Les Miserables” on Broadway. “As dumb as I was, I thought they were talking about Broadway in Nashville,” he said. After talking his way to the front of the line of about 400 people he auditioned and his four-octave range got him the starring role of Jean Val Jean. Then he found out it was for Broadway in New York, not Nashville. As luck would have it, his stay in the Big Apple was short-lived. The show’s producer was fired and the new group hired a new cast. When asked about Terry’s strongest asset his brother said: “Perseverance. He’s persevered in his dream of singing for years and years. He has stayed with what he loves, his music, and never quit. It’s a lot easier to quit, but he has stuck with it.” By pursuing his dream Terry has now recorded a popular album “Amazing Love,” is the fulltime minister of music for Honey Lake Church and Worldwide Ministries, just outside of Tallahassee, and founded the Crossing the Goal Line ministry. In addition, he’s working on a new album with country music recording star Billy Dean. In honor of the success he attributes largely to FSU football and the coaching he received, Scott Warren has given back to the program by establishing a scholarship to honor Jim and Patty Gladden. The proud father of three sons (Davis, Cade, Drake) and a daughter (Ashley), Scott gives major credit for his achievements to his wife of 30 years, Beth, whom he met at Florida State. “Without her support for all my training and the kids I wouldn’t be where I am today. I know that for sure,” he said. Terry’s best times are those spent with his daughter (Chel), a high school cheerleader, and son (Graham), a linebacker for Carson-Newman College. When seeking a model to gauge recruiting standards, Seminole coaches would do well to recall what Scott and Terry Warren brought to the table. Jim Gladden sums it up in a word: “Dependability.” SB

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Quarterly Reports Proven Stars Lead Rebuilding Cross-Country Teams There are no names on the back of cross-country jerseys, but Florida State coaches Bob Braman and Karen Harvey might want to consider nametags for their respective 2013 squads. One year after Harvey’s FSU women placed fourth and Braman’s men finished fifth at the NCAA Championship meet, the Seminoles begin anew with their same goals and a host of new faces. Each team returns only two runners from their seven-member lineups that chased titles in Louisville, Ky., last November. Fortunately, both coaches will have a returning All-American to show the way and provide the leadership necessary to extend impressive streaks. Junior Colleen Quigley and senior Jakub Zivec placed 12th and 21st in their respective women’s and men’s races at last year’s championship races. “We will have to find our identity in the first half of the year,” said Braman, who begins his 14th season at the helm of the Seminoles. “How we do in the championship season will likely be set by the bonding and work ethic established early on. I like the talent of this team, but we have a long way to go to reach the standard set the last five years.” Dating back to 2003, the Seminole men have made 10 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, which ties for the seventh-longest active streak among Division I programs. They have finished third or better at nine of the last 10 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships over that same time period. The Florida State women are working on an equally impressive stretch. The program has made seven NCAA Championship appearances, including six in a row under Harvey’s watchful eye. Not only have each of Harvey’s six previous teams finished on the podium — in the top four — at the NCAA Championship meet, they have also carried home the last six ACC Championship trophies. “It’s been a while (since) Florida State women’s crosscountry has not been the favorite to win the ACC title and earn a spot in the NCAA top 10,” Harvey said. “We have a lot of integrating of new talent to the FSU system and that weight will fall a lot on myself. I feel very blessed that our team captains, Colleen Quigley and Linden Hall, will help lead this team through the season. “I remember 2007 and what it was like to be underdogs. Like then, we will have to quickly learn to sacrifice, be disciplined, focused and hungry for success as a team.” Neither squad will be void of talent. In addition to Zivec, who was the NCAA South Region champion and an All-ACC performer last season, sophomore Zak Seddon returns to the lineup off an outstanding track season. Seddon won the U23 European Championships in the steeplechase for his native Great Britain in July, following up his ACC title and NCAA Championship appearance in the spring. As a freshman, he won the

