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ELI DRINKWITZ INTERESTED IN FSU?! CJ Reveals Why He Could Be Florida State's NEXT Head Coach! · FSU Football: Doak Talk

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  Speaker 1: Head coaching name we're going to discuss, and that's Eli Drinkwits.
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  Speaker 1: This is a name that's kind of popped up recently
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  Speaker 1: since the head coaching job was announced. And again, I
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  Speaker 1: do think there's interest from Eli and his camp. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's kind of putting fillers out there and talking
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  Speaker 1: to certain people and things like that. And that goes
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  Speaker 1: to show you, man, don't ever get this shit confused, man.
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  Speaker 1: The logo is the logo. The logo is the logo.
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  Speaker 1: Florida State is still the premier job in the country. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: we have been terrible in the last few years, but
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  Speaker 1: you bring it in. And if you look at Doe
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  Speaker 1: Camel Stadium these last few years, this shit has been packed.
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  Speaker 1: This Clemson game this past weekend, it was packed. Until
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  Speaker 1: Clemson started putting on our ass and that type of deal,
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  Speaker 1: that's when people started leaving the game. But you have
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  Speaker 1: a fan base that's hungry, a fan base that's committed.
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  Speaker 1: You have resources. Everything that Jim O'Fisher won away back then,
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  Speaker 1: you have now. You're in a recruiting program, the Florida
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  Speaker 1: State Premier Program. You're in the ACC. So it's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of, I say all that to say this, it's
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  Speaker 1: value within the logo. People still look at this as
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  Speaker 1: a premier job, and Drinkwich kind of throwing his name
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  Speaker 1: in the hat kind of proves that. But he's the
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  Speaker 1: Missouri head coach. He's 51 and 31 at Missouri in
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  Speaker 1: seven years. Currently 5-2 with the Tigers, ranked number 20th
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  Speaker 1: in the country. Has Missouri as a formidable team in
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  Speaker 1: the ACC. Never had a losing season as a head
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  Speaker 1: coach prior to coming over to Missouri. His first year
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  Speaker 1: as a head coach was at App State, went 12-1 there.
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  Speaker 1: He was out. He was the next head coach at Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty good recruiter from Missouri standpoint. Was able to get
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  Speaker 1: five-star Luther Burton, a local kid from Missouri. Not saying local,
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  Speaker 1: but he's from the state of Missouri. Was able to
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  Speaker 1: keep him on. Was a big-time playmaker for the Tigers.
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  Speaker 1: If you guys remember, he flipped Javion Hilton, the four-star,
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  Speaker 1: borderline five-star defensive end from Florida State, Flipped him from us.
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  Speaker 1: Javen Boggs, our current receiver, he was committed to Missouri
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  Speaker 1: at a certain point in time as well. You guys
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  Speaker 1: know Boggs. He was all-world in high school, missed to
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  Speaker 1: Florida this, that, and third. Both of those guys went
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  Speaker 1: to Coco, so he knows how to trap in Florida
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  Speaker 1: for sure. He has an emphasis on a defensive line.
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  Speaker 1: Emphasis on a defensive line. Really good D-line play for Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a Ravens fan. Had Zion Young go second round
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  Speaker 1: for Missouri last year. That's another topic. Zion Young was
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  Speaker 1: pretty much, he took an official visit to Florida State.
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  Speaker 1: Could have been a layup for us as well, but
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  Speaker 1: he let me go to Mizzou out of the transfer
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  Speaker 1: portal from Michigan State. You know, going second round from
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  Speaker 1: those guys. But I do think he'd be a solid recruiter.
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  Speaker 1: He has a winning record versus University of Florida as well, too,
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  Speaker 1: with a talent discrepancy, a big talent discrepancy. He's four
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  Speaker 1: and three versus the Gators with, you know, pretty much
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  Speaker 1: in every matchup having lesser talent than what Florida will have.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to see what a possible staff would
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  Speaker 1: be from, I guess you could say, a con standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to see what his possible staff would be.
