Noles News: Bud Elliott says that FSU has had the worst offseason

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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 21: Head Coach Mike Norvell of the Florida State Seminoles walks off the field after a football game against the NC State Wolfpack at Carter-Finley Stadium on November 21, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images) | Getty Images

All Sports:​

Thomas Bassong hit the portal and landed at Mississippi State despite being a key piece that was seemingly retained yet Coach Loucks didn’t falter and bounced back with an excellent portal class. That’s the new reality of college athletics and FSU Basketball is operating efficiently in the new era.

As the back to back ACC regular season champion FSU Softball will be off until Thursday, where they will face the winner of Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament.

Isa Torres finishes the regular season with a .547 batting average while also fielding zero errors; one of the best seasons in NCAA history.

Baseball will take on Jacksonville tonight at 7:00PM before heading to Clemson for the last road series of the regular season:

Last midweek and last weekend roadtrip of the regular season. Here we go.

️ Join us at Howser Tuesday night! https://t.co/Hl7lKyzzeRpic.twitter.com/JzzTIXzaVh

— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) May 4, 2026

A strong 4-0 week wasn’t the only good thing to happen for FSU Baseball last week as six Seminoles also graduated:

Congratulations to our newest @FloridaState graduates!

Ben Barrett
Jacob Marlowe
Clancy Marsh
Kevin Mebil
Gabe Nard
Eli Putnam pic.twitter.com/0RNKDZwK9U

— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) May 4, 2026

FSU’s RPI is 7th but the human polls still have them relatively outside of the top ten:

The national rankings to begin the month of May. pic.twitter.com/BsWyFHxRFv

— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) May 4, 2026

Football:​

President McCullough couldn’t help but throw one to Duce as he walked across the stage last weekend:

Catching passes from the President

An inside look at Florida State graduation with Duce Robinson#NoleFamily | #FSU2026pic.twitter.com/jRmq7taTVS

— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) May 4, 2026

Bud Elliott on Cover 3 Sports yesterday did not hold back on his evaluation of FSU’s offseason so far, if it doesn’t directly take you to the timestamp it starts at 39:58:

Recruiting:​

FSU has offered three-star 2027 WR Kaden Howard from Palmetto High School from Miami, Florida:

Agtg!!! Blessed to receive a d1 Offer from Florida State ! @TomLoy247@GregSmithRivals@PantherPride305@ChuckCantor@ZBlostein247@PrepRedzoneFL@FloridaState@evancooper2pic.twitter.com/uo8B0BaLCk

— Kaden “️”Howard (@d1snuggyy_) May 4, 2026

If there’s one position FSU can generally pull an upset on the recruiting trail, it’s running back but pulling 2028 RB Ian Thomas and likely Five-Star out of Texas will be a tough pull:

#AGTG After a great conversation with @TeamKamMartin , I am beyond blessed to say I’ve received an offer from @FSUFootball#NoleFamily @FootballTomball@handal_dave@Mike_Zierlein@TISDTHSpic.twitter.com/kNAjUUfARo

— Ian Thomas (@ITs_Time_22) April 29, 2026

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