Who do you think is the most powerful person in college football?
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey?
Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti?
NCAA President Charlie Baker?
College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock?
Influential ESPN commentator Paul Finebaum?
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.
You’re not even close.
It’s college football coaching super-agent Jimmy Sexton, the man who has literally and legally convinced college athletic directors to sign away mega-millions, if not billions of dollars, in one-sided coaching contracts to his grateful clients over the years.
Sports agent Jimmy...
TALLAHASSEE — Jaylan Gainey scored nine of his 11 points in the second half, Primo Spears also scored 11, including two free throws with 1.2 seconds left, and Florida State beat Virginia Tech 77-74 Saturday.
Jamir Watkins and Darin Green Jr. each added 10 points for Florida State (8-6, 2-1 ACC).
Watkins made just 3 of 14 from the field but finished with eight rebounds and four assists. Baba Miller fouled out with 10 rebounds to go with eight points, five assists and three of the Seminoles’ eight steals.
Watkins made a layup to give Florida State a 10-point lead with 2:19 to play but Tyler Nickel...
With apologies to the the legendary Simon & Garfunkel and their iconic song Mrs. Robinson:
“Where have you gone, Charlie Wysocki?
A college football nation turns its lonely eyes to you — woo, woo, woo.”
As I sat in the press box for the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl matchup Monday between Iowa and Tennessee, I thought back to the first bowl game I ever attended in this same stadium more than four decades ago. I was a wide-eyed teenager as I excitedly watched the Charley Pell-coached Florida Gators play the Jerry Claiborne-coached Maryland Terrapins in the 1980 Tangerine Bowl. I don’t remember a whole...
In a month of one disappointment after another, FSU received more bad news Wednesday. Top receiver Keon Coleman announced via his Instagram account that he is opting out of his senior season and will enter the NFL Draft. He is one of numerous FSU players who will not be playing against Georgia in the Orange Bowl, Dec. 30, 4 p.m. (ESPN).
Not only has it been a rough month for the Seminoles, it hasn’t exactly been a merry Christmas either. Quarterback Tate Rodemaker went public with his decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal on Christmas Day, leaving the Seminole with Brock Glenn as the starting...
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State quarterback Tate Rodemaker will not play in the Orange Bowl, a school spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
Earlier in the day, 247Sports and The Athletic reported Rodemaker intends to enter the transfer portal.
Rodemaker participated in open practices leading up to the Christmas break. The Seminoles (13-0) were expected to arrive in Fort Lauderdale later Monday to begin preparations for Georgia (12-1) in Saturday’s bowl game.
A redshirt junior quarterback, Rodemaker stepped in for injured Jordan Travis on Nov. 18 to guide Florida State to a win over North Alabama. A...
Running off at the typewriter. …
Breaking news: The College Football Playoff Committee has reconvened and has unilaterally decided to go back in time and strip the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins of their perfect season and Super Bowl championship.
“In hindsight,” CFB Playoff Chairman Boob Corrigan says, “the ’72 Dolphins, much like this year’s Florida State team, were just not the same after quarterback Bob Griese broke his leg and was replaced by aging backup Earl Morrall.”
But, Mr. Corrigan, even though the Dolphins were in the bottom half of the league in passing offense back then, they went...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Already down star quarterback Jordan Travis, Florida State might be without his successor, too, when the No. 4 Seminoles play No. 15 Louisville in Saturday’s ACC championship.
Tate Rodemaker will be a game-time decision, the Seminoles said Friday, opening the possibility that true freshman Brock Glenn could start.
Rodemaker took a hit to the head on a targeting penalty in the second half of last week’s win at Florida. Coach Mike Norvell said during Friday’s ACC championship game news conference that Rodemaker was evaluated on the sideline and cleared to return. On Sunday, Rodemaker...
At the time, three weeks ago, it seemed a bit out of place when Florida Gators coach Billy Napier began his postgame press conference after a devastating loss to Arkansas with a discourse on the innate quality that is a mandatory prerequisite to playing college football.
“It takes courage to play this game,” Napier said. “Courage is giving your best with no guarantee of the outcome you want.”
Napier should have added: “Courage is also giving your best with an absolute guarantee of an outcome you don’t want.”
Like a devastating injury.
Napier’s “courage” speech after the Arkansas game rings even...
BOB FERRANTEAssociated Press
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis says the severe leg injury he sustained on Saturday will end his season.
Travis’ left leg was placed in an air cast and he was carted off the field late in the first quarter following a run up the middle of the 58-13 win over North Alabama.
He posted updates on Sunday from his Instagram account, including some showing Seminoles teammates around him in the hospital room.
In a statement released Monday by the program, Travis says while the injury “marks the end of my Seminole playing career, the great memories...
Florida State football Mike Norvell would never leave Florida State for Texas A&M.
Never.
Ever.
Not in a million, zillion years.
Would he?
Well … would he?
The reason I ask is because back in 2017, I wrote a column saying that Jimbo Fisher would never leave Florida State for a “lesser” job at Texas A&M. Even though there were media reports in early November of 2017 that Fisher might be one of A&M’s prime targets, I regrettably dismissed the reports and thought it was ludicrous that Fisher would bail on FSU after one bad season to jump into the meat-grinder known as the SEC.
Now six...