The top-eight voting for the cover of EA Sports' NCAA 14 video game ends Feb. 18 and Florida State quarterback EJ Manuel is one of the finalists. Make sure to vote for Manuel by "liking" EA Sports' Facebook page here. Click here to "like" and vote.
ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach released his second "Way Too Early Preseason Top 25" Monday and the Seminoles are No. 16, which is the same spot they were in the initial release.
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Men's Basketball
The Noles split last week's defeating Georgia Tech on another Michael Snaer buzzer beater, then fell at Wake Forest. The Noles are home for two large home games this week when arch rival and #3 Miami comes to the Tuck on Wednesday night at 7pm. On Saturday the BC Eagles take on the Noles at 12 noon. The team needs your support and a TRUE home court advantage. Follow the Noles on social media. Twitter @FSU_MBasketball and like the Facebook page
Women's Basketball
The No. 19 ranked Florida State women's basketball team cruised past Miami on Sunday, coming away with a 93-78 road victory at the BankUnited Center. The Garnet and Gold will now turn their attention to two huge home ACC matchups this week. First on Thursday evening at 7pm the Seminoles will host the NC State Wolf Pack for Paint it Pink. Come out and support the team as they wear pink jerseys to raise awareness for the Sharon Ewing Walker Breast Health Center and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Then on Sunday the Noles will host the No. 14 UNC Tar Heels at 1pm for ACC Day! To register for the pregame ACC Day youth pep rally, email nhaves@fsu.edu. If you haven't already done so, make sure you like our Facebook page today and help us #MakeItCountFSU!
Baseball
The 9th ranked Florida State Baseball team opens their 2013 campaign against the Rhode Island Rams this Friday at Dick Howser Stadium. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. The Noles will also hit the field on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m. to finish out their weekend series. Pick up the 2013 poster and schedule card this weekend.
Men's Tennis
The No. 28 Florida State men's tennis team (9-2) lost its first match at home this season against No. 11 Florida (6-0) on Saturday. The Seminoles pulled out two singles win at the packed Scott Speicher Tennis Center including an upset and come-from-behind win but lost the tight match 5-2. The team has next week off and will take on Pepperdine at Bradenton, Fla. at the IMG Academy on February 24
Women's Tennis
Sophomore Daneika Borthwick was named ACC Player of the Week on February 5th by the league office after picking up her sixth win over a ranked opponent this year. Borthwick and The No. 29 ranked Florida State Women's tennis team will open home play this weekend as they take on UCF Friday at 3 p.m. and Georgia State Sunday at 1 p.m. Come out to Scott Speicher Tennis Center and cheer on your Noles!
Softball
The 24th ranked softball team opened up the season in convincing fashion this past week dominating the panhandle invitational. The Noles are back home again this weekend hosting another tournament- the Unconquered Invitational. Arkansas, Tulsa and Hofstra come to Tallahassee. Games begin Friday at 12:15pm when the Noles take on Tulsa, followed by Arkansas at 2:30pm. On Saturday the Noles take on Hofstra (12:15pm) and the tournament will continue on that night and into Sunday. Come out to the Seminole Softball complex- Admission is FREE!
Women's Golf
Will host the Florida State Match Up this weekend at Southwood Golf Club. Twelve teams will tee off in twosomes for the first two rounds and then in a final round shotgun in threesomes. The twosomes will consist of the partner teams playing together and for this year the partners are as follows: Florida State/Texas A&M, Oklahoma/Georgia, Notre Dame/Michigan, Tennessee/Texas San Antonio, Furman/Kansas, and UNC Greensboro/UNC Wilmington. Tee time is set for 8:30am on Friday and Saturday and a 8:00am shotgun on Sunday.
Men's Golf
The No. 23 Florida State men's golf team won the SunTrust Gator Invitational Sunday for the first time since 1981 with a team score of 8-under 832. The team won by 15 strokes at the Mark Bostick Golf Course on the University of Florida. Sophomore Daniel Berger won the individual title for the first time in his career.
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From the award-winning Seminole Productions:
Seminole fans, make sure to tune in this Saturday, Feb. 9 as two new episodes of "FSU First Look" hit the air on Sun Sports. First at 11:30 a.m., "FSU First Look" will preview both the men's and women's golf teams, and also the sand volleyball team. That show will re-air at 7:30 p.m. followed at 8 p.m. by another "FSU First Look" highlighting the men's and women's tennis teams. "FSU First Look" is an award-winning series of shows dedicated to previewing Florida State athletic teams. The shows are produced by Seminole Productions for Fox Sports. This series of shows has won numerous awards and has even been nominated for an Emmy.
Also airing throughout the month of February is "Seminole GameTime: Orange Bowl." This show is an all-access behind-the-scenes look at the Seminole football team as they live it up in South Florida and ring in the new year with a BCS Bowl victory. Seminole GameTime, which is Seminole Productions' series of exclusive behind-the-scenes shows, has also won numerous awards and has gathered an Emmy nomination as well.
Florida State is tied with LSU for the most invitees to the 2013 NFL Combine (hat tip to @GMLane). Thirteen former FSU football player are scheduled to work out and be tested in front of NFL general managers, executives, coaches and scouts.
Here's the list of former 'Noles invited (with the camp number they'll wear included):
Brandon Jenkins (DL20)
EJ Manuel (QB09)
Tank Carradine (DL07)
Dustin Hopkins (PK06)
Greg Reid (DB35)
Bjoern Werner (DL47)
Everett Dawkins (DL08)
Rodney Smith (WO30)
Xavier Rhodes (DB36)
Chris Thompson (RB32)
Menelik Watson (OL54)
Lonnie Pryor (RB26)
Nick Moody (LB22)
The combine will be held Feb. 23-26 and will air on NFL Network.
Watson and Hopkins will work out Feb. 23; Manuel, Thompson, Pryor and Smith will work out Feb. 24; Jenkins, Carradine, Werner, Dawkins and Moody will work out Feb. 25; Rhodes and Reid will work out on Feb. 26.
UPDATE: According to National Football Scouting, FSU's 13 invitees are the most the program has sent to the combine since 2001 when 14 'Noles worked out in Indianapolis.
