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FSU football: Best things about landing in Cheez-It Bowl against Oklahoma

By Kelvin Hunt

Sep 18, 2021; Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell looks on from the sidelines during the second half against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Truist Field. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 18, 2021; Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell looks on from the sidelines during the second half against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Truist Field. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports /
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Location

FSU football hasn’t played at Camping World Stadium since their come-from-behind victory over Ole Miss to open the 2016 season.

The Noles will open the 2023 season in the same stadium against LSU. Those neutral site games have given FSU football fans the short end of the stick since they don’t get to experience the home atmosphere in Doak Campbell Stadium.

However, I suppose a bowl game in Orlando will serve as a replacement game for FSU fans. I’m sure some Oklahoma fans will make the trip, but the stadium should be a majority of FSU fans, which will serve as a quasi-home-field advantage for the Noles.

Plus, Orlando is easier to get to than Tallahassee from a traveling standpoint. The 5:30 p.m. start time will be right up FSU’s alley, which has played at night in the majority of their game this year.

We’ve nicknamed them the Box Office Boys because they’ve played in primetime so much. It’s not primetime per se, but the late start will likely mean the stadium will be near full capacity of around 60,000 fans.

That’s better than the reported 42,000 in the Sun Bowl in 2019.

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