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UF fans will deny it but this video proves it: UF's stadium was close to HALF EMPTY on Saturday.
6 months ago
tricknole
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Maryland to drop men's and women's swimming and diving teams
And may drop 10 total programs. A projected $4.7M deficit this academic year and deficits the last 2 years have eroded their reserve fund.
Coincidentally enough, FSU announced the innaugural schedule of it's women's sand volleyball team today, making 18 sports (20 if going by the Director's Cup standings since track and field offers indoor and outdoor championships).
NCAA may reduce football scholarships to 80
Following a six-hour meeting in late September, the Resource Allocation Working Group, chaired by Georgia President Michael Adams, agreed to consider a reduction in FBS football scholarships from the current number of 85 to 80 and a reduction in the number of FCS football scholarships from 63 to 60. The reductions would likely follow a move toward a full cost-of-attendance scholarship that is expected to be passed in early 2012. In addition to football, the group agreed to consider a reduction in the number of men's basketball scholarships from 13 to 12 and in women's basketball from 15 to 13.
FSU athletics will finish Top 10 in the Director's Cup for the 2nd straight year
The link does not include the baseball points (only sport left), but I believe FSU will receive 64 points and finish 9th. Virginia will pass FSU since they've made the CWS but we should sit at 10th as no remaining CWS teams could pass us even if they win the title.
FSU's Standings
2005-2006: 17th (713 points)*
2006-2007: 15th (924.25)
2007-2008: 15th (970.5)
2008-2009: 15th (945)
2009-2010: 5th (1087.5)**
2010-2011: 9th (1079)**
* I think prior to 2006-2007 the Director's Cup only included the highest finish of outdoor track or indoor track but not both in the points. Starting that year they began including both which is why there was the spike in points (along with winning our first men's outdoor title in 2006).
** FSU advanced all 19 sports to postseason play; one of only 2 schools to do so in 2009-2010 and unsure on how many others, if any, in 2010-2011.
Don't forget FSU begins women's sand volleyball in 2011-2012. Sorry, they won't be wearing bikinis.
Christian Ponder will be on ESPN at 9PM Eastern tonight for SportsCenter's hour long special "On the Clock".
Clemson hires Tulsa's OC
2010 was his first year of college coaching experience after being a high school coach for quite some time. Gus Malzahn 2.0? He bettered Tulsa's offensive ranking for 2010 after it took quite a hit when Malzahn left Tulsa for Auburn after the 2008 season.
http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/morris_chad00.html
Hartford @ Florida State Men's Basketball on FS Florida RIGHT NOW
FSU down 6-2 with about 16:30 to go. "Turnovers the name of the game for FSU" was the commentators phrase.
Buster Posey Wins NL ROY
Hail to the Buster.
over 1 year ago
tricknole
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Doak Improvements/Renovations You'd Like to See?
by tricknole on Oct 25, 2010 5:02 PM EDT
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I posted this in the Saturday Night Game Thread but figure it might get a little more burn here.
Do you think adding sideline seats to get the fans closer to the playing surface would be a good idea at Doak? We could even get closer at the endzones. There's quite a bit of space there as well. The intention is not to "expand" the stadium or to necessarily make it louder. In my mind it's simply a fan experience thing. Being closer to the field would likely create more noise however, which wouldn't be an unwelcomed side effect. And I really don't see it adding that many seats, so while it would technically expand the stadium, I wouldn't label it as such. More like "renovations". I wouldn't say these are "needed" changes, but enhancements that in 5-10 years may be viewed as better than what we presently have.
Here's a picture of the current sideline space. Here's a picture of the current endzone space.
This would be the newer sideline and the newer endzone.
On the sideline picture I also "made" the Seminole head bigger, like we've now done on the basketball court (new basketball court) and I think we should look at making the "bedsheets" that display our accolades into a solid wall on either side of the relatively new speaker box while still displaying our accolades, of course. I just think the sheet is incredibly tacky and low budget. During day games, at least when I was in the student section, and would look up, I could see right through it and could not read the accomplishments at all. And some camera guy would cut out a hole in it anyways for a clean view. No more of that, please.
In the endzone view I not only made the front row stands closer but also the band's section as well. Would only seem fair to keep them the same distance as previously by just extending that center section an equivalent amount. You would do the same with the tunnel above the student section as well.
I'm not sure how many rows would be added by getting the fans closer to the field (maybe 10 rows at midfield and 10 in the endzone?) or how many feet the field would have to be lowered to accommodate said rows. I'm not sure about the water table or "flooding" issues, but I'd imagine a good drainage system would take care of most rain runoff concerns.
Also, some people suggested awning type structures like this and this to increase crowd noise. Good ideas. Oregon and Washington use them. I just don't think they're feasible with Doak's press boxes and suites. And harper.rb had said he was told by an engineer (see Night Game Thread) that when Doak was renovated in the 90's that it was set up to accommodate an upper deck if there was future expansion. I assume that goes for expanding the seating at the Northwest/Moore Center endzone also to completely fill in the bowl. Again, though, my idea isn't that of expansion, but figure stuff like that will be mentioned anyways, so that's my little fyi from harper.rb.
And we could always discuss the underbelly of Doak (concessions, lighting, restrooms, entertainment, etc.), but, alas, I have no pictures of that and my MS Paint skills aren't advanced enough yet to provide quality blue prints for improvement.
Anyways, thoughts?
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Student demand exceeds allotment for Samford game (approximately 17,000 student tickets processed so far).
Students snap up tickets
Florida State's student body has thrown its weight behind Fisher and the Seminoles for Saturday's opener against Samford, snapping up all 16,000 tckets for the north end zone general admission seats.
And they haven't stopped there.
The FSU ticket office is issuing additional "overflow" tickets as reserved seats in the south end zone of Doak Campbell Stadium at no charge to the students.
"It's very encouraging," said Ben Zierden, associate athletics director for ticket sales. "We haven't seen this kind of student support in a number of years."
FSU students picked up their full allotment for last season's opener against Miami, but Zierden said it has been a long time since the interest has exceeded the base allotment. What makes the show of support even more impressive is that this marks the first year that the ticket office has gone 100 percent online with "print-at-home" student tickets.
"A ticket arrives in your email literally a minute after you apply online," said Zierden, whose office has already processed approximately 17,000 ticket requests from students and will continue to do so until the allotment runs out.
Tickets for the general public remain on sale for the debut of Fisher and the 2010 Seminoles.
over 1 year ago
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First Coast RB Eric Beverly Junior Highlights
Hadn't seen any film of him on here. This was posted on Youtube earlier this month.
Looks like he has good hands out of the backfield, good hips and balance and can run you over. Not elite speed, but good speed for his size. Has good size.
FSU men again ranked in both polls
#22 in the AP
#25 in the ESPN/USA Today
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