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Virginia Tech Invitational (cross-country), earned AllSouth Region honors and was FSU’s No. 6 finisher at the NCAA Championship meet. “Zivec and Seddon are two of the most gifted runners I’ve ever coached and are natural leaders for this squad,” said Braman, who enters his fourth decade of collegiate coaching. A host of transfers and newcomers will help pilot the ‘Noles through the 2013 season. Missouri transfer Bryant Blahnik (11th, 2012 SEC meet) and Cornell graduate Kevin Johnson, who will compete as a grad school student, bring valuable experience to the fold. Glen Yarham, an Australian with significant international experience, leads a group of newcomers that includes two-time Foot Locker finalist and Illinois state champion Grant Nykaza. Avery Lopez, an incoming freshman from Florida powerhouse Miami Belen Jesuit, also joins the group. Redshirt senior Josh Gracia returns for his second season eager to make an impact, while redshirt freshmen Chris Godwin and Max del Monte — promising signees a year ago — will fight to earn a lineup spot. Quigley, who won the Notre Dame Invitational and was the runner-up at the NCAA South Regional, is the clear leader for the women. One of only seven women to earn All-American honors in cross-country, indoor and outdoor track last season, the St. Louis, Mo., native will be among the nation’s best this fall. Beyond Quigley, sophomore Georgia Peel and junior Aubree Worden are the only other returnees who have competed in an NCAA Championship meet. Peel earned All-ACC and All-Region honors as a freshman and was the No. 6 finisher for the ‘Noles at last year’s NCAA meet. Worden’s season was cut short by injury. Hall, a redshirt sophomore who missed all of last cross-country season due to injury, is coming off a brilliant track season that culminated with a ninth-place finish in the 1500 at the NCAA meet. “We will not have three key runners from last year — Amanda Winslow, Violah Lagat and Kayleigh Tyerman — but we have a very high powered recruiting class coming in,” Harvey said. Harvey maintained FSU’s long-standing pipeline to Birmingham University in the U.K. with the signing of Hannah Walker and Pippa Woolven. Walker is one of the top U23 10k and 5k runners in Great Britain, while Woolven is a rising talent in the steeplechase. They will be joined by a pair of freshmen, Orlando’s Bridget Blake and Anna Holdiman from Iowa, who have competed at Foot Locker Nationals. Among the returnees battling for spots in the top seven, redshirt junior Chelsi Woodruff and sophomore Carly Thomas have been the alternates on FSU’s last two NCAA Championship qualifying teams.

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VOLLEYBALL The back-to-back defending ACC champions welcome back another strong core from last season. American Volleyball Coaches Association Third-Team All-American Ashley Neff returns for her senior season to anchor the middle-blocking unit, while versatile outside hitter Olivera Medic and redshirt junior libero Katie Mosher highlight some of the returnees in the back row. Florida State’s 2012 recruiting class, rated third best in the country, gains another year of experience coming off its freshman season. Included in the nationally-renowned class are rising sophomore outside hitter Nicole Walch, rising redshirt freshman outside hitter Leah Mikesky, rising sophomore rightside Mara Green and rising redshirt freshman middle blocker Sarah Burrington.

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Another daunting and entertaining Florida State indoor volleyball schedule lies ahead for the Seminoles. This year’s matchups feature 10 NCAA postseason participants from 2012, 13 home matches at Tully Gym and three new conference opponents. “We put a lot of time and effort into our schedule each season. My goal is to have one of the Top 10 non-conference schedules in the nation every year. We have again accomplished that goal,” said Head Coach Chris Poole. “It will be a great challenge for our team and we have to be willing to step out of our comfort zone and compete against other Top 25 competition. We will have a mixture of players returning from an NCAA National Semifinal run to young players that were part of the third best recruiting class in the country in 2012. We will have a lot of talent, but the key will be our fitness level and how healthy we will be throughout the season.” Seminole volleyball fans can pack Tully Gym once again to see Florida State take on five of its 10 NCAA Tournament opponents from a season ago. In

Tallahassee, FSU opens the home schedule against Ohio State as part of the Four Points by Sheraton Seminole Invitational on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. “The ACC has quickly become one of the top conferences in the country,” Poole added. “While we have traditionally been one of the top five conferences the last five years, our goal is certainly to continue making improvements as a league and shoot for one of the top three conferences year in and year out. We have added some great programs and some very highly respected coaches (are coming into) our league over the next couple of years. It is an exciting time to represent Florida State volleyball and be part of the ACC.” If you’re in town for the football game versus Miami, on Friday, Nov. 1, Florida State will host conference rival North Carolina, which reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year. Fellow postseason opponent NC State visits Tully Gym on Sunday, Nov. 3, for a 1 p.m. match. The Seminoles welcome three new ACC opponents this season in Notre Dame, Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Florida State and the Fighting Irish clash twice this season with a home-home. The Seminoles have earned an NCAA postseason berth for four consecutive years, matching a school record set from 1987–90. Part of their recent success has been their play at Tully Gym, where they recorded a 27-match win streak before ending the 2012 season with a loss to Purdue in what was deemed a neutral-site contest. Follow Florida State indoor volleyball throughout the offseason on Seminoles.com as well as on the team’s official Twitter (@FSU_Volleyball) and Facebook pages (Facebook.com/FSUVolleyball).

