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National Signing Day · North Florida Sports Network Podcast

• 0:12
  Speaker 1: What's up?
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the North Florida Sports Network and it's National Signing Day.
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: God yeah, oh, what a day that used to be.
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: I remember getting like it was a thing man.
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: It was everything.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: It was.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: It was.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: Park your butt on the couch, try to get off work.
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: I mean, if you're a nerd like me and like that kind of stuff, or Jimmy Reno, who's with me now to talk, about it.
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: I never took it that seriously.
• 0:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: But I mean, it's literally officially National Signing Day, yeah, yeah.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: Well honestly, I forgot about it.
• 0:55
  Speaker 2: Right the old National Signing.
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: I was talking to Keith the other day about you know James Colsey and the National Signing, I was like, yeah, that thing.
• 1:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, for for schools that you know, fcs schools, lower level class, I mean, it's still the same old deal.
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but even with the transfer portal there it's kind of yeah yeah.
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: Really like early signing day kind of just took all the real way yeah.
• 1:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:23
  Speaker 2: So, schools are looking to get kids on campus is as early as possible.
• 1:28
  Speaker 2: You know, 10 years ago early enrollees were like a huge deal.
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: Right Now it's pretty much the norm.
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: Well, it should be the norm that you listen to this show.
• 1:42
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• 1:46
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• 1:51
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• 1:54
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• 1:55
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• 1:57
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• 1:58
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• 1:59
  Speaker 1: Get you one man.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: Those things are good, that's right.
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: What do you think your favorite one is?
• 2:05
  Speaker 2: I don't have a favorite man.
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: They're all good.
• 2:07
  Speaker 2: Stuff it in my face.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: Chocolate, mac and game.
• 2:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, those are the best I like the oatmeal raisin I don't know Chocolate.
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: Everybody.
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: Chocolate chips the most popular, but I'll do.
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: I'll do food cook wrong with that.
• 2:20
  Speaker 1: But I know, but I really like the oatmeal raisin.
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: I was telling them that you subscribe to the North Florida sports network and you got yourself a cookie.
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: No, but like for Florida State, everybody's already signed.
• 2:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they picked up a late, a late edition.
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: Quote unquote Amari Williams.
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: The edge out of the Benjamin School.
• 2:48
  Speaker 2: Jordan Travis is old high school.
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: Ok, he's a reclass, so I think he's either like graduated earlier, maybe he's like he's older than most of the kids, I don't know.
• 3:01
  Speaker 2: I don't know, but he originally was a member of the 2025 class, but he's going to be coming a little bit early, but other than that, everybody was already pretty much wrapped up on early signing day.
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: Right?
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: Well, they need to change it to December being the official signing day.
• 3:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know, man.
• 3:21
  Speaker 2: There's some talk that are going to push it back to February, like it originally was just get away for FSU.
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: You still got in this class.
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: You got some key positions, yeah.
• 3:33
  Speaker 2: Quarterback.
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: You got your QB, got your running back.
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: You got a stud run back, a couple running back, yeah, you loaded up and defensive back.
• 3:41
  Speaker 2: You know you got a couple couple tackle prospects again, as has been talked about many times.
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: You know the front seven of the defense.
• 3:50
  Speaker 2: You kind of left a little bit on the table there, but well, that's going to be the focus of this class.
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: Ok, it appears.
• 3:59
  Speaker 2: Defensive line linebacker All right.
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: So yeah, we'll see.
• 4:05
  Speaker 2: We'll see One last ride for Odell.
• 4:08
  Speaker 2: Thanks, get a couple high end guys, especially on the interior, it would be nice.
• 4:14
  Speaker 1: This class probably ranks what, 10, 12.
• 4:18
  Speaker 2: The 24 class, yet from the 10 to 12 range.
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: That's just high school, kids right.
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: The thing about it, man, is they continue to shuffle the rankings.
• 4:29
  Speaker 2: So I don't, I don't, I don't know.
• 4:33
  Speaker 2: Man, if you can stay in the top 10, top 15, then you're probably doing pretty well.
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: You know there's some kids that were ranked really high when they committed to Florida State that you know dropped Significantly, cam Davis being one of them, landon Thomas, right tight in another at one.
• 4:52
  Speaker 2: Things like that kind of affect the overall Ranking well, doesn't take away from the fact that you got a blue chip running back in, a blue chip tight in, and both of them Right.
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: So I mean you're splitting hairs, dude.
• 5:03
  Speaker 1: I don't know what.
• 5:04
  Speaker 1: I just what.
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: What should it?
• 5:06
  Speaker 1: What could?
• 5:06
  Speaker 1: What it used to be this day, it's now just right.
• 5:10
  Speaker 1: There's, there's a day.
• 5:12
  Speaker 2: There's a difference between the top Two, maybe three classes and then everybody else in that that back of the top 15.
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: But that's it, man, everybody from about four or 15 away again.
• 5:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, georgia killed it.
• 5:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but they're recruiting nationally.
• 5:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know that that's kind of what you expect when a team starts experiencing that success.
