@Fishbits in all your years of covering the sport, can you think of a single injury that swung the fortunes of an entire program more significantly than the JT injury did for FSU?

So now what? Consolidation?

Florida State has been looking to add some firepower to its running back room.

The Seminoles hosted a running back on campus Friday that they are familiar with. Oklahoma transfer Gavin Sawchuk rushed for 100 yards on 15 carries when he faced FSU in the Cheez-It Bowl after the 2022 season. Now he is considering a transfer to the garnet and gold.

"Florida State's a great school," Sawchuk said of his visit. "Obviously I had experience playing them my freshman year and losing to them. The staff recruited me from high school so the opportunity to even reconnect with them and just have some of those same feelings and sentiment towards me when I entered the portal. It's just been great."

Sawchuk's entry into the portal was a little late in comparison to other running backs in the market. While Sawchuk was looking for what opportunities arose, Florida State was the first to reach out.

"I had my high school coach kind of helping me out and talking to some schools and seeing what the opportunity would be since it was so late (that I entered). They were first at the door," Sawchuk said.

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Sawchuk has also been in contact with West Virginia, Michigan State and a few other unnamed programs. Past his visit to Florida State, Sawchuk wants to make a decision quickly but does intend to see at least one other option.

"I want to make it quick. I don't really want to make this a super long process. I want to find a home," Sawchuk said. "I have a visit scheduled at West Virginia and I'm working on just finding some things with some other schools. But every chance I get, I'm just collecting my thoughts and figuring out where I want to be at."

Sawchuk is looking for a program where he can come in and compete right away with two years of eligibility remaining. After a 2023 season where he led the Sooners in rushing and rushing touchdowns, he had a slower 2024 and saw the Sooners bring in other options in the room this spring.

"I just want a place to compete at. I want to compete on the team; I want to compete against other schools. Play other schools, play top schools and have opportunity to go out there and grow. Be around coaches that are going to develop me and give me a chance to grow and become a better player," Sawchuk said.

Florida State's resume of producing running backs in recent memory has also sparked the interest from Sawchuk.

"They've produced running backs before and they're good at it. So the opportunity is definitely there for a running back to succeed. I've run all sorts of run schemes in my career. I love inside zone and they specialize in inside zone. They've done it. They've put it on paper and stats. It's just a matter of finding a running back that can do that as well," he said.

As of the time of this article, Sawchuk still plans to see West Virginia prior to making a decision.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The single-most important player to date of Mike Norvell's Florida State tenure has to be Jordan Travis.

Norvell, along with his first FSU offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, convinced Travis upon their arrival at FSU that he shouldn't give up football or make a position change like he was highly considering. They believed he was a quarterback.

The rest, as they say, is history. Travis led Norvell to his first win as FSU head coach in his third game and thus began one of the more unlikely careers in FSU football's storied history. Travis finished his FSU career as the program leader in career touchdowns responsible for (97) and career total offense (10,554 yards). He's second in FSU football history in career passing yards (8,644) and tied for second in career passing touchdowns (65) and career wins as a starting QB (28). He ranked fourth all-time in career rushing touchdowns (31) and 17th in career rushing yards (1,910), both over twice as much as any previous QB in program history.

He also won his last 15 starts as a Seminole, playing a bigger role than anyone in FSU's turnaround from 3-6 in 2020 to 13-1 in 2023.

Unfortunately, Travis' FSU career did not come to a deserving end. In the first quarter of FSU's 58-13 win over North Alabama on Nov. 18, 2023, Travis suffered a gruesome left leg injury which ended his FSU career. Three weeks later, Travis' injury was cited by the College Football Playoff committee as a reason why the undefeated Seminoles were left out of the CFP.

Even more unfortunately, it turns out that injury will mark the end of Travis' playing career as a whole. A fifth-round pick by the New York Jets in the 2024 NFL Draft, Travis announced on social media on Wednesday that he's been advised by doctors to medically retire having never played a down in the NFL.

"On November 18th, 2023, my life and career took an unexpected turn," Travis said in a statement. "I gave everything I had to the rehab process, but despite my efforts, my leg never responded the way we hoped. After much prayer and consultation with my doctors and medical team, I have been medically advised to retire from the game I love so deeply."

Speaking publicly for the first time since Travis' announcement at the Seminole Booster tour stop Thursday night in Atlanta, Norvell addressed Travis' tragic news.

"I love Jordan. Him and I have talked throughout this process and it's been hard to watch," Norvell said. "He's poured everything that he had into it. He's had great support around him. Unfortunately, medically he's not going to be able to play this game of football. That breaks my heart just because I got to watch him really from the beginning of his collegiate career, his steps to go and become one of the best players in all of college football, one of the great Florida State Seminoles of all time."

