Blake DowlingDecember 11, 2021
7min558
Data is a game-changer, and access to that data gives a competitive advantage.
Tag: Willie Taggart
Blake DowlingDecember 11, 2021
Associated PressDecember 2, 2019
2min226
USF made the move two days after finishing a 4-8 season with a blowout loss to rival UCF.
Associated PressNovember 4, 2019
7min1545
Among the potential candidates: former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops, Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck and UCF coach Josh Heupel.
Jacob OglesNovember 26, 2018
3min402
A Florida State University fan who this weekend posted an image of football coach Willie Taggart being lynched has now lost his job with Hilton Grand Vacations. Tom Shand, the disgruntled fan who thought a losing season seemed a good reason to suggest hanging FSU’s first black head coach, no longer works as a counselor […]
Jacob OglesNovember 25, 2018
3min510
Florida State University President John Thrasher rushed to defend head football coach Willie Taggart Sunday against racist attacks. “A recent racist social media post aimed at our football coach is ignorant and despicable,” Thrasher said in a statement. “I speak for the entire FSU community in expressing our disgust and extreme disappointment, and I am glad […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 17, 2018
5min303
Jacksonville’s tradition of hosting neutral site, destination college football games continues, with city officials announcing an Aug. 31, 2019, clash between Boise State and Florida State. FSU has made a habit of neutral site games, and the game against Boise State is a compelling interconference matchup between the perennial ACC power and the perpetual Mountain […]
Lloyd DunkelbergerDecember 7, 2017
6min341
As John Thrasher begins his fourth year as president of Florida State University, he said he has changed. In his annual “state of the university” address to the Faculty Senate on Wednesday, Thrasher likened his transformation to the students who were freshmen when he assumed the presidency in fall 2014 and who will graduate as […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2015
5min212
Rumor du jour is that there will be another candidate getting into the wide open countywide Hillsborough County District 6 seat, but it’s not a Republican taking on Jim Norman. The rumor that percolated over the Labor Day weekend is John Dicks, the 62-year-old former Plant City Mayor and Commissioner, is contemplating entering the Democratic […]