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SOCCER After coming off a second straight trip to the College Cup and a first place regular season finish in the always competitive Atlantic Coast Conference, the Florida State soccer team will once again enter the 2013 campaign with high expectations. The Seminoles, under the direction of Mark Krikorian in his ninth season at FSU, return 12 letter winners and six starters from last year’s squad, which finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation. Last year, Florida State completed the season as one of the best defensive teams in the nation, ranking in the top 40 in shutout percentage (2nd), goals against average (12th) and save percentage (36th). The Seminoles went on to set school records with 17 shutouts and a GAA of 0.62, while tying the record for the fewest goals allowed (15). The backline will once again look to cause havoc on opposing teams in 2013 as Florida State welcomes back goalkeeper Kelsey Wys along with Kassey Kallman and Kristin Grubka in the middle of the Seminole defense. Despite the loss of FSU’s all-time leading scorer, Tiffany McCarty, the Seminoles return three of their top four scorers in Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Grubka and Jamia Fields. Brynjarsdottir, who competed in the 2013 Women’s Euro Championship with Iceland’s Full National Team this past summer, posted single-season career highs in every offensive category, including goals (9), assists (9) and points (27). Grubka finished third on the team with 16 points (5 goals, 6 assists) as a defender, while Fields returns as the team’s leader in assists, tallying a career-high eight during her sophomore campaign.

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Seminole fans will have a great chance to catch the Florida State soccer team in action this fall with 12 regular season matches to be played inside the Seminole Soccer Complex. FSU opens the season at home on Friday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. against Oregon State. The Seminoles will also host defending national champion North Carolina (Wed., Sept. 18) while closing out the regular season with a home contest against new league member Notre Dame (Thurs., Oct. 31). Florida State finished with a perfect 14–0–0 record at home last year and will put its 18-match home winning streak on the line when they open against the Beavers on August 23. Entering its 19th season as a varsity sport in 2013, the Florida State soccer program has proven to be a national contender on an annual basis with 13 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a run of eight straight quarterfinal appearances, which stands as the longest active streak in the nation. With all the success, Florida State continues to be a premier destination for many of the best women’s soccer players in the United States and throughout the world.

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Indoor Volleyball 08/24/13 Garnet and Gold Match;Tallahassee, FL TBA

10/11/13 Maryland; Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m.

08/30/13 vs. Illinois; Long Beach, Calif. 2 p.m.

10/13/13 Pittsburgh; Tallahassee, FL 1 p.m.

08/30/13 vs. Kentucky; Long Beach, Calif. 8 p.m.

10/16/13 Miami; Tallahassee, FL 8 p.m.

08/31/13 at Long Beach State; Long Beach, Calif. 10 p.m.

10/20/13 at Notre Dame; South Bend, Ind. 1 p.m.

09/06/13 Ohio State; Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m.

10/25/13 at Duke; Durham, N.C. 6:30 p.m.

09/07/13 Western Kentucky; Tallahassee, FL Noon

10/26/13 at Wake Forest; Winston-Salem, N.C. 6:30 p.m.

09/07/13 Florida Gulf Coast; Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m.

11/01/13 North Carolina; Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m.

09/12/13 vs. Siena; College Station, Texas 4 p.m.

11/03/13 NC State; Tallahassee, FL 1 p.m.

09/12/13 at Texas A&M; College Station, Texas 8:30 p.m.

11/08/13 at Virginia; Charlottesville, Va. 7 p.m.

09/14/13 vs. Michigan; College Station, Texas Noon

11/09/13 at Virginia Tech; Blackburg, Va. 6 p.m.

09/17/13 at Florida; Gainesville, Fla. 6 p.m.

11/13/13 at Miami; Coral Gables, Fla. 7 p.m.

09/21/13 at Auburn; Auburn, Ala. 1 p.m.

