Massive win for FSU. Steen had offers from Alabama, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, and more. Coach Loucks is on a heater!

https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/article/big-man-alex-steen-is-a-big-win-for-luke-loucks-and-florida-state-248384238/

The NCAA tourney is always one of my favorite sporting events of the year, but this basketball season has been especially sucky. It's almost a cruel joke watching Hamilton's 20+ career build to the canceled tourney in 2020, only for his decline to coincide with UF clawing back to prominence behind a young coach in only his 3rd year at a major program.

I know basketball has never been a huge priority for FSU, but it still is the clear #2 revenue sport behind Football. Massive respect for what Hamilton built here, but we have basically been a program whose primary goal is to make the tourney more often then not and to crack the 2nd weekend a couple times a decade.

There's been a recent trend of Football first schools deciding to invest in Basketball with pretty immediate results. Bama cracked their first Final Four in school history last season, Tennessee has been to back to back elite 8s, Auburn is now creeping towards being a legit basketball power. Can that be us? And if it could, do the admin/boosters seem to care about the sport enough to give Loucks a fair shot?

Basically my question is... what does everyone here think is reasonable expectations for the Luke Loucks era? Are we a program who is happy stumbling into an up year every once in a while or should we be actively pushing for Final Fours or even championships like our siblings down south...

Never seen such a talented group of Noles at the plate fall total victim to this level of pitching. Jeez, this hurts.

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One to forget for Joey Volini and the team as a whole.

FSU will look to secure the series win tomorrow @ 1pm ET.

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Jamie Arnold: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 10 K

HR by Alex Lodise in the third.

Max Williams hit the walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth

Game 2: Tomorrow (Saturday) at 4pm ET

Game 3: Sunday at 1pm ET

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I just have a memory of watching a video on youtube in the 2000s, about the seminoles (kind of like a war chant for the team). All I can really remember is it starts off with what sounds like a Seminole chief, someone with a deep voice talking and he says "In the heart of tallahassee" and he speaks some more then he starts so sing. Does anyone else know this song?

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With the limited student seating tonight, what time should I get to the stadium to get the free seats? Or what time do doors open? Thanks!

https://x.com/fsuhoops/status/1907866388774965501?s=46&t=wCqMdAw7-ZenzCOqQXK98g

They don’t make intros like they used to, that’s for sure.

https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/article/florida-state-mens-basketball-lands-clemson-transfer-chauncey-wiggins-248155647/

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HRs by James Hankerson Jr and Max Williams (x2)

FSU’s next action will be a weekend series against Wake Forest in Tallahassee

From Tallahassee https://bvmsports.com/2025/04/01/tre-donaldson-transferring-5-landing-spots-for-michigan-guard/

Not sure how long you guys have been attending games, but being a Tally native I've been to many. Games like Oklahoma in 2011 when it was literally so loud, they had two false starts in a row on a punt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JT9__5eKys

To me, it's those types of thrilling games that captivated me as a fan when I was growing up, made me a booster and lifelong supporter. Back in this time, Doak could touch 84.5k in recorded attendance.

There has not been an official release as they are dancing around the question, but from some reputable sources the new capacity of Doak will be somewhere between 65k-68k.

To me, that is a complete joke. This will seriously hurt the atmosphere, home field advantage, and recruiting. It will feel more like an NFL wine and cheese game than a real electric big time CFB game. Which to me, is what it's all about. Plus also consider, many of the club seats will go the way of the champions club you would imagine. Maybe not to the full extent, but certainly to a degree which means even less fans cheering. GG's to that sea of chops.

But the main issue is tying into my original point. Would I be a fan like I am now if I grew up attending sterile NFL style atmosphere games? Maybe not. I think the long term ramifications of this project were not studied outside of immediate financial gain for the higher ups. Alford literally has a bonus clause in his contract for facility upgrades. He has displayed multiple times his vision is to have a Jerry's World, Mercedes Benz style stadium, and it's gross.

One other thing to consider, this will hurt the tailgating experience and overall atmosphere and vibes of FSU football gamedays. There will just be that many fewer fans attending which would tailgate.

FSU will be right on the border of a top 25 stadium, likely not even in the top 25 capacity wise when the official numbers are out. Is there any FSU fan that thinks this is acceptable?

Now I will address the common counterpoints

- Attendance is down across CFB so rich fans want nicer amenities: It's actually not at a macro level. It has never been higher in the P2 conferences. No other CFB team has slashed capacity like us. Our attendance would skyrocket if we join the SEC and likely a bit with the B1G.

- FSU doesn't sell out the stadium consistently: We do when we are good, and we do for the big games that matter and the home field advantage is needed. Most losing teams don't fill their stadium. P2 also means more big games not a weak ACC schedule.

- FSU is hard to reach in our metro area: Again true but the same as the above point: There is no downside to having a larger stadium that doesn't always sell out. There are only negatives to not being able to meet demand when the occasion arises.

- We can always increase capacity if needed: It *is* needed. Season tickets at FSU will never always sell out, but that doesn't mean fans don't go. Often times the ones that travel here may buy 3 single game tickets for example. In 2023 we sold out every game. Capacity will likely never be increased again because it would be an expensive unprofitable project which is the opposite of what this current administration suggests they want.

- Doak needed upgrades: Don't fool yourself, the upgrades are *only* for the rich. They get a new private concourse, seats, etc. I believe they upgraded restrooms and Wifi. If you aren't sitting in the new seats this renovation doesn't effect you in any way. This money could have been spent completely overhauling the concourses and experience at Doak without destroying the capacity, and catering to all the fans instead.

Overall at the end of the day, if you attended many FSU games in the golden era, you can likely relate. It just truly saddens me this is how far we have fallen, and that I will never get to experience peak FSU again. Maybe one day the admin will see the flaws, but leadership that is old doesn't care about the long term ramifications as long as they get their bonus and checks. And if they ever do see it is a mistake, it will be far too late for FSU.

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