OTB: Goodbye, Zach
On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Trey Rowland sits down with Zach Blostein to wish him a happy goodbye in Zach's final episode on On The Bench before he moves into his new role as the state of Florida's regional recruiting analyst.
It's a bittersweet show as the two go over Zach's time at Noles247: From Newberg having to vouch to get an overly-eager Zach onto the staff to the Amarius Mims Stakeout and all the recruiting shenanigans in between.
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| 0:00.0 | everybody welcome another episode of on the bench this one this one's going to mean a lot to me. I think |
| 0:24.7 | it's going to mean a lot to you guys. See, this one even, I'd even go is to describe a little bit |
| 0:28.2 | bittersweet man because I'm sitting here with my friend. This is Treald. I'm here with my |
| 0:32.0 | bud, my compatriot, my colleague, Zach Blasstein. And Zach, as we all knew you would, the meteor arise, |
| 0:42.5 | your talents are undeniable. You, my friend, are moving up in the world and you are leaving us |
| 0:48.5 | here at Knowles 24-7. So, Zach, I want to have this episode. We're going to talk about where you're |
| 0:53.2 | going next. Obviously, irreplaceable. You're staying here within the fan. We're talking about what you're doing next. And then I want to have a little, you know, cue the Green Day music in the background, best time of your life, all that stuff. But I want to have a retrospective of the illustrious career. Zach Blasdine has had at Knowles 24-7 and beyond. |
| 1:13.6 | Started as an intern, so I can't wait to get in all those fun moments. |
| 1:16.3 | But, Zach, we're going to miss you, dude. |
| 1:18.7 | Tell the people what you're doing where you're going. |
| 1:21.0 | Yeah, I appreciate you, Trey. |
| 1:22.9 | Appreciate everyone. |
| 1:24.7 | I mean, yeah, so the next step for me is moving into a role, |
| 1:30.0 | staying at 24-7 sports, but going to be covering the state of Florida. So basically focusing on |
| 1:36.6 | the top prospects in the state. So obviously won't be covering Florida State day to day moving |
| 1:43.9 | forward. |
| 1:44.5 | Especially not if it's a top prospects thing. |
| 1:46.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:47.5 | Hey, too soon. |
| 1:48.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:49.5 | So hopefully once things get back on track, I'll be on the board much more. |
| 1:56.3 | But I will still be on NOLS 24-7 pretty frequently. |
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