11/17/13 Notre Dame; Tallahassee, FL Noon

09/28/13 at Syracuse; Syracuse, N.Y. Noon

11/22/13 Wake Forest; Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m.

09/29/13 at Boston College; Chestnut Hill, Mass. Noon

11/24/13 Duke; Tallahassee, FL 1 p.m.

10/04/13 at Georgia Tech; Atlanta, Ga. 7 p.m.

11/27/13 Clemson; Tallahassee, FL 7 p.m.

10/05/13 at Clemson; Clemson, S.C. 6 p.m.

11/29/13 Georgia Tech; Tallahassee, FL 4 p.m.

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Soccer 08/23/2013 vs. Oregon State; Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 08/25/2013 vs. Auburn; Tallahassee, Fla., 1:00 p.m. 08/30/2013 at Florida; Gainesville, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 09/1/2013 vs. UCF; Tallahassee, Fla., 1:00 p.m. 09/6/2013 vs. Oklahoma State; Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 09/8/2013 vs. Oklahoma; Tallahassee, Fla., 1:00 p.m. 09/12/2013 at Wake Forest; Winston-Salem, N.C., 7:00 p.m. 09/15/2013 at Duke; Durham, N.C., 1:00 p.m. 09/18/2013 vs. North Carolina; Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 09/22/2013 vs. NC State; Tallahassee, Fla., 1:00 p.m. 09/26/2013 vs. Miami; Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 09/29/2013 at Clemson; Clemson, S.C., 1:00 p.m. 10/3/2013 vs. Boston College; Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 10/10/2013 at Syracuse; Syracuse, N.Y., 7:00 p.m. 10/13/2013 vs. Pittsburgh; Tallahasee, Fla., 1:00 p.m. 10/20/2013 vs. Maryland; Tallahassee, Fla., 1:00 p.m. 10/24/2013 at Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, Va., 7:00 p.m. 10/27/2013 at Virginia; Charlottesville, Va., 1:00 p.m. 10/31/2013 vs. Notre Dame; Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. 11/3/2013 ACC Tournament - First Round; TBD, TBA 11/8/2013 ACC Tournament - Semifinal; Cary, N.C., TBA 11/10/2013 ACC Tournament - Finals; Cary, N.C., TBA

Cross Country 10/19/2013 Pre-Nationals; Terre Haute, Ind.

09/20/2013 Pre-ACC Meet; Winston-Salem, N.C.

11/01/2013 ACC Championships; Winston-Salem, N.C.

10/04/2013 Notre Dame Invite; South Bend, Ind.

11/15/2013 NCAA Region Championships; Tuscaloosa, Ala.

10/11/2013 FSU Invitational; Tallahassee, Fla.

11/23/2013 NNCAA National Championships; Terre Haute, Ind.

Photos by Mike Olivella, Ross Obley, FSU Sports Information

08/30/2013 Covered Bridge Open; Boone, N.C.

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Boosters and Extra Benefits W ith the school year quickly approaching and student-athletes getting back to work in the classroom and on the field, the Compliance Team at Florida State University wants to remind you about NCAA rules regarding “extra benefits.” An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or a representative of the institution’s athletic interests (“booster”) that provides a student-athlete or a relative or friend of a student-athlete a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Student-athletes are never permitted to accept an extra benefit. Any student-athlete who receives an extra benefit, regardless of its value, must be immediately declared ineligible and will require reinstatement before participating in any future competition. As you can see, the penalties associated with extra benefits are very severe. Receipt of a benefit by a studentathlete, their friends or relatives is not a violation if it is demonstrated that the same benefit is generally available to the rest of the student body or their friends or relatives. It is also not a violation if the benefit is available to a particular segment of the student body determined on a basis unrelated to athletic ability, such as international or minority students. There are numerous types of gifts or arrangements that can be considered extra benefits. Some examples include, but are not limited to, cash, loans, special or unadvertised discounts, gifts or other tangible items of value, free or reduced-cost

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Seminoles finish 11th among all athletic programs By Seminoles.com

