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Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the state. [15] Chartered in 1851, it is located on Florida's oldest continuous site of higher education. [16] [2]
Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.
Florida State maintains two traditional rivalries in all sports with the Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes. Florida State is the only school in the State of Florida to play both Florida and Miami each year in all sports. Most notable is the football rivalry with the Gators, who hold a 37–28–2 all-time lead against the Seminoles.
Florida State was the largest of the original two universities in Florida, even during the period as the college for women (1905 to 1947) until 1919. [49] By 1933, the Florida State College for Women had grown to be the third largest women’s college in the United States. [50]
Florida: W 23–17 26. January 1, 1996: Orange Bowl (Bowl Alliance) Notre Dame: W 31–26 27. January 2, 1997: Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance National Championship) Florida: L 20–52 28. January 1, 1998: Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance) Ohio State: W 31–14 29. January 4, 1999: Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship) Tennessee: L 16–23 30. January 4, 2000
After these setbacks, Florida State won three straight victories over Top 4 Florida teams, winning the 1998 and 2000 games in Tallahassee and the 1999 contest in Gainesville on their way to a second national championship. Florida State and Florida combined for fourteen conference championships and three national championships during the 1990s.
The 2024 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, entering the season as the defending ACC champion.
On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".