Defense wins championships and offense fills stands. To use a favorite saying of Bobby Bowden, “If the other team don’t score, we win!” That was doable with a defensive coordinator such as Mickey Andrews or when Jimbo Fisher had Mark Stoops and Jeremy Pruitt. Then, FSU had less trouble stopping teams and the defense helped
Everyone wants to talk about Florida State position breakdowns and battles heading into spring practice, but it’s entirely too early for that. Now is the time to zero in and focus on which areas of weakness/concern can be addressed with this recruiting class. Coach Willie Taggart already has said he’s going for quality not quantity
Now that Willie Taggart has finalized his coaching staff and is zeroing in on recruiting, there are a few other things he must focus on to get FSU back to its usual dominant ways. I’ve come up with six talking points; they’re lethally simplistic, reminiscent of what Taggart plans to do this fall with the
Now is the time of the year that college football fans let 17- and 18-year-olds control their life: The games are done and it’s the final few weeks before National Signing Day. As usual, the state of Florida is one of the biggest hotbeds in terms of recruiting. Timing, trends and synergy effects each prospect,
With every hour FSU fans are growing more and more impatient with Willie Taggart. Well over a month on the job and he still doesn’t have a complete coaching staff. The hang-up now is with Alabama’s Mike Locksley. Everything I’m hearing from multiple sources indicate that a deal was done with him, but Alabama countered
‘Twas the night before coaches could start back on the recruiting trail, and FSU is still in limbo about two possible coaching positions. Definitely not what fans were expecting but questions loom: What is taking so long and will this effect recruiting? The process is taking a while, but a lot of this has to
One of the vacant coaching positions FSU is looking to fill that very few seem to know anything about is who exactly will be the EDGE/Defensive Ends Coach. Much has been said about every other position coach on the staff, but Willie Taggart has kept this one close to the vest. These are likely candidates
McNeese State coach Lance Guidry was in Tallahassee over the weekend, and speculation is that he could be in line for a defensive assistant job with Florida State. Guidry has been a defensive coordinator – most notably for Willie Taggart at Western Kentucky and also at Miami (Ohio) – and specializes in cornerbacks. Guidry could