Director’s Cup

Women’s Cross Country: Violah Lagat, Colleen Quigley, Amanda Winslow Football: Cornellius Carradine (Phil Steele Third Team); Dustin Hopkins (Walter Camp First Team, AP Second Team); Xavier Rhodes (Phil Steele Third Team); Bjoern Werner (Unanimous First Team) Men’s Golf: Daniel Berger (GCAA First Team, Golfweek First Team); Chase Seiffert (Golfweek Honorable Mention) Sand Volleyball: Jace Pardon (AVCA), Sarah Wickstrom (AVCA) Soccer: Ines Jaurena (NSCAA First Team, Soccer America First Team MVP); Tiffany McCarty (NSCAA Third Team, Soccer America Second Team MVP); Isabella Schmid (Soccer America All-Freshman First Team), Kelsey Wys (NSCAA Third Team) Softball: Lacey Waldrop (NFCA Third Team) Men’s Swimming and Diving: First Team: Tom Neubacher (1m springboard, platform); Honorable Mention: Paul Murray (200 medley relay); Jared Pike (200 medley relay); Pavel Sankovich (200 medley relay, 100 back, 200 IM); Mark Weber (200 medley relay, 50 free) Women’s Swimming and Diving: Kaitlyn Dressel (100 free, 800 free relay); Madison Jacobi (800 free relay); Elizabeth Pepper (800 free relay); Tiffany Oliver (50 free, 800 free relay) Men’s Indoor Track and Field: First Team: Stefan Brits (long jump), Phillip Young (triple jump), Dentarius Locke (4x400), Stephen Newbold (4x400), James Harris (4x400), Alonzo Russell (4x400); Second Team: James Harris (high jump) Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: First Team: Dentarius Locke (100), Mike Fout (10,000), James Harris (400), James Harris (high jump), Alonzo Russell (4x100), Dentarius Locke (4x100), Stefan Brits (4x100), James Harris (4x100); Second Team: Breandan O’ Neill (10,000), Stefan Brits (long jump), Andrew LaHaye (pole vault), Morne Moolman (javelin) Women’s Indoor Track and Field: First Team: Amanda Winslow (mile), Jessica Parry (DMR), Sage Watson (DMR), Georgia Peel (DMR), Colleen Quigley (DMR); Second Team: Amanda Winslow (3,000) Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: First Team: Amanda Winslow (1,500), Colleen Quigley (Steeplechase); Second Team: Linden Hall (1,500), Chelsea Whalen (javelin), Chelsea Whalen (shot put), Anne Zagre (100 hurdles), Sage Watson (400 hurdles) Volleyball: Sareea Freeman (AVCA Honorable Mention), Ashley Neff (AVCA Third Team), Fatma Yildirim (AVCA Honorable Mention)

FINAL RANKING: 11

ACC and NCAA Team Results Baseball: ACC Atlantic Division Champions, NCAA Super Regionals Men’s Basketball: ACC Quarterfinals, NIT – First Round Women’s Basketball: ACC – Semifinals, NCAA – Second Round Men’s Cross Country: ACC – 3rd, Regional – 1st , NCAA – 5th Women’s Cross Country: ACC – 1st, Regional – 1st, NCAA – 4th Football: ACC Champions, Orange Bowl Champions Men’s Golf: ACC – T2nd, NCAA –T11th Women’s Golf: ACC - 4th, NCAA Regionals Soccer: ACC Regular Season Champions; NCAA College Cup Softball: ACC Champions Regular Season, NCAA Super Regionals Men’s Swimming: ACC – 4th, NCAA – 23rd Women’s Swimming: ACC – 4th, NCAA 31st Men’s Tennis: ACC – Second Round, NCAA – First Round Women’s Tennis: ACC – Final Round, NCAA – First Round Indoor Men’s Track & Field: ACC – 2nd, NCAA – T18th Indoor Women’s Track & Field: ACC – 2nd, NCAA – T15th Outdoor Men’s Track & Field: ACC – 1st, NCAA – 9th Outdoor Women’s Track & Field: ACC – 2nd, NCAA – 29th Sand Volleyball: AVCA Semifinals Volleyball: ACC Champions; NCAA Tournament – Second Round

ACC Team Champions Football Women’s Cross Country Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Volleyball

