Welcome back to another episode of Locked on Seminoles, your favorite daily Florida State Seminoles sports podcast! Drake and Dave break down the newly-released 2023 schedule for Florida State, and explain why they believe it sets up well for a playoff run. First, Drake and Dave discuss the opening third of the schedule—9/3 vs. LSU in Orlando; 9/9 vs. Southern Miss; 9/16 @ Boston College; and 9/23 @ Clemson—and discuss the fact that despite the difficulty of playing LSU and Clemson in the same month (and to start the season), having their most challenging games early provides the Seminoles a buffer to make the playoffs even with a loss. Then, the guys tackle the middle third of the schedule following a bye week on September 30th (after Clemson)—10/7 vs. Virginia Tech; 10/14 vs. Syracuse; 10/21 vs. Duke; and 10/28 @ Wake Forest—in what Dave coins the “control your destiny” part of the schedule, as the Seminoles will be favored and should beat each of these 4 teams (3 of which will be played at home in Doak), like good teams are supposed to do. Finally, they assess the final third of the season—11/4 @ Pitt; 11/11 vs. Miami; 11/18 vs. North Alabama; and 11/25 at Florida—and argue that getting Miami late could actually be a good thing, notwithstanding the fact that the Miami and Florida games fall within 3 weeks of each other. Yet again, FSU will be favored in each of these games and should control its ACC Championship and playoff destiny, without an overly high level of scheduling difficulty (thanks, ACC?). As always, thanks for making Locked on Seminoles your first listen each and every day. We thank y'all for all the love and support and hope you enjoy the show. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms…  🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOSeminoles?sid=YouTube Locked On College Conferences, HBCU, Basketball & More 🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnCollege Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! LinkedIn LinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices