"The team has struggled despite the Noles making a big investment in their defensive line this year with almost $2 million going to their starting front in what is an NIL team budget of around $12 million, a source briefed on FSU’s NIL strategy told The Athletic this week."
Donors can't be happy with FSU starting the season with losses to Georgia Tech and Boston College, two teams normally found at the bottom of the ACC standings.
Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News wrote an article today titled,
In it he wrote,
"Florida State’s prior complaints about their conference partners and the league headquarters have led to suits and countersuits – but also a public relations battle in which the Seminoles have been about as successful as in their first two football games. The arrogance infesting not so much the athletic department, but rather those running the university as a whole, has led to them now posing a challenge to Notre Dame as this sport’s most unpopular team.
The national enmity for Notre Dame is of the sort accorded the Cowboys and Yankees: too much attention over too long a period of time eventually wears on fans of other teams. The Irish have built toward their status over the course of nearly a century. Florida State got this done in nine months. That’s an achievement, don’t you think?"
Yes, and it is an expensive achievement! 🤣
Donors can't be happy with FSU starting the season with losses to Georgia Tech and Boston College, two teams normally found at the bottom of the ACC standings.
Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News wrote an article today titled,
"Florida State's imperfect start has college football fans laughing from coast to coast"
In it he wrote,
"Florida State’s prior complaints about their conference partners and the league headquarters have led to suits and countersuits – but also a public relations battle in which the Seminoles have been about as successful as in their first two football games. The arrogance infesting not so much the athletic department, but rather those running the university as a whole, has led to them now posing a challenge to Notre Dame as this sport’s most unpopular team.
The national enmity for Notre Dame is of the sort accorded the Cowboys and Yankees: too much attention over too long a period of time eventually wears on fans of other teams. The Irish have built toward their status over the course of nearly a century. Florida State got this done in nine months. That’s an achievement, don’t you think?"
Yes, and it is an expensive achievement! 🤣