It's unclear where Travis' career goes from here after an unexpectedly brief NFL stint due to his setbacks. But given how much he speaks publicly about his love for the game of football, it's easy to believe the sport will remain a part of his life in some facet, even if it is no longer playing the game.

There's been some yet unfounded speculation about the possibility of Travis ending up back on staff at FSU or on Dillingham's staff at Arizona State if he were to be open to exploring the coaching route. Norvell didn't make any such comment on that matter Thursday. Instead, he simply expressed extreme confidence that Travis will be successful in whatever is next on his journey.

"Jordan is going to be great. He's going to continue to make an impact. I talked to him (Wednesday) just after the announcement came out and I told him that he's got an entire family of Florida State Seminoles that are here supporting him through this," Norvell said. "He's going to continue to do rehab as he's getting through the rest of this process and then I'm looking forward to what the next step in his future, in his career is going to be. It's going to be really special."

Four months out from the start of the 2025 season, we still don’t know exactly how college football rosters are going to be shaped – or compensated – this upcoming season.

It’s been believed for some time now that the pending NCAA-House settlement would go into effect July 1 and bring college athletics into the revenue-sharing era with schools permitted to distribute as much as $20.5 million each year to its athletes and increase the size of scholarship rosters.

However, just two months out from that date, nothing as of yet remains in stone. Judge Claudia Wilken hasn’t yet made a ruling and the two sides haven’t yet reached a settlement. So nothing is set in stone, leaving things a bit up in the air as final roster-building tweaks are underway at FSU and across the country in the post-spring transfer portal window.

The expectation has long been that the roster size in college football would simultaneously increase and decrease in size to 105 players. It’s a larger scholarship roster, up from 85 if teams choose to put more players on scholarship. But it’s a smaller roster overall, forcing teams to be pickier about which walk-on players it wants to retain in this new era.

In a hearing on April 21, Wilken expressed concern about how this overall roster restriction could force players currently on rosters to be removed, something that has already been occurring either voluntarily or by force across the country. As such, she suggested the two sides agree on a grandfathering-in clause which would allow any such players to be able to stay with the team and for teams to exceed the 105-player limit until these players run out of eligibility.

While Wilken has since said she would sign off on the settlement if this clause is agreed upon, the two sides haven’t yet agreed to add such a clause.

And so, the settlement is still not finalized, leaving things up in the air.

“The house settlements, there are so many dynamics that are still up in the air with potential rosters, grandfathering,” FSU head coach Mike Norvell said Thursday. “What's that gonna look like?”

FSU’s online roster, which has removed players who have entered the transfer portal after spring camp, currently sits at 90 total players. It doesn’t include the four current transfer commits, nor the eight high-school signees set to join the team this summer.

That brings the roster to 102 players at the moment.

If this settlement indeed goes into effect before July and the 2025 season, that would leave FSU with three roster spots left. However, the grandfather clause could potentially give FSU more roster spots for any eligible players.

FSU went into the offseason building its roster around the expected 105-player limit. That remains the case for the Seminoles as they evaluate additional players that could join the program this summer through the transfer portal.

“We went into it with the approach of the 105, but understanding that there's going to be some flexibility. There are some areas where we could be fluid in just our roster count right now, and what we're looking at,” Norvell said. “I think there's a couple of situations that could be great for added competition, added impact players at a position. We're definitely going to look at that. I think that from what we saw this spring, there's a lot of excitement around our program, about the guys that we have on this team. But as you go through a season, you want to put everybody in the best position to achieve. That’s depth, competition, playmaking ability, making sure you're finding the right guys that can bring that edge and desire to go be the best that this football team can be. That's one of the things that we'll always evaluate. Not to get into any real specific position, but we're evaluating all things.”

I have spoken to a couple of writers on the FSU beat and they do not think Mike Norvell can turn this ship around. They don't think he will make it past the 2026 season or possibly little longer.

Some of the red flags they have seen are high school recruiting. Just not good at. Also roster management.

What are your thoughts? Do you see Norvell here for at least another 5 years?

Just want to get your opinion.

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Kreul has set official visits to:

Colorado: May 2
Ohio State: May 30
Florida: June 7
Texas: June 13
Oklahoma: June 20

Florida State did not get an official visit, as I feared might happen. Following his visit for spring practice, I was skeptical that FSU would end up getting one of his official visits in the summer despite a good visit. After talking to some sources during the Rivals Camp in Miami, I thought FSU's chances were a little better than I did following the spring visit but it seems FSU didn't make a big enough push and he will not be OVing.

