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Florida State fired athletic director Michael Alford on Monday. The dismissal comes a week after FSU's 27-24 home loss to SMU and with the Seminoles sitting at 1-1 heading into a road test against No. 10 Alabama. Bruce Warwick, the program's senior associate athletics director, will run things on an interim basis while FSU conducts a national search for Alford's permanent successor. Whoever takes over inherits a department carrying real financial strain and a football program at a genuine crossroads. Here's an early look at some of the administrators worth watching as FSU works through the search.