FSU Football: Could Noles play bowl game inside baseball stadium soon?

FSU football could find itself playing in a bowl game that takes place where one of the 30 teams in the MLB calls home in the near future.

In the 71 season history of FSU football, the Seminoles have played in some of the most iconic stadiums in all of college football – as well as some of the biggest and most expensive locals in the pro game. In addition, the Noles have also played games in some of the bigger name locations in another sport that plays mostly outdoors: baseball.

Florida State has taken part in Peach Bowl games at the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, where the Braves used to lose World Series at, along with the 2006 Emerald Bowl at the home of the San Francisco Giants and numerous regular season and bowl games inside what is now Hard Rock Stadium – where the now Miami Marlins spent 17 seasons ripping loyalty from their fans after winning titles.

Could FSU football be adding to that location list in the coming seasons? If they aren’t in the ACC title hunt, it’s a real possibility.

Currently, the conference has a tie in for the annual Pinstripe Bowl played inside the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx (which, as a diehard Yankees fan I wouldn’t mind at least one time – but as a South Floridan, I would mind the frigid late December temperatures) and there could be another one coming at one of the oldest stadiums in all of sports.

College football insider Brett McMurphy dropped news earlier this week that three more bowl games will be coming to the sport in the 2020 season – with FSU football now being a candidate for one of them thanks to a possible ACC tie-in.

Now, I am not one of those people who wants to keep everything from the north – I loved the idea of a cold weather Super Bowl when it was played in New Jersey a few years back – but I have to draw the line at another cold weather bowl game played outdoors. The Pinstripe Bowl is unique cause it’s New York City, but it’s still frozen in Chicago in April, so imagine in late December.

Would playing a football game in Chicago in an iconic locale be neat? Yes, I can agree with that. Is it something that many FSU football fans would be excited about and having to buy more layers of clothing just for one weekend? Not so much.

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Of course, the Seminoles could just keep winning the conference and go to either the Orange Bowl or the College Football Playoff to avoid that problem.