Anyone planting a garden, for the purpose of food?

What about chickens?

FSU sports information:

The No. 21/NR Florida State track and field teams completed the first day of the East Coast Relays on Friday in Jacksonville at Visit Jax at Hodges Stadium.

The women’s distance squad highlighted the day by taking the top five spots in the 1,500-meters. Suus Altorf led FSU crossing the line with a winning time of 4:14.74. Brooke Mullins finished behind Altorf in second place with a lifetime best at 4:18.69. Nicole Dinan took third with a time of 4:22.34. Bieke Schippren finished fourth with a personal best of 4:22.46. Emily Brown placed fifth at 4:23.58.

Austin Kleinman closed out his final regular season competition in the men’s hammer, placing third with a mark of 58.35m (191-05.00).

Shenese Walker led the Seminoles in the women’s sprints, earning a fifth-place finish in the 200 with a time of 23.42. Joella Lloyd rallied her second top 10 finish of the season, placing eighth at 23.72. Oludoyin Soremi collected her second consecutive personal bests in 16th with a time of 24.14.

Neo Mosebi finished third in the men’s 200 with a time of 21.13. Amare Williams followed in sixth with a career best of 21.18.

Curtis Williams was victorious in the men’s long jump, winning with a mark of 7.83m (25-08.25). Zachary Cloud placed third in the men’s 1,500 with a lifetime performance of 3:44.43.

The Noles will resume action on Saturday with the men’s discus starting at 11 a.m.

-Women’s hammer throw:
Madison McGloin | 10th | 50.18m (164-07.00)
Zianna Curtis |12th |49.97m (163-11.00)
-Men’s hammer throw:
Austin Kleinman | 3rd | 58.35m (191-05.00)
Cooper Crowell | 5th | 54.20m (177-10.00)
Jackson Hamilton | 7th | (174-03.00; PB)
-Women’s long jump:
Oluwadara Soremi | 6th | 5.89m (19-04.00)
Azharia Jones | 8th | 5.85m (18-09.75)
Me’Yauney Peoples | 24th | 5.22m (17-01.50)
-Men’s long jump
Curtis Williams | 1st | 7.83m (25-08.25)
Jaiden Rollins | 6th | 7.34m (24-01.00)
-Women’s 400-meter hurdles:
Takiyah Ferguson | 15th | 1:03.50
-Women’s 200-meters:
Shenese Walker | 5th | 23.42
Joella Lloyd | 8th | 23.72
Oludoyin Soremi | 16th | 24.14 (PB)
-Men’s 200-meters
Neo Mosebi | 3rd | 21.13
Amare Williams | 6th | 21.18 (PB)
-Men’s 1,5000-meters:
Zachary Cloud | 3rd | 3:44.43
Tanner Simonds | 3rd | 4:06.07
-Women’s 1,5000-meters:
Suus Altorf | 1st | 4:14.74
Brooke Mullins | 2nd | 4:18.69 (PB)
Nicole Dinan | 3rd | 4:22.34
Bieke Schipperen | 4th | 4:22.46 (PB)
Emily Brown | 5th | 4:23.58
Elizabeth Barlow | 10th | 4:30.68
Lauren Mahan | 26th | 4:45.60
-Women’s 5,000-meters:
Leah Taylor | 3rd | 17:01.76
Lily Moore | 17th | 17:56.27
Ella Menke | 25th | 18:25.72
-Men’s 5,000-meters:
Finn Thomas | 3rd | 14:37.10
Garrett Stickley |7th | 14:55.72
Bernardo Barnhart | 27th | 16:17.53

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The No. 9 Florida State softball team (43-7, 17-2) needed one win this weekend to secure its 15th ACC Regular Season Championship, and it wasted no time picking up the win with a dominant 13-4 victory over No. 15 Virginia Tech (39-9, 17-5) on Friday night in front of a packed Tech Softball Park.

Coach Lonni Alameda has now won eight ACC Regular Season Championship, all coming in the last 11 seasons. Friday marked FSU's 34th combined ACC Championships (19 Tournament, 15 Regular Season) which is the most combined conference championships of any program in the country. FSU has now earned the No. 1 seed in next week's ACC Tournament in Brighton, Massachusetts, on the campus of Boston College.

Two-out hitting was the story early on for FSU's offense. After the first two batters of the game went down in order, Jaysoni Beachum beat out a throw for an infield single. Katie Dack was hit by pitch, Michaela Edenfield walked to load the bases for Amaya Ross. Ross battled back from a 1-2 count to load the count, and on the seventh pitch of the at bat, Ross hit one just in front of the center fielder to score two.