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  Speaker 1: FSU is a bigger job. He recruits well for Mizzou,
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  Speaker 1: but will he be able to recruit in the lead
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  Speaker 1: level that FSU requires? Not exactly sure. We'll see how
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  Speaker 1: that plays out, if he would be the guy. His
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  Speaker 1: staff would be key. He can come off kind of
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  Speaker 1: corny at times, which I don't know. give a damn
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  Speaker 1: and care less about how you coach. He doesn't mind
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  Speaker 1: talking shit either. He'll throw some shots in the media
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  Speaker 1: to other teams and that type of deal. It's been
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  Speaker 1: a big talking point from people that follow the SEC
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  Speaker 1: or feel like the SEC is overrated that Mizzou, well,
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  Speaker 1: not Mizzou, but his drinks record itself versus ranked teams. Granted,
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  Speaker 1: it's not great. One, it's still Missouri. is still Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you're battling giants in the SEC like Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Texas,
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  Speaker 1: et cetera. So he's still at Mizzou. He always beats
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  Speaker 1: Florida's ass. Exactly. Like Florida is a team that has
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  Speaker 1: more talent than him. Florida is, quote unquote, a premier
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  Speaker 1: SEC team too. And if you look at the recruiting rankings,
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  Speaker 1: Florida should be whooping Missouri ass, but again, he has
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  Speaker 1: a winning record against them, so he punches above his weight.
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  Speaker 1: With that being said, the ACC isn't the SEC. We
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  Speaker 1: know that. He shouldn't have any issues. You got what? Miami?
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  Speaker 1: Clemson was that type of matchup, but they're currently on
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  Speaker 1: a downward swing, in my opinion. Louisville? North Carolina? SMU?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, like, again, we're It's the ACC. Miami is
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  Speaker 1: the only team that has the comparable talent to the
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  Speaker 1: teams we just discussed in the SEC that he's losing to.
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  Speaker 1: So to say, what's his record? Again, this is nitpicking
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  Speaker 1: bullshit in my opinion, especially for a program that's been getting,
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  Speaker 1: we're fucking 10-22, man. Whatever record I say, it might
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  Speaker 1: not be as 10-22. Am I correct? 10-22 since the
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  Speaker 1: 2024 season. 10-22. 10-22. So being in the ACC, he
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't have any issues with those games. Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: you have Miami. Miami and Clemson. And Clemson isn't the
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  Speaker 1: same Clemson that we have come to know over the years.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that's a BS argument. But again, that
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  Speaker 1: could be a possible con because the record is the
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  Speaker 1: record and it's not great against the ranked teams in
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  Speaker 1: the SEC. But again, we're talking about Mizzou against some
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  Speaker 1: of the more talented teams in the country regardless of conference.
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  Speaker 1: You bring that to the ACC... For one, he'll be
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  Speaker 1: able to recruit better players than Missouri. He'll be able
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  Speaker 1: to recruit better players than Missouri. Of course, it's all
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  Speaker 1: staff depending on that type of deal. He'll be able
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  Speaker 1: to recruit better players than Missouri. And for two, he's
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  Speaker 1: playing in a conference that's not as strong as the SEC.
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  Speaker 1: The ACC is very winnable. Again, I encourage you guys
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  Speaker 1: to go look at our schedule for the 2027 season
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  Speaker 1: and tell me how many teams you see as, oh, hey,
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  Speaker 1: we got a Bring our A-game for this one. How
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  Speaker 1: many teams do you see as, damn, that's tough? There's
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  Speaker 1: not many. So I think Eli Drinkwich would be a
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  Speaker 1: solid head coach. Those are the pros and cons there
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  Speaker 1: for him. Again, I think he would be a solid
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  Speaker 1: one and a guy that has a pretty good damn
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  Speaker 1: job in the SEC, rather, excuse me, in Missouri. But
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  Speaker 1: Florida State is one of those jobs, in my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: It's a premier job.