Florida State's offense was good last season, but it fell short of great despite some top-tier personnel. The reasons for not maximizing the talent vary, but the approach FSU took to replacing the departing personnel probably paints a picture to give us a glimpse into what FSU wants to do better in 2024.

And that's the jumping off point as the X's and Noles crew joins Brendan Sonnone in this episode of On The Bench to preview FSU's offense ahead of spring practice.

How will the offense look under DJ Uiagalelei? Who needs to step up around him? How will new additions factor in? Let's dive into our expectations for the offense when camp begins next Tuesday.

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FSU special teams coordinator John Papuchis joins OTB to discuss the development of several defensive ends, the significance of the edge defenders FSU landed and developed in the Transfer Portal over the last few years, and the confidence in FSU's special teams unit entering the spring.

Then Zach Blostein, Dane Draper, and Clay Fink sit down for a recap of an active recruiting weekend for FSU.

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Florida State offensive coordinator Alex Atkins joins On The Bench to go over some elements of the offense ahead of spring practice. 

From a veteran offensive line group hitting “that old man stride” to the timeline of expected contributions for third-year linemen, we get Atkins’ thoughts on trench development. 

Plus insight into the additions of transfers Richie Leonard and Terrence Ferguson, the need for speed, how QB DJ Uiagalelei fits and the expected competition from Brock Glenn and Luke Kromenhoek.

“Please don’t be mistaken, those young bulls, Brock and Luke won’t make it easy now, I can promise you that,” Atkins said.

It’s a fun, insightful 15 minutes that we hope you enjoy.

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Florida State defensive coordinator Adam Fuller joins the show. He details why he's excited to coach up this group of defenders entering spring practice, provides the definitive answer to if Braden Fiske would've scored against Clemson had he recovered the fumble, and shares why we need not overthink alarm clocks.

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Florida State's Tour of Duty access yielded some fun datapoints to absorb and analyze as we starting to get an idea of what this 2024 squad could look like. Chris Nee, Brendan Sonnone, and Dane Draper of Noles247's On The Bench podcast dive into what we took away from this first look at the 2024 Seminoles in this episode.

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Braden Fiske dominates the NFL Scouting Combine. A summer signing period? Zach's magic act. And hapless attempts to predict this year's King of the Spring.

It's a frenzied episode of On The Bench that includes memories of 7-on-7 debacles, navel gazing, shade throwing, and sprinkles in some nuanced conversation on the latest happening about Florida State football.

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The latest in Florida State's lawsuit with the ACC involves ESPN weighing in. We get into what that means to begin this episode of On The Bench, and then diverge into recruiting tidbits before a game of Buy or Sonnone that takes us into the world of burrito debates, tip functions, and factors to follow on offense.

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We dive into our first MAILBAG of the offseason as Florida State is about a month away from spring practice.

How does FSU's offensive pieces fit together? Will the 2025 recruiting class be better than this past cycle's? Conversations drift from focusing on building blocks for the program to letting grudges go in 2024.

Oh, and Nee is sick. Sick of hoops and just sick in general.

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Sifting through Florida State’s recruiting efforts during the last three weeks of Junior Days as well as diving into the commitment of four-star 2024 pledge Amaree Williams kick off this episode of On The Bench.

We then reflect on the developments of the FSU/ACC lawsuits before getting into some Buy or Sonnone.

A mattress delivery and Nee’s favorite NSD memories are part of this episode as well.

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Florida State is onto the 2025 recruiting cycle. That means junior days and visits in the winter.

The Seminoles hosted their second Junior Day of the cycle on Saturday, and FSU also had some noteworthy prospects at the Battle Miami 7-on tournament over the weekend. Chris Nee hosts this episode to catch up with Dane Draper (who was On The Bench covering the Junior Day) and Zach Blostein (who was at Battle Miami) to get their thoughts on recruiting developments, the play of QB Tramell Jones, and more.

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