The Hokies got their leadoff runner on in the first, but the Noles turned a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning.

The second inning followed the same script as the first as the Noles used another two-out rally with Isa Torres hitting a two-out single. Torres stole second, and Jahni Kerr singled to center to bring home Torres to make it 3-0.

The Noles got another two-out run in the third, as Ross singled, Angelee Bueno walked and Hallie Wacaser was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Ashtyn Danley. Danley hit a slow roller to third and beat out the throw to pick up the RBI to make it 4-0.

The Hokies got one back in the third and had runners on the corners with one out, but Danley got a strikeout and a groundout to end the inning.

The Noles got back to work in the fourth as Beachum drew a walk, and Edenfield smoked a no doubter home run to right center to put the Noles up 6-1.

The Hokies got a run back in the fourth, but Danley once again worked out of a jam with runners on the corners to keep the Hokies at distance.

Bueno led off the fifth inning with a double that hit the top of the wall and was just inches short of a home run. Annie Potter came in to run for Bueno and immediately stole third. Wacaser hit a fly ball deep enough to score Potter to get the run back.

The Hokies led off the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff home run, but the Noles got right back to work in the sixth as Beachum walked, Dack singled and Edenfield walked to load the bases for Ross who picked up her third RBI of the day on a sac fly. Potter laid down a great bunt and beat the throw to pick up a RBI. Danley singled up the middle to put the Noles up 10-3 heading to the seventh inning.

Kerr led off the seventh inning with a solo shot to right field. Ross picked up another sac fly to score Beachum, and Potter hit another infield single to pick up her second RBI and put the Noles up 10.

Danley pitched a complete game to improve to 11-1 this season.

The teams will return to play at 4 p.m. Saturday on the ACC Network.

Florida State (31-9, 12-6 ACC) plays host to Clemson (36-10, 13-8) in a top-5 matchup on the first weekend of May at Dick Howser Stadium beginning on Friday. The game begins at 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

Junior left-hander Jamie Arnold (5-1, 2.39 ERA) is on the mound for FSU. Sophomore right-hander Aidan Knaak (6-1, 4.80 ERA) is on the mound for Clemson.

As a note, Chip Baker is set to be an analyst on Friday's game and Sunday's game. Devon Travis will be the analyst for Saturday's game on ACC Network, although I'm not sure if he will be remote or in-person.

FSU is 4-3 against top-25 opponents, with victories over Va. Tech being most of the positives.

Alex Lodise leads FSU with a .440 batting average, 74 hits, 53 RBI, 15 doubles and 135 total bases and is second with 14 home runs. Lodise has been on base in all but three of FSU's 40 games this season. Very impressive.

Jarren Purify leads Clemson with a .311 batting average. Cam Cannarella has 14 doubles.

In the series, FSU leads 83-77-1. That includes a 45-23-1 in FSU's favor at Dick Howser Stadium.

We'll have lineups and updates from Howser shortly.

After the PGA TOUR teamed up last week for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, it heads back to Texas for THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch – which underwent a hearty renovation led by 21-time PGA TOUR winner Lanny Wadkins after last year’s tournament.
This is the final event for those looking to qualify for the next Signature Event on the calendar, the Truist Championship, via the Aon Swing 5 and Aon Next 10.
The field is highlighted by world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who returns to THE CJ CUP after not playing last year – and who is looking to find the winner’s circle for the first time in 2025.

