On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network

Florida State's season opener against LSU is quickly approaching. Noles247's On The Bench Podcast turns its attention to the Top 10 matchup in this episode as we preview the contest. Matchups FSU can exploit, areas of anxiety, and predictions are a part of the show. Plus we get into the visitor list for the weekend, share some insight into FSU's first depth chart, and quickly go over the Zaquan Pa...

Football season is here. Florida State opens its 2023 campaign on Sunday, in less than a week, as the No. 8 Seminoles travel down to Orlando to face No. 5 LSU in one of the most anticipated games of the season. The fellas at Noles247’s On The Bench podcast get going with our season-preview episode. It’s a full bunch with the X’s and Noles and OTB groups combining to go over positions of strength,...

Florida State is about to embark on a 2023 season ripe with expectations.  What constitutes a successful or unsuccessful season? What does a successful season mean for immediate recruiting and the short-term outlook for the program over the next few years? Does FSU have its QB of the future already on its roster? What are bare minimums for Jordan Travis to be a Heisman finalist? Will FSU get anoth...

It has arrived: The 2023 Noles247 Draft.  Florida   State’s  roster, split among two of the most prestigious franchises in the history of sports and selected by two of the most cunning football minds humanity has ever known. Team Box Checkers vs. Team Landing Stickers. Chris Nee leads the Box Checkers for a fourth year. A crafty veteran, Nee is meticulous and unflinching in his strategic approach...

Florida State is 12 practices through preseason camp. That includes one scrimmage, a couple of scorchers in full pads at UNF in Jacksonville, and a dozen races between Mike Norvell and Braden Fiske. Brendan Sonnone of Noles247’s On The Bench gets this episode going with a takeaway for each day of camp. This is a stream of consciousness for 25 minutes on what he’s seen through covering practices, t...

Which true freshmen are set to make an impact in the ACC and for Notre Dame in 2023? Andrew and Cooper go team-by-team discussing which newcomers are ready to hit the field! Clemson - 3:00 Florida State - 9:45 North Carolina - 15:00 NC State - 19:30 Miami - 22:30 Duke - 29:30 Pitt - 35:00 Louisville - 37:45  Wake Forest - 42:30 Syracuse - 47:15 Virginia Tech - 49:20 Georgia Tech - 52:30 Boston Col...

Florida State held its first scrimmage of preseason camp on Sunday evening. The OTB crew breaks down some of the intel we received as well as comments from coaches to put together some takeaways from Scrimmage No. 1, and provide a preview of what to expect during practice this week. Plus some recruiting scoop on priority targets, and a game of Buy or Sonnone. You can subscribe to On The Bench, X’s...

Florida State  is eight practices into preseason camp.  Noles247's  Chris Nee and Brendan Sonnone lend insight into what we've seen so far through a position-by-position breakdown of the roster. How good is FSU? What prism should we be viewing this team through? Have weaknesses been addressed?  Join us for this in-depth episode of  OTB ...

Florida State  DT Darrell Jackson was denied a hardship waiver by the NCAA this past week. What does it mean for the Seminoles in 2024? Plus we go over the DB board now that Alabama native Rydarrius Morgan flipped to 'Bama, and do a quick preview of what's expected to be an intense couple of practices over in Jacksonville for the Seminoles. And then Trey Rowland sits down with WR Christian Green t...

Florida State went into Georgia’s backyard to earn what is the biggest single recruiting win of the Mike Norvell Era. The Seminoles landed a commitment from five-star DB KJ Bolden. How exactly did FSU win out? And how did we go about reporting one of the most dramatic recruitments in recent memory? On The Bench has you covered for a thorough episode on the Bolden recruitment.  We also give a rundo...

Florida State took its position against the ACC to another level during a straightforward Board of Trustees meeting. An aligned group of some of the most powerful members of the FSU community, led by university president Richard McCullough, outlined their concerns about the untenable nature of being in the ACC from FSU's perspective. What did we learn from the BoT meeting and what happens next? Ch...

