The Daily Chop Lite, Apr 29, 2026

[Bill Swartzbaugh]

The Daily Chop Lite, Apr 29, 2026



https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2026/04/28/florida-state-football-ranked-in-usa-today-waytooearly-top-25/89836381007/
Florida State football lands in way‑too‑early Top 25

https://www.si.com/college/fsu/florida-state-seminoles-college-football/fsu-football-mike-norvell-falls-behind-miami-key-nfl-draft-metric
FSU Football’s Mike Norvell Falls Behind Miami in Key NFL Draft Metric

https://chopchat.com/qb-ashton-daniels-has-a-chance-to-prove-his-two-game-hot-streak-wasn-t-a-fluke
QB Ashton Daniels has a chance to prove his two-game hot streak wasn't a fluke

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2026/04/28/fsu-football-spring-practice-wide-receivers-duce-robinson/89814265007/
FSU football WRs have major depth questions after Duce Robinson

https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/longformarticle/fsu-mens-basketball-transfer-signings-kameron-taylor-anthony-robinson-ii-cooper-schwieger-elisee-assui-shon-abaev-282542927/
FSU Men's Basketball continues to announce signing of new additions: Former McD All-American Shon Abaev signs

https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-seminoles-basketball-fsu-noles-hoops-team-tallahassee-college-cbb-acc/131198/luke-loucks-transfer-portal-roster-ncaa-tournament-recruiting-roster-latest-early-analysis-discussion
Way-too-early team impressions, roster thoughts and more

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/article/ice-brady-injury-update-florida-state-transfer-22231196.php
Former UConn player Ice Brady to miss 2026-27 season with knee injury after Florida State commitment

https://www.aol.com/news/fsu-baseball-faces-critical-series-183109466.html
FSU baseball faces critical series after Stanford sw

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/college-sports/little-things-cause-florida-state-to-fall-on-the-road-against-rival-florida/ar-AA21XRVR?ocid=BingNewsVerp
Little things cause Florida State to fall on the road against rival Florida

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/04/29/college-football-re-rank-spring-practice-ncaa-1-138/89824995007/
Who is No. 1? College football Re-Rank sorts every team after spring practice
29. Florida State

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48621117/sources-ncaa-basketball-tournaments-set-move-76-teams
NCAA basketball tournaments set to move to 76 teams

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/basketball/you-can-t-keep-a-bad-idea-down-the-ncaa-set-to-expand-the-tournament/ar-AA21XoDT?ocid=BingNewsVerp
You Can’t Keep A Bad Idea Down: The NCAA Set To Expand The Tournament

https://sports.yahoo.com/mens-college-basketball/article/ncaa-tournament-expanding-to-76-teams-will-happen-heres-why-thats-the-case-despite-the-outcries-against-it-230246632.html
NCAA tournament expanding to 76 teams 'will happen.' Here's why that's the case despite the outcries against it