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Miss. State beat reporter says FSU got a good coach in Tim Brewster

To find out more about Florida State's newest assistant, we asked Brad Lock of the Nortwest Mississippi Daily Journal about his impressions while getting to know Brewster last season. Here's what Lock told us.

• Brewster was out of coaching for a year after getting the axe in October 2010 from the University of Minnesota. So during 2011 he was a sideline reporter for Fox Sports.

• Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen gave Brewster a chance to return to coaching in August of last year. He was hired to coach WRs just two weeks before the season opener, replacing Angelo Mirando, who suddenly resigned because of alleged recruiting violations being investigated by the NCAA. Brewster was hailed as an instant upgrade.

• He was promoted to Assistant Head Coach at Miss. State just a few weeks ago (Feb. 13) and re-assigned to coach tight ends, his specialty.

• Lock says that lots of State fans thought "Brewster would leave after a year" because of his experience and contacts.

• Brewster loves recruiting*, says Lock, and "pulled in some good guys from areas outside Miss. State’s usual recruiting areas." Lock’s understanding is that Brewster will be FSU’s recruiting coordinator, and he’s already being called that on his Wikipedia page.    

• After being around Brewster for the season, Lock calls him a “real personable, knowledgable guy who has a head coach aura about him,” as well as “a strong personality.”

• Lock reports that MSU “players liked him and took to him quickly.” Also that Brewster did “a good job developing receivers and helped the Bulldogs have a good year passing the ball.”

*As an example of Brewster’s recruiting skills, he’s credited with landing QB Vince Young while coaching at Texas.

Seminole Soundbites: Michael Snaer able to be patient with his younger teammates

The Noles playmaker talks about his 24-point night and what the win means this late in the season.

Seminole Soundbites: Hamilton explains how defense made the difference in Wake win

Florida State's rep as a Jekyll and Hyde team continued Tuesday night with a convincing upset win over Wake, 76-62. After the final buzzer, Coach Hamilton dissected the game and what went right.

Jimbo gets his man: Brewster completes Florida State's staff

Several sources are reporting that Mississippi State Assistant Head Coach and TE coach Tim Brewster is the newest member of Florida State's staff.

Like other hires this year, Jimbo went for a veteran assistant. Brewster has been head coach at Minnesota from 2007 to 2010, and has also coached at Purdue, North Carolina and Texas. He was an All Big 10 TE at Illinois and played five years in the NFL. In short, another upgrade from the previous position coach (assuming he coaches tight ends).

Let's hope this is the last hire for the foreseeable future.

Seminole Soundbites: Martin not worried about the record yet, says "I didn't even know it was seven"

Keep an eye on this week's college baseball rankings. FSU, which last week ranked anywhere from 9th to 19th depending on the poll, should take a nice jump after sweeping USF over the weekend. But Nole skipper Mike Martin is one guy not concerned about rankings yet. Here he is after the final out in Sunday's win over the Bulls.

Another road trip, another underachieving L

by Bill from Tampa

Virginia Tech was a on a nine game losing streak when Florida State came to town. The Hokies ended that streak by defeating the Seminoles 80-70 Sunday night.

The 'Noles led by as much as six, 21-15, with 4:26 left in the first half when Tech began its move. A floater by Robert Brown, a slam dunk by CJ Barksdale off a lazy pass by Michael Snaer to Boris Bojanovsky, and two free throws by Erik Green off a technical foul called on Leonard Hamilton for beefing a traveling call on Bojanovsky too much tied the score at 21 all.

Hamilton said it was his first technical in probably seven years.

After the teams traded baskets, Green's three ball gave the Hokies the lead for good.

Trailing 28-26 at the half, the Seminoles could not have started out much worse. Tech connected on four three pointers in the first 4:30 to build a 42-29 lead.

"At the start of the second half, we just did not rev it up," Hamilton said.

FSU-Pitt on Labor Day looks like a done deal

The Noles are back on TV Labor Day night in the ACC's showcase opener at Heinz Field. Both teams wanted it, and apparently so did the league. But both had scheduling conflicts: FSU was due to open with Wofford August 31 and Pitt was locked in with Villanova the same day. But a nationally televised marquee game was too good to pass up -- especially when it involved the ACC's 2012 champ and a new member in its inargural league game. Mountains were moved and -- voila.

According to the Pittsburgh paper an official announcement will come Monday from the ACC. No word on who will replace Wofford on the Noles schedule and what other two teams will be added. Also no truth to the rumor that A.D. Randy Spetman was on the phone with Savannah State looking for a rematch.

Breaking News [awaiting official confirmation]: Noles vs. Pitt on Labor Day, plus Wofford dropped from schedule

The Indoor Practice Facility is going up faster than Jimbo's choice for an O.C.

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