Andrew and Cooper discuss the many commitments at the end of July including Perry Thompson to Auburn, Charles Lester to Florida State, Demond Williams to Arizona, and more! What’s left in recruiting - 6:00 Auburn is HOT on the Trail - 12:30 Florida State Lands Top Talent - 30:50 Demond Williams Picks Arizona - 47:45 Akili Smith Jr Picks Oregon - 55:00 More Big Commitments - 1:00:00 *This was recor...

On The Bench  begins with 10 minutes of Chris Nee diving into his report on  Noles247  about  Florida   State's  exploration of leaving the ACC. He details the reasoning of the timing of his report, why he believe things are escalating when it comes to FSU/realignment, and the possible risks and factors involved if FSU were to indeed make a jump. We then transition into more context on the report,...

Join Kevin Little and CoachAB with special guest Chris Nee as they preview the 2023 skill position groups.

Chris Nee joins CoachAB and Kevin Little to preview the QB room for the 2023 season.

It is an absolutely loaded episode of On The Bench. We spend the first 20 minutes of the episode on recruiting -- thoughts on Charles Lester and KJ Bolden, the decommitment of Tawaski Abrams, and a transfer LB target emerges -- before diving in on a really fun interview regarding FSU's 2013 championship squad. Ebo Entsuah was a walk-on fullback for the Seminoles during their championship run. His...

Florida State enjoyed a fun run of recruiting activity to end this past week, with three commitments propelling the Seminoles to just outside the Top 10 of national rankings. This episode of OTB focuses on the recruitments of those most recent pledges, upcoming decisions for some priority recruits (i.e. Charles Lester and KJ Bolden), and then a frenzied game of Buy or Sonnone. BEST DEAL OF THE YEA...

Florida State is embarking on the 10-year anniversary of its 2013 championship season. To get going on reliving that season, Noles247 sits down with former FSU star safety Terrence Brooks to go over his favorite memories from that special year. Brooks – who was a two-year starter for FSU, including an All-ACC performance in 2013 – ended up enjoying an eight-year career in the NFL. He was part of t...

Our countdown of FSU's 40 Most Important Players for the 2023 season concludes with a look at the Seminoles' star power. Depth might be the calling card of this squad, but FSU has some potentially elite players at premium positions. Coach AB, Kev Little, Trey Rowland and Brendan Sonnone unite to go over the final five players on the list. You can subscribe to On The Bench, X’s and Noles, and Beyon...

A football roster is ever changing. The pieces on a roster for a season might appear to stay the same, but the needs and options to fill said needs are constantly being evaluated. That makes the job Darrick Yray holds, as Florida State's general manager, an integral one. From researching trends across athletics, to pouring through film, to self evaluating, Yray and the rest of FSU's front office h...

Florida State  landed two commitments to begin the month of July, and the 4th could be even more productive for the Seminoles. Several choice targets are committing on July 4th, and perhaps there can be some surprises as well as FSU's recruiting efforts from June begin to lead to commitments. Where does FSU stand for TE  Kylan Fox , WR  James Madison II , WR  Elijah Moore , and DB  Rydarrius Morga...

Josh Storms,  Florida State's  Strength and Conditioning Director, joins  On The Bench  to go over a variety of topics about the Seminoles' offseason regiment.  Who is squatting 675 pounds? What sort of development has Storms seen from the likes of Jordan Travis, Joshua Farmer, and Patrick Payton? Is his program more of a science or an art form?  It's a fun, informative episode that gives a glimps...

The top 40 train rolls on with players 10-6. Join the gang as they take a look at a priority defensive end and offensive tackle in this group.

Dane Draper and Zach Blostein join CoachAB on the couch (get it video folks) to discuss the weekends official visitors. The adults were all on vacation so the old man and his boys got together to break it down.