Here’s everything else you need to know as the TOUR returns to the Dallas metroplex.
FIELD NOTES: Scottie Scheffler is making his first appearance at THE CJ CUP since 2023 and sixth in his TOUR career. Scheffler has five top 10s already this season, including three in a row and a fourth at the Masters in his title defense. The last time Scheffler teed it up at TPC Craig Ranch, he finished T5 after opening with rounds of 64-64. … Fellow Texan Jordan Spieth is back in action at TPC Craig Ranch after missing the cut last year. Spieth has had some solid results at this course before, however, finishing T9 in 2021 and then runner-up the next year to K.H. Lee, falling short by just one stroke. Spieth has two top 10s so far this year. … Rounding out the notable Texas trio is Will Zalatoris, who has had a steady if unspectacular 2025 campaign. Zalatoris has missed just one cut so far in 2025 in nine tournaments but has yet to record a top-10 finish. … Taylor Pendrith returns to defend his title at THE CJ CUP, looking to become the first golfer since K.H. Lee to go back-to-back. Lee was the first golfer to successfully defend his title at this tournament since Tom Watson, who won three in a row from 1978-1980. Pendrith used his victory last year to springboard himself to the TOUR Championship for the first time, along with earning a spot on the Presidents Cup team. … Sungjae Im comes into THE CJ CUP off back-to-back impressive results at some big-time events. Im, the other top-20 ranked golfer in the world this week alongside Scheffler, finished T5 at the Masters and T11 at the RBC Heritage. … Christo Lamprecht earned his way into the field after being named the 2024 Byron Nelson Award recipient as a graduating senior at Georgia Tech. Lamprecht has two top-five finishes so far this year on the Korn Ferry Tour, including a T2 at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard. This will be his first start on TOUR in 2025.
HIGHEST-RANKED PLAYERS IN THE FIELD
SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS: Noah Kent is set to make his third start on the PGA TOUR this season after also teeing it up at the Texas Children’s Houston Open and the Masters. Kent, a sophomore at Florida, earned his Masters invite via finishing runner-up at the U.S. Amateur last summer. He missed the cut at Augusta National and in Houston. … Seventeen-year-old Kris Kim of England will tee it up on TOUR for the second time after making his debut at this event last year. He is the son of former LPGA Tour player Ji-Hyun Suh and went unbeaten in four matches at the Junior Ryder Cup in Rome in 2023. At just 16, Kim made the cut last year. … Tommy Morrison will make his non-major PGA TOUR debut after finishing T60 at The Open Championship last year. Morrison, a Dallas native, is a junior at the University of Texas. He was third on the team in scoring average last season as a sophomore. … Seungbin Choi is making his PGA TOUR debut after a very solid KPGA Tour career, including winning the KPGA Championship in 2023. Choi told Korean media: “I’ve dreamed of playing on the PGA TOUR since I was young, and I’m excited to compete on a bigger stage through THE CJ CUP.” … University of Texas alum Pierceson Coody along with TOUR winners Chesson Hadley, Martin Laird, Zach Johnson, Chez Revie and Kevin Tway round out the sponsor invites.
SIGNATURE EVENT STORYLINES: THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson is the final event before the Truist Championship. … Andrew Novak, after his win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, leads the Aon Next 10. … Min Woo Lee holds onto the No. 10 spot by a mere four points over Harris English. … With his win at Corales, Garrick Higgo continues to top the Aon Swing 5. … On the back of his T4 alongside Karl Vilips at the Zurich Classic, Michael Thorbjornsen sits second in the standings while the Højgaard twins, Rasmus and Nicolai (after finishing runner-up at TPC Louisiana), are tied for third with 162.5 points. … Keith Mitchell (who finished T18 with J.T. Poston in New Orleans) sits on the No. 5 spot, just five points ahead of Frankie Capan III and Jake Knapp. All three are in the field at TPC Craig Ranch.
COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: With his maiden PGA TOUR victory (alongside Ben Griffin), Andrew Novak jumped from No. 15 to No. 6 in the standings, bumping J.J. Spaun to No. 11. … The rest of the TOUR TOP 10 remained the same last week, with Rory McIlroy continuing to grow his lead over No. 2 Justin Thomas thanks to his T12 in his title defense (alongside Shane Lowry) in New Orleans.
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 FedExCup points.
COURSE: TPC Craig Ranch, par 71, 7,569 yards. The club underwent a massive renovation after last year’s tournament, led by 21-time PGA TOUR winner Lanny Wadkins and his design firm. The changes have completely overhauled the course, incorporating new turf varieties on both the fairways and greens, while also replacing a 20-plus-year-old irrigation system.
The par-5 fifth has been lengthened to now play over 630 yards, while the par-4 eighth will play longer than 500 yards. Twenty yards have been added to the par-4 10th, 10 yards have been added to No. 11, and 30 yards have been added to No. 14.
72-HOLE RECORD: 259, Steven Bowditch (2015 at TPC Four Seasons). Bowditch was 18-under after heavy rain turned TPC Four Seasons into a par-69 layout for the final three rounds.

• TPC Craig Ranch record: 261, Jason Day (2023), Taylor Pendrith (2024)

18-HOLE RECORD: 60, Arron Oberholser (second round, 2006 at Cottonwood Valley GC), Keegan Bradley (first round, 2013 at TPC Four Seasons), Sebastián Muñoz (first round, 2022 at TPC Craig Ranch), S.Y. Noh (first round, 2023 at TPC Craig Ranch)
LAST TIME: Taylor Pendrith won for the first time on the PGA TOUR thanks to a steady final day at TPC Craig Ranch and an ill-timed bogey from Ben Kohles. Kohles, who had made birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 Sunday, had 5 feet for a closing par on the par-5 18th – after hitting a poor chip with his third shot – and missed it by just inches. Pendrith was 41 feet away for eagle and cozied it up to just a couple feet (“the straightest putt” he’d had all season, Pendrith’s caddie would tell him), and he calmly rolled it in for a one-shot victory. The Canadian got himself into contention with a Saturday 63 and held the 54-hole lead. He shot a 4-under 67 in the finale. Kohles was second alone, with Alex Noren in third.

