Osceola and Renegade
The Osceola and Renegade mascots were conceived by Bill Durham, a Tallahassee businessman and Florida State alumnus. He came up with the concept of a horseback-riding Seminole mascot as early as 1962, when he was voted into the school's homecoming court. He returned to the idea in 1977, and won the support of Ann Bowden, wife of head football coach Bobby Bowden, who helped make the idea a reality. Durham contacted the Seminole Tribe of Florida about the project, and chairman Howard Tommie had tribe members make the first costume for Osceola. Durham provided the horse, while Bowden helped acquire the various permits necessary to allow a horse onto the field.
2013 Florida State Seminoles football team
Florida State ended the 2012 season, ranked #8 with a 12–2 record (7–1 in ACC play); they finished the season as champions of the ACC and BCS Orange Bowl champions. They were led by head coach Jimbo Fisher in his third year of head coaching. Eleven players from the 2012 team were taken in the 2013 NFL Draft.