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FSU star running back Dalvin Cook undergoes shoulder surgery

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FSU’s football world is not on Dalvin Cook’s shoulders. Still, the strain is showing. Cook has had minor shoulder surgery, which will keep him out for Saturday’s spring game as well as the next two months. The star running back should be ready for summer practice, coach Jimbo Fisher said. “We cleaned up some stuff in the back of his shoulder, and he’ll be ready in a couple of months,” Fisher said. “He’ll be ready to go in June or…

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Diane Roberts: Yale tells Rick Scott it’s not ready to swap ivy for kudzu

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It’s springtime! and idiocy is in full Florida bloom. The state Supreme Court just ruled that a disingenuous and dissembling solar energy initiative is good to go on this November’s ballot. The proposed amendment, “masquerading as pro-solar” (in the words of dissenting justice Barbara Pariente), is sponsored by utility companies. Yes, utility companies, those nice people who charge the taxpayers for power plants they may not even build, those great environmentalists who want solar about as much as you want…

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FSU’s Jalen Ramsey thinks he’s the guy for Tennessee in draft

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Don’t take him because he’s local. Take him because he’s the best. Such was the message from Jalen Ramsey of FSU to the Tennessee Titans when it comes to the upcoming NFL draft. “I would love for them to draft me,” Ramsey told the team’s official website. “But I don’t want them to draft me because I am a hometown kid. I don’t want them to draft me because I’m a kid from Tennessee. I want them to draft mebecause…

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FSU offers scholarship to talented 8th-grade quarterback

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How young is too young for a scholarship offer? At the very least, doesn’t a kid have to be in high school yet? Not according to the Florida State Seminoles, who have offered a scholarship to eighth-grader Drew Pyne of Connecticut. Pyne, a fledgling quarterback, is still months away from high school. He did lead his team, the Fairfield Falcons, to the Pop Warner title. Days earlier, Pyne received his first FBS scholarship offer to South Alabama. Not bad for…

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Brian, Kathryn Ballard donate building to FSU Moran School of Entrepreneurship

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Florida State University’s newly minted Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship is coming to Monroe Street thanks to lobbying heavyweight Brian Ballard and his wife Kathryn, an FSU trustee. “We are so excited and proud to support the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship,” Kathryn Ballard said. “This will be a special place for FSU students, faculty and alumni for generations to come.” The Ballard’s announced Monday that they had donated a 19,000-square-foot, $1.1 million building located at 111 S. Monroe St.…

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FSU’s brings home the national’s number one offensive line

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An impressive recruiting season went over the top for the FSU Seminoles Wednesday. The Seminoles flirted with the No. 1 ranking, and finished second, in the 247sports.com recruiting website after a day in which tackle Landon Dickerson and linebacker Dontavious Jackson announced live for the Seminoles on ESPN. Add those two to tackle Jauan Williams, tackle Mike Arnold and center Baveon Johnson and the Seminoles had a great day on the offensive line. It was the nation’s top offensive line haul.…

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With 2 weeks to go, FSU and Florida recruiting well

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The FSU–Florida football game should be good for a while yet. With two weeks to go until national signing day, the website 247sports.com has the Seminoles of Jimbo Fisher and the Gators of Jim McElwain neck and neck in college recruiting. The Seminoles are fourth in the country and the Gators fifth coming down the stretch. Fisher has always recruited well. However, this will be McElwain’s first full recruiting season, so fans will be interested to see how he does.…

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