The NoleSports Podcast

Welcome to the NoleSports Podcast. Democrat writers  Ehsan Kassim  and  Jack Williams  talk about all things  Florida State football, women's soccer, as well as men's and women's basketball. The No. 4 Seminoles (7-0, 5-0 ACC) and Wake Forest (4-3, 1-3) will face off at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. at noon Saturday. (Broadcast: ABC). In soccer, the women's soccer tea...

Welcome to the NoleSports Podcast. Democrat writers  Ehsan Kassim  and  Jack Williams  talk about all things  Florida State football and women's soccer. The No. 4 Seminoles (6-0, 4-0 ACC) take on Duke (5-1, 2-0) are scheduled to face off at Doak Campbell Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. (Broadcast: ABC). In soccer, the women's soccer team is positioned to have a chance to clinch the ACC regular seas...

Welcome to  Seminole Script. Seminole Script is recorded each Wednesday following the second practice of the week and will be accompanied by a Seminole Script Roundtable. Democrat writers  Ehsan Kassim  and  Jack Williams  talk about all things  Florida State football , including final thoughts on last week's  win against Virginia Tech. , a glimpse into Tuesday and Wednesday practices and a look a...

The 2023 NFL Draft is here. While it's likely to be a slow one for Florida State Seminoles' fans, FSU beat writers Ehsan Kassim and Jack Williams discuss Jammie Robinson's draft stock.  They also look at FAMU's Isaiah Land. Kassim and Williams also discuss FSU softball's big victory over rival Florida as well as at atmosphere at the game, which was electric. They then talk about the upcoming road...

Florida State football wrapped up its spring practice scheduled on Monday. The Seminoles played their Garnet & Gold Spring Showcase on Saturday inside Doak Campbell Stadium . FSU beat writers Ehsan Kassim and Jack Williams rejuvenated the NoleSports Podcast to introduce viewers to Williams, who moves up from covering prep sports for the Democrat. Kassim and Williams also discuss the spring sho...

The Florida State football season has come to an end. FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim recorded another edition of the NoleSports Podcast to discuss the Seminoles' 35-32 win over Oklahoma in the Cheez-It Bowl on Thursday. Karels and Kassim gave their biggest takeaways from the game before talking about a variety of topics, including the season as a whole, the upcoming NFL Draft deci...

It's time to recap the Florida State 2023 recruiting class and the early signing period. FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim talked about the Seminoles officially adding 22 players (15 high school, six transfers and one JUCO) at the beginning of the three-day window Wednesday. Our discussion covered some big-picture takeaways about the class, the top players from the group and specific...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Florida. Andrew Ivins, a national recruiting analyst for 247Sports, joined FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim to discuss Friday's game and a variety of topics. Our discussion with Ivins covered Big 3 recruiting, the Seminoles' approach with the transfer portal, new quarterback commit Brock Glenn and the 2023 recruitin...

The Florida State soccer team is looking to claim a national championship under first-year head coach Brian Pensky. Pensky joined FSU beat writer Ehsan Kassim to talk about the NCAA Tournament, his current team, the process that led him to joining the Seminoles and a variety of other topics. One-seed FSU (14-2-3) hosts six-seed LSU (10-3-7) in the Seminole Soccer Complex at 5:30 p.m. Friday (TV: E...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Syracuse. Emily Leiker, who covers the Orange for Syracuse.com, joined FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim to discuss Saturday's game and a variety of other topics. Our discussion with Leiker covered quarterback Garrett Shrader's pending status, why running back Sean Tucker's usage has decreased, the future of this mat...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Miami. Mark Richt joined FSU beat writer Carter Karels to discuss Saturday's game and a variety of other topics. Richt, a former quarterback and head coach for the Hurricanes and offensive coordinator for the Seminoles, is now an ACC Network analyst. Karels' discussion with Richt covered his time with both teams, how he watched FS...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Georgia Tech. Ken Sugiura, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Georgia Tech beat writer, joined FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim to discuss Saturday's game and a variety of other topics. Our discussion with Sugiura covered the Yellow Jackets' quarterback situation, their firing of head coach Geoff Collins, their futu...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Clemson. Former Clemson captain and current ACC Network analyst Eric Mac Lain joined FSU beat writer Carter Karels to discuss Saturday's game and a variety of other topics. Mac Lain talked about his impressions of the Seminoles, their loss at NC State last Saturday, Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, one key difference between bot...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game at NC State. Former Wolfpack quarterback Mike Glennon joined FSU beat writer Carter Karels to discuss Saturday's game and a variety of other topics. Glennon talked about his upset win over the Seminoles 10 years ago, the key storylines in Saturday's game, quarterbacks Jordan Travis and Devin Leary, the Wake Forest game and more. Then, FSU...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Wake Forest. Conor O'Neil of Deacon Illustrated joined FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim to discuss Saturday's game and a variety of other topics. O'Neil discussed Dave Clawson's comments from his press conference earlier this week, the key storylines in this game and what to expect from the Demon Deacons' "slow mesh...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game against Boston College. Dan Rubin of BCEagles.com joined FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim to discuss that Saturday game and a variety of other topics. Rubin explored why the Eagles have struggled in the last couple seasons. He also talked about Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec, wide receiver Zay Flowers, former FSU...

