FSU football fans haven't had much to get excited about over the past nine months, and it seems like that sentiment received some gas on the fire.
FSU fans learned the 2025 season opener against Alabama would be a 3:30 p.m. ET kick-off time a few weeks ago. The fans were none too pleased about it, hoping it would be a primetime game.
However, that probably shouldn't have been the expectation coming off a 2-10 season and Alabama not winning 10 games for the first time in quite some time last year.
FSU fans learned the kick-off times for a few more games on Thursday:
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FSU will follow up a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff time against Alabama with a Noon kickoff time against East Texas A&M. That will be a game that likely wasn't going to draw a sizeable crowd, and it'll be even smaller now because fans don't want to cook in that Tallahassee heat in a game FSU will likely win by multiple touchdowns. I know FSU fans have no right to be picky after last year's debacle, but that Florida heat is no joke.
We know the Friday game against Virginia was going to be at night, which should help pull some decent viewership numbers on ESPN.
The other game FSU fans are complaining about the most is Stanford. The Noles will have to go out west for an extremely late kickoff for folks on the East Coast. However, that late start time could pay dividends for FSU since it will be the equivalent of playing a prime-time game back home.
The NC State game was going to be a night game since it's on a Friday night. There were no surprises there, but that atmosphere can get rowdy for away teams and FSU has struggled to win there historically.
Other than the East Texas A&M game, I don't think FSU fans can complain about too much coming off of a 2-10 season. The Alabama game will draw nice ratings at 3:30 p.m. and the night games will be opportunities where everyone can watch the Noles as a standalone product. Now all they have to do is deliver the goods.