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Congratulations again to last weeks winner @Bobcat07

Another big week, another change at the top.
@FSU & Golf with a second place finish moves into the top spot of the overall lead



Good luck to everyone this week

Post from FSU. I know jersey number retirement has established criteria, but maybe an exception can be made.
@JerryKutz I nominate you as the flag bearer for this cause!!!!

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GO NOLES!!!

On Friday's edition of the Osceola's Seminole Sidelines, Patrick Burnham and Nick Carlisle give all of the latest updates on the transfer portal additions and visits at FSU in the last few days as well as those expected to depart this weekend.

Bob Ferrante also joins the group as we also give our thoughts on a potential running back addition, what it would mean to the room.

We also take a big-picture look at FSU's receiver room, which has lost three targets in Hykeem Williams, Jalen Brown and Jordan Scott.

And we wrap the show with a preview of a top-5 matchup in baseball between FSU and Clemson, a three-game series that begins on Friday.

Thanks to Seminole Sidelines' sponsors: Alumni Hall and Mowrey Law Firm.

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With the portal opening today and with Mike Norvell saying in his Tuesday presser that they are open to adding players to the roster for next season via the portal here are some guys who have either entered the portal or intend to enter the portal in the next ten days that FSU could or should have an interest in my opinion.

Committed
Cornerback Jeremiah Wilson - Houston
Quarterback Jaylen King - Eastern Tennessee State
Offensive Tackle Ja'Eylne Matthews - Rutgers
Offensive Tackle Josh Raymond - Vanderbilt

Interested from or offered by Florida State:
Safety John Slaughter- Tennessee (signed with Colorado)
WR Treyshun Hurry- San Jose State (has been officially offered by FSU)
WR Keelan Marion- BYU (has been officially offered by FSU)
WR Xavier Loyd-Illinois State (signed with Missouri)
OL Jamarion Kennedy-La Tech (signed with Wake Forest)
S Zaquan Patterson-Miami (been in contact)

Visiting (known or reported visit dates):
OT Josh Raymond - Vanderbilt
WR Tony Johnson
ETSU QB Jaylen King
Monmouth EDGE Miles Mitchell
Rutgers OT Ja'Elyne Matthews
WR Gavin Blackwell
Rutgers LB Mohamad Toure (possibly Thursday)
Grand Valley State OT Jaylin Caldwell
USC Safety Jarvis Boatright Jr.

Saw where we might be getting Gavin Sawchuk from OU. I’m sure many remember him running on us. He is def a solid back with speed. He looks a lot like Jaylin Lucas but better in the YAC area. Would be a nice get but I’m guessing we may be losing someone!?!

Admittedly, I was all in on last year's offense before the season started. The experience returning on the O-line was what had my really buy into it more than anything. . .well. . .we all know how that played out. Looking back, we saw that they really weren't that good on the undefeated team the year before, but no reason to beat that horse anymore.

Fast forward this year. We have a new O-line coach, a proven guy with a history of producing solid line play. We have an offensive coordinator who has been able to produce an offense that could run the ball at every place he has been. We look to have some experience, size, and improved talent at the position (at least with the starting 5). We have a QB with elite mobility.

I won't go all in on the kool aid again, I've learned my lesson from last season, and I think we are all a little jaded and apprehensive.

BUT!!!! Could this FINALLY be the year where we have an offensive line that can play? Of course it would be great to have a dominant line, but really, aren't we all just asking for competence? Maybe in the years to come Hand can build a O-line that we can build an entire team around, but for now, I'd just like to see them win more battles than they lose, open a hole every now and then, and basically don't just be a complete liability.

Is this the year where our line play finally turns around???

FSU sports information:

Florida State women’s golf head coach Amy Bond has been named the ACC Coach of the Year, junior All-American Mirabel Ting has been named the ACC Golfer of the Year, and Ting and fellow All-American Lottie Woad have earned All-ACC honors in a vote by the conferences’ 15 head coaches.

