TALLAHASSEE — Row by row, Florida State’s students moved lower and closer to the field. And when the final seconds ticked off the clock, with Tommy Castellanos taking a knee three times in a victory formation, the crowd poured onto the field at Doak Campbell Stadium in a raucous celebration.

FSU’s 31-17 upset of No. 8 Alabama on Saturday was the stunner of Week 1 of the 2025 college football season. Alabama was viewed as a contender for the College Football Playoff, and FSU was a two-touchdown underdog at home after a 2-10 season.

“We heard everything everybody said,” Castellanos said. “We just had that fuel to the fire.”

FSU’s boosters funded a massive renovation of Doak in the offseason, modernizing a 75-year-old stadium. What fans saw was a down-to-the-studs remodel of the FSU footba

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