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No. 11 Florida State not flashy but just keep winning

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Florida State doesn’t have the flashy offense of two years ago, when the Seminoles averaged 51.6 points en route to their third national championship. They also aren’t the Cardiac Seminoles of a season ago, where they won six games in the fourth quarter. But the one thing this year’s Florida State team has in common is it keeps winning. Saturday’s 29-24 win over Miami extended the Seminoles regular-season win streak to 32 and marked their 27th straight in Atlantic Coast…

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Florida successful in heading off campus shootings

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With recent shootings on college campuses in Oregon and Arizona, Tallahassee Community College president Jim Murdaugh has received plenty of questions from staff and students about Florida’s plans to deal with such incidents. The main thing he has stressed to them is that everything has been well planned. “I would say Florida has been progressive in these areas,” Murdaugh said. “We have had a heightened sense of awareness the past couple weeks but we have always been prevention-oriented.” Florida has…

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Coach Leonard Hamilton likes mix on Florida State basketball roster

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Florida State is the only team in the Atlantic Coast Conference that returns all five of its starters from last season. For most teams that would be cause for celebration. For coach Leonard Hamilton it means he is hoping the struggles of the past two seasons have been valuable experience. The Seminoles had their first practice on Wednesday as they are looking to bounce back from a season in which they went 17-16 and didn’t play in a postseason tournament…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.14.15 — Mariota 1, Winston and Tampa Bay 0

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One of the interesting stories leading into the beginning of this NFL season is who will be the better professional quarterback. Florida State’s Jameis Winston or Oregon’s Marcus Mariota? Winston won the Heisman in leading FSU to the national championship in his debut 2013 season, while Mariota won last year’s Heisman. The debate will rage on for years (hopefully?), but the obvious winner on Day One of their careers was the Tennessee Titans, who chose Mariota in the 2nd pick…

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Florida State’s Jalen Ramsey honored to wear Charlie Ward’s number

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Charlie Ward hopes his cable gets fixed in time for Saturday’s game between South Florida and No. 11 Florida State so he can see the number he made famous with the Seminoles back on the field. During the summer, the former Heisman Trophy winner who led Florida State to its first national championship, suggested to Jalen Ramsey that he could wear his old number while returning kicks. Ramsey’s regular number is 8, but he has to put on a different…

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Dalvin Cook, Mario Pender give No. 10 Florida State options in run game

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With a lot of the preseason attention at Florida State focused on the quarterback competition, the running game was slightly overlooked. By everyone it seems except Jimbo Fisher. The coach of the 10th-ranked Seminoles turned to Dalvin Cook and Mario Pender in Saturday’s opener against Texas State, mainly kept it on the ground with 23 of the first 32 plays being runs. Cook and Pender allowed Everett Golson to settle in and gain confidence as the game went along. The…

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FSU Old School Club celebrates charitable giving this week with auction, golf tournament

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In a festive celebration of charity, Seminole Nation supporters will get a chance to play golf with legendary Florida State University Coach Bobby Bowden, or enjoy a one-week stay at Jimmy Buffet’s home in Key West. FSU’s Old School Club Society Foundation is holding the fifth annual Napleton Infiniti Old School Open with three days of activities on September 10 through 13. The event kicks Thursday off with a wine dinner, charity auction and concert in downtown Tallahassee’s Kleman Plaza.…

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