In a history-making season, the Seminoles won their first-ever ACC championship, earned a No. 1 seed in an NCAA regional for the first time, and are currently ranked No. 3 in the nation. They are tied for the most team championships in the country with six, led the nation with seven top-three team finishes, and lost to only eight teams across 11 events. With seven individual wins, 17 top-three individual finishes, and multiple All-ACC selections - including the winners of the conference's top two awards - this level of recognition feels more than fitting.

Bond, who is in her 15th season as Florida State’s head coach, was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second time. She also won the award in 2017. Bond’s honor marks the third time a Florida State coach has been named as the ACC Coach of the Year.

Ting is the second consecutive Florida State player and the fourth Seminole to be named the ACC Golfer of the Year. Current Seminole Lottie Woad was named as the ACC Golfer of the Year in 2024. Beatrice Wallin won the award in 2021 and Frida Kinhult shared the award in 2019.

A Florida State player has been named as the ACC Golfer of the Year in four of the last six years since Kinhult was honored as the Seminoles’ first ACC Golfer of the Year in 2019. Each of the Seminoles’ four ACC Golfers of the Year – Ting, Woad, Wallin, and Kinhult – have been recruited and coached by Bond, who was named the head coach at her alma mater in 2010.

“To be honored as the ACC Coach of the Year is very humbling,” said Bond. “When I think of all the players, assistant coaches, and administrators who have believed in Florida State golf since I was a player, I get very emotional. I am very thankful for their confidence in our ability to guide our program to the levels we have achieved.”

Ting is the ACC’s winningest golfer this season with five victories. She defeated both of her opponents during match play at the ACC Championship as the Seminoles win their ACC title.

Ting is the No. 1 ranked golfer in the NCAA and No. 2 in the WAGR. She is the national leader in individual wins with five (Folds of Honor, Schooner Fall Classic, Collegiate Invitational, Briar's Creek Invitational, Florida State Match Up) and helped lead the Seminoles to the team championships at the Schooner Fall Classic, Collegiate Invitational, Briar's Creek Invitational, Florida State Match Up, and the ACC Championship. Ting enters the NCAA Lexington Regional Championship with a career-best 68.63 stroke average.

“Being named the ACC Golfer of the Year means a lot to me as a player and person,” said Ting. “I have worked the entire year to put myself in position to achieve this incredible honor, but there is lots of work still to be done. Big thanks to my coaches, Amy, Ryan, and Matt for their unwavering support and believing in my game and also to my teammates for being around me, cheering, supporting, and giving me positive support. An award like this wouldn’t happen without my teammates. I look forward to playing with the girls and hopefully achieving more as a team.”

Both Ting and Woad were both named to the All-ACC Team for the second year in a row. It marks the ninth consecutive season at least two Seminoles have earned All-ACC honors and the fourth time in program history that the same two Seminoles have earned All-ACC honors in consecutive years (Matilda Castren and Kim Metraux in 2016 and 2017; Charlotte Heath and Beatrice Wallin in 2021 and 2022, Heath and Amelia Williamson in 2022 and 2023 and now Woad and Ting in 2024 and 2025).

Woad is the No. 1 golfer in the WAGR and the No. 2 ranked golfer in the NCAA. She has earned individual championships at the Landfall Tradition and Moon Invitational, finished in the top three in eight of her nine collegiate events as a junior, and finished in third place in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April. Woad won the championship of the ANWA in 2024 and finished in third place in 2025.

Woad (-36 strokes under par for her junior season) and Ting (-60 strokes under par for her junior season) are a combined 96 strokes under par for the year.

The ACC Champion Seminoles are the No. 1 seed in the 2025 NCAA Lexington (Ky.) Regional and will play in the championship May 5-7 at the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville (Ky.) Florida State is the top seed in a regional for the first time in program history. The Seminoles are tied for 2nd in the Mizuno/WGCA Coaches Poll and No. 3 in the most recent NCAA poll by Scoreboard-Clippd.

The Seminoles' selection to the NCAA Lexington Regional Championship marks the 19th consecutive season the program has competed in an NCAA Regional – every year since 2006.

2025 All-ACC Women’s Golf Team
Mirabel Ting, Florida State
Lottie Woad, Florida State Andie Smith, Duke
Megan Streicher, North Carolina
Marie Madsen, NC State
Mackenzie Lee, SMU
Megha Ganne, Stanford
Paula Martín Sampedro, Stanford
Meja Örtengren, Stanford
Andrea Revuelta, Stanford
Kelly Xu, Stanford
Amanda Sambach, Virginia
Carolina Chacarra, Wake Forest
Chloe Kovelesky, Wake Forest
Macy Pate, Wake Forest

