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On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network

OTB: The Cosmic IRS is here, and the tax is coming due

On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network

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Sports, Football

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This episode of On The Bench discusses the following topics:

- The pipeline to the NFL has never been worse for FSU while current peers are thriving.

- Ashton Daniels' more accurate price tag?

- FSU is struggling to buy goodwill on the recruiting trail entering OV season. 

- Is it a toxic environment between football and the athletic department?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Everybody welcome.

0:05.0

Everybody welcome.

0:22.3

Newest episode on the bench.

0:24.0

I'm Trey Rollin taking over.

0:26.0

I don't know.

0:27.1

Guest hosting duty today.

0:28.5

Brendan Sinone's still here.

0:30.1

Zach Blostin's here.

0:31.3

We got a very interesting show for you.

0:33.3

Just because it's the off-season that does not mean that we at Knowles 24-7, we never sleep. We are here to give you the content that you so richly deserve. Brandon, Zach, how are you guys doing, man? I'm looking forward to driving the bus a little bit. I'm excited. Doing well. Do you sincerely care about the answer? Like, do you want me to get into how I'm actually feeling?

1:44.7

I mean, yeah, I don't ask. I'm not one of the guys that asked for no reason. And I sure, believe it or not, I'm surprised that you would want to talk about your feelings in depth. This is shocking. I know, that's shocking. I did try for a little while, like last month, a process of when people would ask how I was doing, actually answering them. and they not, it did not go over particularly well. Like, people were kind of thrown by it. I wasn't like awful. It's not you don't have that automatically generated response for it. I mean, I would, yeah, I could say good, right? And that's fine. But I was like, you know, a little anxious today or I'm in a great mood and people just didn't care at all. I didn't feel like it enhanced my like interpersonal skills with people. Well, I'd say as long as you don't do the standard office one that I encounter all the time, live in the dream, pal. I get that one a lot. Just skip that one. Zach, how are you doing? Go ahead and give me a fake or real answer.

1:45.8

Good, man. How are you?

1:49.4

I'm solid. I'm living the dream, Val.

1:55.4

Anyway, and you'll be living the dream, too. If you check out from our sponsors of today's episode, the first, of course, the finest swill this side of the mighty Mississippi.

2:01.2

That is Chattanooga whiskey.

2:02.9

Listen, guys, you want flavorful, you want smooth?

2:06.8

Do you want interesting?

2:08.8

While still retaining a crap ton of value, that's Chattanooga whiskey.

2:14.0

Brendan's sipping, Zach's sipping too.

2:17.2

Listen, they're 111 proof. They're standard stuff. You want that best in the biz? You want the experimental? You want to get a little weird? They got you. I don't even know what they've got. They've done. Lemmichos in the past, different cast finish. It doesn't matter. Whatever you get from Chattanooga whiskey, it's quality.

2:35.8

And what do I always say?

2:38.1

sip on your brown juice and sell your house with the Turner Group.

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