Noles247 Podcast: Fsu Football, Recruiting And More

What went wrong for FSU's defense against Boise State? Quite a bit. But that doesn't mean some of the issues cannot be fixed. We welcome The Osceola's Patrick Burnham to the bench to help explain the intricacies  of the 3-4 defense, what didn't work for FSU on Saturday, and what areas can realistically be fixed moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a weird week from the optics standpoint for FSU, from Hydrategate to recovering from the Boise State loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State, internally, viewed its season opener against Boise State as somewhat of a Super Bowl. Winning would’ve set an overwhelmingly positive tone for 2019. But with a 36-31 loss, FSU must find a way to avoid a spiral after just one game. The gang at On The Bench goes over what went wrong, what to build on and what this loss means in the grand scheme of FSU’s season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State experts flood On The Bench to preview the Seminoles’ 2019 campaign. Local and national media members, celebrities and more join the show as they give their insights into the program, as well as share their season prediction for FSU. Thanks to Tallahassee band The Shower Beers for lending their music to the pod. You can check out Early Times and Cheerwine, as well as their other songs, here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FSU announced James Blackman as its starting quarterback on Sunday evening. The gang at OTB reacts to Blackman officially being named QB1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Florida State standout Bryant McFadden sees a newfound hunger from the Seminoles' secondary. He shares why he's optimistic about the future, why FSU is DBU and more. Plus, TaReef KnockOut joins the show to celebrate FSU's announcement that home uniforms will consist of white numbers in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FSU enters the 2019 campaign with a Top 10 recruiting class. It's an impressive feat coming off a 5-7 season, and it points to what Willie Taggart can do if he's able to sell on-field success. 247Sports regional recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. joins On The Bench to breakdown what FSU is doing well on the recruiting trail this cycle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much better will Florida State be in 2019? ESPN's David Hale joins OTB to explain his research on what the analytics say about FSU's potential growth, the Briles Effect, and why he thinks the progress in the win-column will be minimal in Year 2 under Willie Taggart. Plus Hale shares how he's irritated just about every ACC fan base this offseason, his most embarrassing Sonnone story and FSU seasons in the form of The Simpsons characters. Intro/Outro comes courtesy of Tallahassee band, The Shower Beers: Early Times and Cheerwine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State is less than two weeks away from its 2019 season opener against Boise State. To get you familiar with the Seminoles’ Game 1 opponent, On The Bench catches up with Boise State beat writer B.J. Rains. Covering Boise State at the Idaho Press since 2013, Rains’ work can be found at BlueTurfSports.com.  Rains does a great job at efficiently breaking down BoiSe State’s roster and going over a few fun topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veer and Shoot. Space and Pace. The Isolation Offense. It goes by different names, but its origin -- or at least its proliferation throughout college football is unmistakable. The ‘Baylor Offense’ was made popular with wild success under Art Briles, and it’s been continued at various schools since as assistants have branched out to run this version of the spread system. That includes Kendal Briles, who is bringing the proven scheme to Florida State. What will FSU’s offense look like? What are the goals of this scheme? How has Briles made it work everywhere he’s been? On The Bench brings in Aaron Avery, a prep coach from the Jacksonville area who has extensively studied and implemented the scheme. He’s also worked closely with FSU QB commit Jeff Sims and target Walter Simmons. Avery goes over the intricacies of the Iso Offense that Briles runs, and shares what to expect from FSU’s offense in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FSU is confident that its offense will be markedly better this season. We're hearing that enough to the point where we're starting to buy in on a major turnaround on offense in 2019. Chris Nee and Brendan Sonnone share their reasons for optimism in the latest episode of OTB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State offensive coordinator Kendal Briles sat down with members of the media for nearly 20 minutes to preview the 2019 season.  FSU's new OC went over his quarterbacks, the collection of skill talent, his relationship with Randy Clements and more in the interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Willie Taggart  has "seen this movie before" when it comes to building a program. Past experiences at Western Kentucky, USF and Oregon give him confidence that Florida State is on the right track, despite a forgettable first year.   Joey Knight, the USF beat writer at the Tampa Bay Times, recounts the Taggart tenure at USF and how he saw patience pay off. Will a similar blueprint be executed at FSU? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State is more than halfway through preseason camp, and the Seminoles are starting to figure some things out. Sometimes that clarity can be really good and sometimes confirmation can be negative, but it’s often a little of both. That’s the case so far as FSU continues to sort out its roster and tries to maximize its talent in Year 2 under Willie Taggart. Chris Nee, Josh Newberg and Brendan Sonnone go over the good and the bad from what we’ve learned about FSU so far in camp. Who’s stepping up? Where are the areas of concern? Are there still unknowns ahead of FSU’s first full scrimmage? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State is rolling on the recruiting trail.  The Seminoles, a week after landing Jaylan Knighton, landed another four-star running back commit: Lawrance Toafili.   Toafili’s pledge gives FSU one of the top 1-2 running back punches in the 2020 recruiting cycle, and some additional momentum on the trail. On The Bench breaks down the Toafili and Knighton commits, who’s left on the running back board and where FSU stands compared to its rivals in the 2020 class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FSU is four days into preseason camp. The team is still very much so a work in progress, but trends are becoming clear and positions are already becoming solidified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a weekend for Florida State. The Seminoles exit Sunday with three public commits from the Saturday Night Live recruiting event, and two more are expected in the next couple days. On The Bench goes over the significance of this weekend, analyzes the commitments from Morven Joseph, Thomas Shrader and Lloyd Willis, and lets you know how we expect the next 48 hours to get even better for Willie Taggart and Co. Josh Newberg, Chris Nee and Brendan Sonnone breakdown all the action from a memorable weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Nee and Josh Newberg have worked for weeks to put together an extensive list of visitors for SNL, and the two hop on the bench to share their intel. Who’s on commit watch? Who could pull an FSU offer? Are there some potential surprises?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida State’s branding decisions have been scrutinized, by some, in recent years. Remember the “Keep This Chief” movement when FSU updated its logo in 2014? Or the outrage after viewers struggled to read uniform numbers on FSU’s road jerseys in the 2014 opener? And most recently, Jameis Winston pushing for FSU to change its numbers on home jerseys to white? TaReef KnockOut, a Tallahassee rapper and avid FSU fan, has been at the forefront of a vocal group that wants to see quicker progress when it comes to various aspects of FSU’s branding. From uniform tweaks to more consistency on social media, TaReef KnockOut has lead a charge that even got Winston involved recently. Josh Newberg continues his ‘Meet’ series by sitting down with TaReef KnockOut in the latest episode of On The Bench.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FSU coach Willie Taggart said James Blackman will get the initial first-team reps to begin preseason camp, but he expects Alex Hornibrook to compete for the starting job. What should we make of Taggart's comments from ACC Kickoff? Chris Nee and Brendan Sonnone read between the lines in the latest episode of Noles247's On The Bench podcast. Plus we go over whether or not FSU is toying with a 3-4 scheme, what offseason weight gains should get FSU fans excited and a sneak peek at Saturday Night Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices