The 2018 season hasn’t even started yet and excitement for 2019 has already been kickstarted for Seminole Nation. Willie Taggart and company left ACC spring meetings Wednesday to come to Jacksonville and announce next season’s opening game against Boise State. Taggart, Jacksonville Mayor Leon Curry, TaxSlayer Gator Bowl President Rick Catlett, FSU AD Stan Wilcox, […]
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“If you don’t think South Florida is important to us…. as a coach at Wagner College, the first guy I ever signed, went on to be an All-American, went to Gulliver Prep (in Miami),” Dan Mullen. The most important state in the Union in terms of football recruiting is Florida. There is a wealth of […]
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Last week, one of my sources made me aware of a potential graduate transfer to FSU by the name of Denzil Ware. Ware was a three-year starting linebacker at Kentucky who was suspended for the team’s bowl game, but returned for spring practice. He was named third-team All-SEC last season, specifically playing the rush outside […]
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I receive questions daily on social media and in person, the answers to which don’t make it into articles. Recently, I’ve fielded great questions about the FSU football program that I wanted to flesh out beyond 280 characters on Twitter. I figured it was time to do my version of a mailbag – a third […]
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Willie Taggart must have a mix of espresso and Monster Energy running through his veins. He’s hit the recruiting trail in a blitz as up-tempo and aggressive as his Gulf Coast Offense. Since arriving in Tallahassee, he has been constantly working the phones trying to dig up “The players that want to be Noles!” Much […]
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As much as Florida State fans are excited about the potential hire of Jim Leavitt as the Seminoles’ new defensive coordinator, they shouldn’t overlook another assistant who is almost certain to make his way to Tallahassee. Raymond Woodie, who was Oregon’s outside linebackers and special teams coach, is a top-flight receiver who helped Taggart secure […]
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Willie Taggart is Florida State’s new coach, and the speculation surrounding Taggart now is who he will hire as assistants and how quickly he can salvage FSU’s recruiting class. Initially, there had been speculation that he could bring at least four assistants with him from Oregon: defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt, offensive line coach/co-coordinator Mario Cristobal, […]
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It’s becoming increasingly apparent that Oregon coach Willie Taggart is far and away Florida State’s top choice to replace Jimbo Fisher, to the point that one of his current Ducks assistants is looking into where the best schools in Tallahassee are for his children. Sources tell GN that Taggart’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, is close to […]
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Jimmy Sexton, you’re my hero. The villain in Seminole Nation might end up being the hero. The agent for Jimbo Fisher and Willie Taggart (and Gus Malzahn) has been so busy making landmark deals with coaches in the SEC, he has not be able to pay as much attention to the Nike school in Oregon […]
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I don’t like the way this offseason poker game between Florida State and Jimbo Fisher is being handled, nor do I agree with the timing, but the Seminoles have to compete. Let me explain what I mean. FSU fans like myself are a little spoiled. We had one of the greatest coaches ever for more […]
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