Ingram Smith, Bud Elliott, back again for another episode of the Noelcast. A very important,

meaningful game in the tenure of Willie Taggart will give you the listener our best idea as to how

that might play out. I've got as good of a guest as we could hope for, for being able to get

Miami perspective of things. Cam will join us from the state of the U here shortly, but as always want to thank our

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So, Bud, we try to stay away from hyperbole.

We try to stay away from cliche, but this is one of the more important and perhaps

defining moments of Willie Taggart's tenure here at Florida State,

both from his overall view and also have a long way to go in what kind of recruiting class he can probably put together as well.

You ain't lying, man.

I mean, you're talking about important for recruiting.

You're talking about important for relationships with the boosters, with your administration,

with your fans. You're talking about, I think, important for your belief of your own players, right?

Like this is a game that Florida State, and they are favored to win in Vegas. I don't think

they're a better team here, but they are at home. And when you're at home, it does give you

chances to beat teams that are probably better

than you, but not a lot better than you.

I don't think the gap between these two teams is necessarily huge.

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