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On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network

Blake Nichelson is a 'Nole, another decision on the horizon, and 1 vs. 1 with Alex Atkins

On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network

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4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Florida State went west to land Top150 linebacker Blake Nichelson, beating out Oregon in the process.

What are the Seminoles getting in Nichelson? On The Bench provides a scouting report from its live watch party with Coach AB, Kev, Brendan, and Nee. 

Then we get into the latest re: WR Hykeem Williams.

And finally, a thoughtful and fun 1-on-1 interview with OC Alex Atkins.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to on the bench. I am Brendan Sonone and Blake Nicholson is a null Florida state received a commitment on Tuesday evening from four star linebacker prospect Blake Nicholson.

0:12.0

He is ranked 130 second nationally at 24 seven sports 93 overall grade.

0:18.0

No one who was a high priority for the seminals for months now.

0:22.0

FSC did a phenomenal job closing on him at the last two months or so in this process. Shout out to Derek Gray as well as Randy Shannon and just a collaborative team effort for getting this commitment for the seminals.

0:34.0

So for this episode, we are going to break down the commitment of Nicholson, kind of the background of the recruitment for him a little bit how he fits in at Florida State, what he projects as a kind of where he's at as a player now.

0:46.0

I'm joined by Chris knee coach AB and cab we all did a live stream a watch party.

0:54.0

Chris was kind of like a special guest, but it was great to have him and have his inside into the recruitment.

1:00.0

So we're going to take some of the audio from that live stream in which we did a film breakdown and discuss the Blake Nicholson commitment all the good stuff behind it.

1:08.0

Check that out on the nose 24 seven YouTube.

1:11.0

We're going to put that audio here for you guys to listen to basically just a commitment recap of Nicholson and after a quick commercial break.

1:18.0

We're going to have a one on one interview with our very own tray Roland and Florida State off and say coordinator Alex Akins.

1:25.0

It's a really good informative interview, only about 15 minutes or so, but I thought Alex was extremely in listening to the interview Alex was extremely insightful on aspects of like the game planning process.

1:37.0

Excuse me process under Mike Morvel as well as recapping the Louisville and whatnot, you know, it's true. So it's going to be an entertaining fun informative podcast.

1:47.0

So Blake Nicholson commitment details coming up and then after a commercial break, we will have tray Roland with Alex Akins one on one. Stay tuned.

2:07.0

All right, we got all do we have a link.

2:20.0

So from this currently to the board, so our subscribers and those 24 seven can jump on in.

2:30.0

I got you, Kev, we're we're going to get that for you folks.

2:34.0

Yeah, let's get a link.

2:42.0

So how are you guys how Brendan, how are you feeling about the recruiting trail? I know there was some pessimism.

2:51.0

Just in general, but taken today out of it.

2:56.0

So at this week is an important week for Florida State with Blake Nicholson tonight, obviously, and then hiking Williams on Friday, I feel pretty great.

3:06.0

I just got some breaking news guys.

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