Bianchi: Gators blow out FSU, now try to convince themselves Tulane’s Jon Sumrall would be a good hire

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 30, 2025. Posted in Columnists, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Opinion, Social, Sports.

GAINESVILLE — The Florida–Florida State rivalry died Saturday night at The Swamp, and the body barely twitched. Oh, sure, technically the game was played. The helmets clacked. The bands played. The mascots waved. And, yes, the Florida Gators, behind bulldozing running back Jaden Baugh’s 266 rushing yards, ended their nightmarish season with a dominating 40-21 victory over Florida State — if you want to call surviving this mudslide of a football season a victory of any sort. Let’s be honest with ourselves, with our neighbors and with whatever football gods we deeply wronged over the past...

Bianchi: Gus Malzahn quit UCF to save himself, but on Saturday he saved FSU

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 31, 2025. Posted in Columnists, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

Can you believe it? Can you conceive it? Somehow, some way, the Gus Bus turned into a freight train on Saturday, smashing through Florida State’s every doubt, every insult, every scar from a season ago while leaving the big, bad Alabama Crimson Tide sprawled on the tracks. Florida State 31, Alabama 17. Let that marinate for a second The same Seminoles who were the laughingstock of college football last season – 2-10, dead last in the ACC, couldn’t score on a PlayStation if you handed them the controller – just completed a field-storming, glory-swarming mauling of the No. 8 team in the...

Florida’s Board of Governors approves rule to help schools like UCF, UF with revenue sharing

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 19, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports, UCF Knights.

A new amendment approved by the Florida Board of Governors has paved the way for institutions such as UCF, UF and FSU to allocate significant financial resources for revenue sharing with student-athletes, amounting to more than $22 million annually. This significant change, initially reported by Warchant.com, permits public universities to temporarily utilize up to $22.5 million in non-athletics auxiliary funding to cover payments to athletes following the House settlement. The funding necessary for this initiative will be sourced from various revenue streams generated by the...

Days of Alabama, Georgia dominating SEC and college football are over | Commentary

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on January 5, 2025. Posted in Columnists, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Opinion, Sports.

It’s over, Georgia. It’s over, Alabama. Your dominant, dynastic days of ruling the SEC and reigning over college football are a relic of days gone by. No longer can you stockpile talent with the confidence that your second- and third-string five-stars will wait patiently for their turn. The transfer portal has enabled “lesser” programs to shatter your glass ceiling, and NIL payments have further redistributed the wealth. Sure, you’ll still be good — great, even. But your era of absolute dominance, where you stood unchallenged atop your league and your sport, is a thing of the past. The...

As FSU coordinator, Malzahn aims to boost ground game

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 12, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

TALLAHASSEE — Gus Malzahn is at Florida State because of his coaching connection to Mike Norvell, going back nearly two decades to Tulsa. But Malzahn’s connection to FSU is also clear, and it’s a visual that hangs up at the Moore Athletic Center near the new offensive coordinator’s office. He sees it daily — Seminoles wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin going up for a pass over the middle from Jameis Winston on a play that sealed the 2013 national title over Malzahn’s Auburn team. “I’ve got to walk by the picture of the guy catching the ball as I go to the office every day,” Malzahn said...

Miami leads state in early football recruiting race

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on December 4, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, High school football, High School Sports, Miami Hurricanes, Sports, UCF Knights.

Here’s how 247Sports ranked the 2024 football recruiting classes for national leaders and Florida’s top college teams. The ratings are based on commitments heading into Wednesday’s early NCAA signing period: 1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Oregon 4. Miami 5. Ohio State Other Florida schools 12. Florida State 13. Florida 39. UCF 50. USF 79. FAU 110. FIU

Seminoles searching for solutions at Notre Dame

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on November 9, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

By Bob Ferrante Orlando Sentinel Correspondent TALLAHASSEE — The future is on display each week now for Florida State, with freshmen and sophomores starting across the offense. But it’s becoming tougher and tougher to gauge the progress of some of the young Seminoles because of the myriad problems. Florida State’s eighth starting offensive line combination allowed seven sacks and pressure on the majority of drop-back passes from Brock Glenn and Luke Kromenhoek in last week’s 35-11 loss to North Carolina. Glenn or Kromenhoek are the quarterbacks of the present, but coach Mike Norvell is also...

Private equity firms would run college football much better than school presidents and ADs | Commentary

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on October 13, 2024. Posted in Columnists, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Opinion, Sports, UCF Knights.

As a college football fan, the initial inclination is to recoil at the very idea of our beloved sport getting into bed with a private equity firm and selling its soul for a massive influx of new cash to help fund the expensive impending revenue sharing with athletes. The No. 1 objection you always hear is this: “If a private equity firm gets involved by loaning billions of dollars to college athletic programs across the country, then those firms will have the power to tell college athletic directors and presidents how that money would best be spent.” Question: Is that really such a bad...

James Tibbs III sends FSU to College World Series for 24th time

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 9, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Sports.

TALLAHASSEE — James Tibbs III had all the answers Saturday, except one for Florida State. He’d just hit his third home run of the game, a two-run shot in the top of the 12th inning, to carry the No. 8 seed Seminoles back to the College World Series for the 24h time in defeating UConn, 10-8, and sweeping the Tallahassee Regional. “I sat on the bench and I told the coaches and everybody around us, ‘It’s getting to the top [of the lineup]. It’s done.’ I went up to [first baseman Daniel] Cantu and I was like, ‘I’m going to end it right here.’ “That was pure luck. I was just confident. I was...

UCF has no answers in loss to FSU in Tallahassee Regional

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 2, 2024. Posted in College Sports, Florida State Seminoles, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports, UCF Knights.

Florida State pitcher Jamie Arnold struck out 12 UCF batters through seven innings as the Knights lost to the Seminoles 5-2 in the winner’s bracket of the Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium on Saturday. UCF (36-20) will face Stetson in an elimination game on Sunday at Noon. The Hatters (41-21) advanced with a 4-0 win over Alabama after pitchers Aric McAtee and Anthony DeFabbia combined to pitch a 5-hitter. FSU (44-15) awaits the winner of UCF-Stetson in the championship game (6 p.m.). The regional games were delayed three and a half hours due to weather, with the first pitch for...

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