Regional/District Honors

Player/Performer of the Year Honors Chasity Clayton – ACC Women’s Basketball Sixth Player of the Year Violah Lagat – ACC Women’s Cross Country Performer of the Year, USTFCCCA South Region Cross Country Athlete of the Year Dentarius Locke – ACC Outdoor Championships Most Valuable Track Performer Ashley Neff – ACC Volleyball Player of the Year Stephen Newbold – ACC Indoor Championships Most Valuable Track Performer Pavel Sankovich – ACC Men’s Swimming Championships Most Valuable Swimmer Amy Sargeant – ITA Southeast Region Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship Bjoern Werner – ACC Defensive Player of the Year Phillip Young – ACC Indoor Championships Most Valuable Field Performer Jakub Zivec – USTFCCCA South Region Cross Country Athlete of the Year

Baseball: Marcus Davis (ABCA All-Atlantic Second Team), Scott Sitz (ABCA All-Atlantic First Team) Men’s Cross Country: David Forrester, Paul Lagno, Breandan O’ Neill, Seth Proctor, Wes Rickman, Zak Seddon, Jacub Zivec Women’s Cross Country: Jennifer Dunn, Violah Lagat, Georgia Peel, Jessica Parry, Colleen Quigley, Kayleigh Tyerman, Amanda Winslow Men’s Golf: PING GCAA Southeast Region – Daniel Berger, Chase Seiffert Women’s Golf: NCAA All-West Region – Jessica Negron Soccer: NSCAA All-Southeast First Team – Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Ines Jaurena; NSCAA AllSoutheast Second Team – Kassey Kallman, Tiffany McCarty, Casey Short, Kelsey Wys Softball: NFCA Southeast Region Second Team – Morgan Bullock, Lacey Waldrop Volleyball: AVCA All-East Region Team – Sereea Freeman, Ashley Neff, Fatma Yildirim

Rookie of the Year Honors

All-ACC Honors

Ronald Darby – ACC Football Defensive Rookie of the Year Hank Lebioda – ACC Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year

Baseball: First Team: Scott Sitz; Second Team: Stephen McGee, DJ Stewart, Luke Weaver Men’s Basketball: Michael Snaer (Third Team, All-Defensive Team) Women’s Basketball: First Team: Alexa Deluzio, Natasha Howard, Leonor Rodriguez Women’s Cross Country: Violah Lagat, Georgia Peel, Colleen Quigley, Kayleigh Tyerman, Amanda Winslow Men’s Cross Country: David Forrester, Breandan O’ Neill, Jakub Zivec Football: First Team: Cornellius Carradine, Dustin Hopkins, Lamarcus Joyner, Xavier Rhodes, Bjoern Werner; Second Team: Everett Dawkins, Cameron Erving, Tre’ Jackson, Christian Jones, EJ Manuel, Bryan Stork, Chris Thompson; Honorable Mention: Timmy Jernigan, Anthony McCloud, Menelik Watson, Vince Williams Men’s Golf: Daniel Berger, Hank Lebioda, Chase Seiffert Women’s Golf: Jessica Negron Soccer: First Team: Ines Jaurena, Kassey Kallman, Kelsey Wys; Second Team: Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Tiffany McCarty, Casey Short; All-Freshman: Carson Pickett, Isabella Schmid Softball: First Team: Victoria East, Monica Perry, Courtney Senas, Lacey Waldrop; Second Team: Morgan Bullock Men’s Swimming: Trice Bailey, Paul Murray, Tom Neubacher, Jared Pike, Pavel Sankovich, David Sanders, Mark Weber Men’s Swimming: Kaitlyn Dressel, Julia Henkel, Tiffany Oliver, Kristine Polley, Ariel Rittenhouse Men’s Tennis: Dominic Cotrone Women’s Tennis: Daneika Borthwick Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Marvin Bracy (60), Dentarius Locke (60), Stephen Newbold (200), Dentarius Locke (200), Stephen Newbold (400), Jakub Zivec (3,000), Michael Fout (5,000), James Harris (high jump), Andrew LaHaye (pole vault), Stefan Brits (long jump), Phillip Young (long jump), Phillip Young (triple jump) Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Dentarius Locke (100), Dentarius Locke (200), Dentarius Locke (4x100), James Harris (400), James Harris (4x100), Stefan Brits (long jump), Stefan Brits

Regional Coach of the Year Honors Bob Braman – USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year Bob Braman – USTFCCCA South Region Outdoor Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year Nick Crowell – ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year Ken Harnden – USTFCCCA Indoor South Region Assistant Coach of the Year Karen Harvey - USTFCCCA Indoor South Region Assistant Coach of the Year; USTFCCCA South Region Cross Country Coach of the Year Karen Harvey – USTFCCCA South Region Outdoor Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year Dwayne Hultquist – ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year Mark Krikorian – NSCAA Southeast Coach of the Year