• 5:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's plenty in the southeast region for Florida State to go out and get.
• 5:39
  Speaker 2: Even up there in the Atlantic East region up in Maryland there's some some guys up there that they can take a swing at.
• 5:48
  Speaker 2: So they got a.
• 5:50
  Speaker 2: They got to get to work, though.
• 5:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's well you can see.
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: You saw it when, georgia man, they just come in waves man.
• 5:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: Well, they, they've got something, they've got a blueprint that they recruit to and you know, back to back national yeah, when you're, when you're winning titles and you've got the product on the field to show the kids, that's gonna.
• 6:10
  Speaker 2: But you know Florida State is they're upping their profile with high school kids again.
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
• 6:17
  Speaker 2: It went away completely during the the Jimbo debacle, and then the Willie years, and the first couple years under Norville was just lying in on choppers.
• 6:26
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah Well, success on the field is the biggest thing, you know so.
• 6:32
  Speaker 2: But it's all about D line this year, man, I'm telling you.
• 6:39
  Speaker 1: Yeah, who you got your eye on.
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: Bunch of kids, bunch of kid you.
• 6:43
  Speaker 2: You already got Javion Hilsen out of cocoa.
• 6:46
  Speaker 2: You know the kid that flipped his commitment from from Alabama to Florida State.
• 6:50
  Speaker 2: Okay, myron Charles out of out of Port Charlotte defensive tackle he's another kid, that that's.
• 6:57
  Speaker 2: I don't know if he's gonna end up a top 100 kid will probably be a top 200, but he is a defensive tackle with that, that body type that is gonna play early.
• 7:09
  Speaker 2: Often those are the big, the big guys right now.
• 7:14
  Speaker 2: What was Trent Jones up in Maryland?
• 7:16
  Speaker 2: He's a grown man.
• 7:17
  Speaker 2: He's up there in Darnell dockets old area.
• 7:20
  Speaker 2: All right, another, another defensive tackle.
• 7:22
  Speaker 2: Those three guys would Be a great start.
• 7:26
  Speaker 2: You already got one of them committed.
• 7:28
  Speaker 2: You know that's a long way to go until you sign him and he's he's an elite edge guy.
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: He's you know that's gonna be your top edge, probably in your class.
• 7:36
  Speaker 2: You've whiffed on that, you know, multiple years in a row, so that's gonna be something to watch, but you know that there's a lot out there right now.
• 7:45
  Speaker 2: Those are, those are the three guys that I hope Florida State has as a high priority.
• 7:52
  Speaker 1: Those are the top of the Reno list.
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and in terms of being realistic options and it, as you know, extremely talented prospects, just measuring it.
• 8:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously I would Prefer that they take the top three defensive tackles in the country, the top three edges in the country, you know that's the biggest position of need.
• 8:12
  Speaker 1: You think next year.
• 8:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, without question.
• 8:15
  Speaker 2: I mean we, we, you know Florida State was very fortunate this year that that, you know, darrell Jackson and Josh farmer both Seemed to have chosen to.
• 8:23
  Speaker 2: You know, come back for another season Because you could have been looking at some really, really Scary situations there up front.
• 8:32
  Speaker 2: But yeah, you gotta, you gotta continue to add guys.
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: They had a couple misses, a couple younger guys that have transferred out that they got a.
• 8:40
  Speaker 2: You gotta just you gotta raise the floor in that room.
• 8:43
  Speaker 2: You know gotta get back to churning out elite players on that interior.
• 8:47
  Speaker 2: So you know he's done it before he can do it again.
• 8:51
  Speaker 2: It's just about you know how much respect that Polo has getting another window here.
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: another transfer window, though, will open up this spring Right.
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: And that'll be probably that's their last chance to add to next year's roster.
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know.
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: Anybody that's not already on the team, I would, I would say a short of.
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: So this is your lat, like if you were to.
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: You only take diamonds now, like Keon Coleman type, right, right and I think, some to keep, some to keep an eye on would be, you know, like the coaching change at Boston college let's say I say Bill O'Brien gets there and tells Thomas Castellanos hey man, I'm not going to use you a quarterback.
• 9:37
  Speaker 2: That's just not how we're going to run our offense.
• 9:39
  Speaker 2: I mean, you know the kid wants to bounce.
• 9:41
  Speaker 2: I don't think that he's going to go somewhere to try to compete for a backup spot.
• 9:48
  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying.
• 9:49
  Speaker 2: But something like that.
• 9:52
  Speaker 2: Kids like Michigan, when that opens up and their entire staff is now going to go join Jim Harbaugh out in San Diego, you're going to see some of their players jump ship, Will Johnson being that that first round lockdown corner, he's going to be a hot commodity if he decides to pursue the transfer market.
• 10:12
  Speaker 2: But yeah, it's a diamond type kid, You're not going to go looking for right for anything.
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: That's Jerry's.
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: Jerry's on top Right, that's where you find it, and you can find really good one.
• 10:24
  Speaker 2: And I think it'd be the same position again.
