FSU football starting quarterback Thomas Castellanos has already made headlines earlier in the offseason for some comments he made about FSU’s opponent in the 2025 season opener. I didn’t see anything wrong with his comments then.
He correctly stated that Alabama wasn’t the same Alabama led by Nick Saban. Saban retired, and Alabama won fewer games under first-year head coach Kalen Deboer than they had in the previous decade under Saban, including two bad losses against Vanderbilt and Oklahoma.
Castellanos spoke with the media following Wednesday's practice and made a comment that made some FSU fans raise their eyebrows:
"I think Coach White and our defense is the hardest defense I'll see all year, just because schematically and stuff like that and what they do.