ACC Coach of the Year Honors Lonni Alameda – Softball Coach of the Year Bob Braman – Track and Field Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year Karen Harvey – Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year Mark Krikorian – Soccer Coach of the Year

All-Americans Baseball: Scott Sitz (Louisville Slugger Third Team); DJ Stewart (Louisville Slugger All-Freshmen, NCBWA First Team Freshmen All-American, Baseball America First Team Freshmen All-American) Men’s Basketball: Michael Snaer (Lefty Dreisell Defensive All-American Team) Men’s Cross Country: Breandan O’ Neill, Jakub Zivec

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Individual ACC Champions Women’s Cross Country: Violah Lagat Men’s Swimming & Diving: Trice Bailey – 200 free relay; Paul Murray – 100 freestyle, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay; Jared Pike – 200 medley relay; David Sanders – 200 free relay; Pavel Sankovich – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 individual medley, 200 medley relay; Mark Weber – 50 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Women’s Swimming & Diving: Tiffany Oliver – 50 free, 100 free; Ariel Rittenhouse – 3m Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Marvin Bracy (60), Stephen Newbold (200), James Harris (high jump) Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Jeff Pelage (discus), Stefan Brits (long jump), Breandan O’ Neill (10,000), Zak Seddon (steeplechase), James Harris (400), Dentarius Locke (100); David Ambler, Dentarius Locke, Stefan Brits, James Harris (4x100) Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Amanda Winslow (3,000); Amanda Winslow, Sage Watson, Georgia Peel, Colleen Quigley (DMR); Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: Kellion Knibb (discus), Chelsea Whalen (shot put), Colleen Quigley (steeplechase), Amanda Winslow (5,000)

ACC Performers of the Week

CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Stefan Brit (Track and Field) – First Team Michael Fout (Track and Field) – First Team Kelly Hensley (Softball) – First Team Dustin Hopkins (Football) – First Team Kassey Kallman (Soccer) – First Team Jessica Nori (Softball) – First Team Colleen Quigley (Track and Field) – First Team Casey Short (Soccer) – First Team Gage Smith (Baseball) – First Team Amanda Winslow (Track and Field) – First Team

ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Amanda Winslow (Indoor Track and Field) Jakub Zivec (Cross Country) Kelly Hensley (Softball) Gage Smith (Baseball)

Academic All-ACC Teams Baseball: Gage Smith, Josh Delph, Brandon Leibrandt, Stephen McGee, Peter Miller, Seth Miller Men’s Cross Country: Seth Proctor, Jakub Zivec Women’s Cross Country: Jennifer Dunn, Jessica Parry, Colleen Quigley, Kayleigh Tyerman, Amanda Winslow, Aubree Worden Football: Dustin Hopkins Women’s Soccer: Tiana Brockway, Jamia Fields, Ines Jaurena, Kassey Kallman, Tiffany McCarty, Jessica Price, Casey Short Men’s Swimming and Diving: John Jessell, Nick Klein, Tom Neubacher, Jared Pike, Mark Weber Women’s Swimming and Diving: Laura Flewelling, Julia Henkel, Madison Jacobi, Tiffany Oliver, Elizabeth Pepper, Kristine Polley, Ariel Rittenhouse, Bianca Spinazzola Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Stefan Brits, Owen Cain, Michael Fout, Jeff Pelage, Alonzo Russell, Kieran Showler-Davis, Stargell Williams, Jakub Zivec Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Hannah Action, Elizabeth Ichite, Jessica Parry, Marecia Pemberton, Colleen Quigley, Kayleigh Tyerman, Sage Watson, Chelsea Whalen, Amanda Winslow Women’s Golf: Laure Castelain, Olivia Hullert, Carlton Kuhlo Men’s Golf: Hank Lebioda, Doug Letson Men’s Tennis: Dominic Cotrone, Blake Davis Softball: Kelly Hensley, Bailey Schinella, Monica Perry, Jessica Nori Volleyball: Sarah Wickstrom, Olivera Medic Women’s Tennis: Francesca Segarelli, Amy Sargeant, Daneika Borthwick