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming football game at Louisville. EJ Manuel, the former Seminole quarterback and current ACC Network analyst, joined FSU beat writers Carter Karels and Ehsan Kassim to discuss that Friday game and a variety of other topics. Manuel talked about the win over LSU, quarterbacks Jordan Travis and Malik Cunningham, his process as an ACC Network analyst and more....

It's time to preview Florida State's upcoming Sunday game against LSU. Carter Karels introduced his new coworker and fellow FSU beat writer Ehsan Kassim before they gave their thoughts on the Seminoles and the Tigers. They assessed the storylines surrounding LSU's team, such as its unproven offensive line and cornerback groups, quarterbacks Jayden Daniels and Garrett Nussmeier, wide receiver Kaysh...

Florida State is expecting a lot from defensive end Jared Verse this season. The first-year transfer from the University at Albany joined the podcast this week to talk about those expectations and more before the Seminoles begin their 2022 football season against Duquesne this Saturday. Verse covered a variety of topics in his interview with FSU beat reporter Carter Karels, including his transitio...

Preseason camp for Florida State football is finally coming to an end. So in this edition of the NoleSports podcast, FSU beat reporter Carter Karels is joined by Jeff Culhane, the new radio voice for the Florida State Seminoles, to discuss a variety of topics before the start of the 2022 season. Culhane touched on his time at FSU so far, what has stood out to him about the team, what it has been l...

It's time to take a break and assess the Florida State football team through six preseason practices. In this Wednesday edition of the NoleSports podcast, FSU beat reporter Carter Karels broke down what he's observed from preseason camp so far. He started by giving his six reasons why Seminole fans should feel optimistic.  Then, Karels broke down one of his upcoming stories in the Tallahassee Demo...

Curt Weiler and Carter Karels returned for another edition of the NoleSports Podcast. Link Jarrett joined the show Friday and discussed the process of becoming Florida State's new baseball coach, what his first couple weeks on the job have been like, his thoughts on the current state of the roster and more. Jarrett had plenty to talk about with how busy he's been since his introductory press confe...

The latest conference expansion news warranted another episode of the NoleSports Podcast. Chris Vannini, a senior college football writer for The Athletic, joined Carter Karels on Sunday to discuss the current state of college football, USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten and where Florida State and the ACC will go from here. Then, Vannini offered his impressions of the Seminole football program and...

Florida State has a new head baseball coach and that is as good a time as any for a new episode of the NoleSports Podcast. FSU writers Curt Weiler and Carter Karels are back to talk all things Link Jarrett after news broke Friday that the former FSU player and coach and Tallahassee native would be leaving Notre Dame to take over the Seminoles' program. The guys talk about Jarrett's rise to being o...

Some breaking Florida State baseball news warrants a new episode of the NoleSports Podcast. FSU baseball coach Mike Martin Jr. was dismissed as the Seminoles' head coach Friday afternoon after just three seasons atop the program. FSU beat writers Curt Weiler and Carter Karels break down all Martin's missteps that led to his firing, what the way it played out says about FSU AD Michael Alford and wh...