• 10:26
  Speaker 2: I think if another receiver comes out there and you're like, oh man, we got to get them, then they go get them, I think everywhere maybe.
• 10:33
  Speaker 2: Maybe defensive end of somebody really big time linebacker you could.
• 10:40
  Speaker 2: That does remind me.
• 10:41
  Speaker 2: You could see Cam Riley, the linebacker from Auburn could be a late addition when that next window opens up.
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: I think he had some academic things to take care of, an Auburn, or he might have been, and the original transfer class here in Florida State Well, florida and Miami are going to play each other this year.
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, florida's playing everybody.
• 11:05
  Speaker 1: They're playing UCF too.
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, man, they got a uh state time.
• 11:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 11:12
  Speaker 1: They got a murder's row.
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: They do.
• 11:14
  Speaker 2: They got quite a schedule.
• 11:15
  Speaker 2: I like what do you know man Would he get?
• 11:22
  Speaker 2: Would he last to the Florida State game if he lost both Miami and UCF?
• 11:28
  Speaker 2: Oh I, doubt it.
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think they give them situations.
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: We saw a few years ago an old, randy Shannon, was coaching for the gears.
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Um.
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: I just yeah, it's gonna.
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: If he does, then he's.
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: They got a quarterback at least, and you know yeah he got a quarterback and I think he's gonna be a great start and they've got to make a bowl would be right Be incredible.
• 11:57
  Speaker 2: I know that's why, but they won at Florida, though they want well, I'm going to tell you, man, that week one playing Miami is something that well.
• 12:05
  Speaker 1: Miami made a huge by getting Trisha on board.
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: That changes everything.
• 12:10
  Speaker 2: You can work Exactly.
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's us Cam ward, and you brought up Boston college.
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: Yes, yes and you brought up the new Trisha, yeah, like what's he going to do.
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: But, um, getting cam ward from Miami, that really is big time.
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: Um, I know they're excited about it.
• 12:28
  Speaker 2: They should be.
• 12:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they're.
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: They're now firmly in the mix to contend for the title in the ACC Right.
• 12:35
  Speaker 1: Because he's been recruiting line.
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and and that's I think you can get someone that can throw it consistently right.
• 12:46
  Speaker 2: That's something that that cam or Really hasn't had is that line, that protection that can actually Keep them clean in the pocket.
• 12:56
  Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a big game this year.
• 12:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah and they.
• 12:59
  Speaker 2: I mean that that game against Florida is gonna gonna be huge man.
• 13:03
  Speaker 2: That's there, right off the bat, you got to go and play an in-state rival Mm-hmm, we know how bad that sucks oh.
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's early 2000s.
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: You'd play Miami when the Labor Day game started.
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like a whole season in and of itself, just that one game.
• 13:22
  Speaker 2: And they told us you know relatively nothing about the season, but yeah you don't want to lose it, man.
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: No, you don't Well.
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: National signing day again.
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: Who cares?
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: Who cares?
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: It's over.
• 13:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're almost just Wiping the slate for something that for next year, right, I mean?
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: see, most schools have already hosted Junior days by now for the next class.
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: You know, I know Norvelle was flying around the helicopter seeing kids, you know, kind of just buttoning things up.
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: But I mean, it's, it's yeah, it's not really Not really Saturday anymore, nope, so it's daddy's.
• 14:10
  Speaker 1: February Yep, well, we got to get on out of here, but uh, big game coming up Sunday.
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we do.
• 14:23
  Speaker 1: Preview the Super Bowl, the preview that everybody's been waiting for.
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: It'll take place tomorrow, so look forward to it.
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: We've got some interesting tidbits.
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: Maybe a couple of little shockers Inside information.
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: Taylor Swift they ain't gonna have Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl to lose.
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: Well, come on, I know you're just going through your night.
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: I can't believe the night is your favorite, but it's got to be because of that running game Right.
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: All of a sudden she takes off to Kelsey Jersey and there's a George Kittle Jersey underneath it.
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: She switches sides at the end of the game.
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: No Well, I'm really looking forward to this night show.
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah Well, one thing I know for a fact is that Brock Purdy is not going to overthrow the potential game-winning touch.
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: Again, it's going to come down to old Brock.
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: Can he not turn the ball over?
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: You saw the game in Green Bay where they didn't catch it.
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: They didn't catch it.
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: He gave it to him, he didn't catch it and he played better.
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: And if he plays well, I think Niners win.
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: But Kansas City has a really good secondary.
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: How are they going to be able to stop that run enough?
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: That's going to be the key.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: Well, the 49ers are going to luck their way into another playoff win.
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: Three in a row for this year yes, they've gotten.
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: it's kind of different.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: The way they reached the Super Bowl has been coming back.
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they've come back and built the games to get there, so I think that's kind of changed the attitude.
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: And then same thing for Kansas City.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: They came in underdogs.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: Usually they're hosting and have home field advantage.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: Something's got to give.
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: We'll talk about it, though, and we'll preview it, we'll pick it and we'll do it right here on the North Florida Sports Network.