Baseball: Marcus Davis, Brandon Leibrandt, Stephen McGee, DJ Stewart (2) Men’s Basketball: Michael Snaer Women’s Basketball: Chelsea Davis, Alexa Deluzio, Natasha Howard, Leonor Rodriguez (2) Men’s Cross Country: Jakub Zivec Women’s Cross Country: Colleen Quigley Football: Cornellius Carradine (3), Ronald Darby, Rashad Greene, Dustin Hopkins (2), Christian Jones, Lamarcus Loyner, EJ Manuel (2), Telvin Smith, Bryan Stork, Chris Thompson, Menelik Watson, Bjoern Werner (2) Men’s Golf: Daniel Berger Soccer: Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Kristin Grubka, Kelsey Wys (2) Softball: Courtney Senas (2), Lacey Waldrop (3) Men’s Swimming: Connor Knight, Paul Murray, Mark Weber Women’s Swimming: Tiffany Oliver, Ariel Rittenhouse (2) Women’s Tennis: Daneika Borthwick (2) Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Marvin Bracy Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Jeff Pelage Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Amanda Winslow Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: Georgia Peel, Colleen Quigley, Amanda Winslow Volleyball: Sareea Freeman (3), Fatma Yildirim

NSCAA Scholar All-America Team: Second Team: Kassey Kallman, Casey Short NSCAA Scholar All-South Team: Tiana Brockway (third team), Kassey Kallman, Casey Short USTFCCCA All-Academic Men’s Cross Country Team: Seth Proctor, Jakub Zivec USTFCCCA All-Academic Women’s Cross Country Team: Jennifer Dunn, Jessica Parry, Colleen Quigley, Kayleigh Tyerman, Amanda Winslow

ACC Rookie of the Week

2012 Olympics

Men’s Basketball: Aaron Thomas

National Weekly Honors Baseball: Marcus Davis (Louisville Slugger), DJ Stewart (Louisville Slugger, NCBWA) Women’s Basketball: Natasha Howard (CollegeSportsMadness.com) Soccer: Dagny Brynjarsdottir (TopDrawerSoccer.com), Kristin Grubka (NSCAA, TopDrawerSoccer.com), Ines Jaurena (TopDrawerSoccer.com), Tiffany McCarty, Hikaru Murakami (Soccer America), Kelsey Wys, Florida State backline (TopDrawerSoccer.com)

NCAA All-Tournament Team College Cup: Tiffany McCarty

ACC All-Tournament Team Softball: Maddie O’Brien, Courtney Senas, Lacey Waldrop Baseball: DJ Stewart

Tiana Brockway (soccer), Andres Bucaro (men’s tennis), Kristine Polley (swimming)

CoSIDA/Capitol One Academic All-Americans

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Mateo De Angulo (Colombia) Pavel Sankovich (Belarus) Gonzalo Barroilhet (Chile) Jonathan Borlee (Belgium) Kevin Borlee (Belgium) Hannah England (United Kingdom) Kemar Hyman (Cayman Islands) Lacy Janson (United States) Maurice Mitchell (United States) Ciaran O’Lionaird (Ireland) Barbara Parker (United Kingdom) Dorian Scott (Jamaica) Kimberly Williams (Jamaica) Anne Zagre (Belgium)

Other Athletics Accomplishments

ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award

Kelly Hensley (Softball) – Third Team Dustin Hopkins (Football) – First Team Kassey Kallman (Soccer) – Second Team

Academic Teams:

Teams Men’s Cross Country: USTFCCCA All-Academic team Women’s Cross Country: USTFCCCA All-Academic team Coaches Sue Semrau – FCA Kay Yow Heart of a Coach Award Athletes Former Noles

ACC HONOR ROLL As of: June 10, 2013

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Former Seminole Head Coach Bobby Bowden has accepted an invitation from Florida State to return for two home football games this fall. Oct. 25-26 Bobby Bowden, who led Florida State to two national championships, will be honored on Friday, October 25th at an intimate evening celebration for all Seminole Booster members and former Bowden players. Bowden will also be honored on Saturday, October 26th at Doak Campbell Stadium during the Florida State vs. NC State game. NOV. 15-16 You can also recognize Coach Bowden and his 1993 national championship team during homecoming festivities when FSU will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Nolesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first national championship. To reserve tickets for one or both of these games, visit Seminoles.com or call (888) 378-6653. Information on the intimate Bowden event is available at Seminole-Boosters.com or by calling (850) 644-3484

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