2025 ACC Coach of the Year
Amy Bond, Florida State

2025 ACC Golfer of the Year
Mirabel Ting, Florida State

2025 ACC Freshman of the Year
Meja Örtengren, Stanford

Florida State’s All-Time All-ACC Selections
1992, Erica Firnhaber
1993, Marie-Josee Rouleau
1994, Karen Stupples
1995, Karen Stupples
1998, Amy Bond
2001, Kristin Tamulis, Louise Wright
2002, Kristin Tamulis
2003, Kristin Tamulis
2004, Caroline Larsson, Katie Quinney
2005, Jaclyn Burch
2006, Caroline Westrup
2007, Caroline Westrup
2008, Caroline Westrup
2009, Caroline Westrup
2010, Lacy Agnew, Macarena Silva
2011, Maria Salinas
2012, Maria Salinas
2013, Jessica Negron
2014, Matilda Castren, Alex Milan
2015, Lydia Gumm
2016, Matilda Castren, Kim Metraux
2017, Matilda Castren, Lydia Gumm, Kim Metraux, Morgane Metraux
2018, Amanda Doherty, Morgane Metraux
2019, Frida Kinhult, Beatrice Wallin
2020, None selected
2021, Charlotte Heath, Beatrice Wallin
2022, Charlotte Heath, Beatrice Wallin, Amelia Williamson
2023, Charlotte Heath, Lottie Woad, Amelia Williamson
2024, Mirabel Ting, Lottie Woad
2025, Mirabel Ting, Lottie Woad

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No. 8 seed Florida State (26-12) extended its season Friday with a 3-1 win over No. 9-seed Long Beach State (27-12) in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Seminoles will next play top-seeded UCLA in the first quarterfinal Saturday at 9 a.m. Eastern.

The 47-minute match started with the Seminoles winning the opening set on three courts and taking a quick 1-0 lead when Makenna Wolfe and Myriah Massey beat Demi Wagdy and Megan Widener on Court 4, 21-14, 22-20. The Beach responded quickly with a 21-12, 21-15 win on Court 3 to even things up.

Gella Andrew and Maddie Trusty won in straight sets on Court 2, 21-18, 22-20, before FSU’s freshman pair of Kenzie Hultquist and Jordan Boulware clinched the match for the Noles, 23-21, 21-19 on Court 5. Hultquist and Boulware faced set point before rallying to win the opening set en route to the victory.

On Court 1, Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig split the first two sets with LBSU, 18-21, 21-19 and led 4-2 in the third before the match was called.

Florida State improved to 2-0 this season against Long Beach State, also beating the Beach 3-1 in late March at the LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Next up for Florida State is a match against No. 1 UCLA, 3-0 winners over 16-seed Chattanooga in the first round. The Bruins won both matches against the Seminoles in the regular season, 5-0 in Los Angeles and 4-1 in Baton Rouge. Due to weather, Saturday’s match will begin at 9 Eastern (8 Central) and can be seen on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

#8 Florida State 3, #9 Long Beach State 1

1. Alexis Durish/Audrey Koenig (FSU) vs. Malia Gementera/Taylor Hagenah (LBSU), 18-21, 21-19, 4-2, unf.
2. Gella Andrew/Maddie Trusty (FSU) def. Julia Westby/Haley Carrington (LBSU), 21-18, 22-20
3. Skyler Germann/Natalie Glenn (LBSU) def. Bailey Higgins/Carra Sassack (FSU), 21-12, 21-15
4. Makenna Wolfe/Myriah Massey (FSU) def. Demi Wagdy/Megan Widener (LBSU), 21-14, 22-20
5. Kenzie Hultquist/Jordan Boulware (FSU) def. Tineke Hinton/Mahala Esser (LBSU), 23-21, 21-19

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The No. 20 Florida State men’s tennis team kicked off its NCAA Team Championship run with a 4-0 sweep over Samford. The Seminoles advance to the second round for a seventh consecutive season.

Jamie Connel and Jan Sebesta debuted on Court 2 and rose to the occasion of the postseason with a 6-1 performance to secure their sixth career win. Court 1 featured the debut of All-Americans Youcef Rihane and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif as a pairing, and they stormed away quickly to win 6-2 to seal the doubles point.

Corey Craig began his tournament with a dominant display on Court 1. The No. 14 player in the nation blanked his opponent in the first set 6-0 before cruising away to a 6-2 second frame and made a statement. Craig won his first career singles match in NCAA Championship play.

Close behind, Youcef Rihane found his rhythm on Court 5 and pushed out to a large lead before clinching the first frame 6-2. The senior’s form continued into the next set, securing a 6-1 second set to put the Seminoles within touching distance. Rihane won his first match of the season on Court 5, becoming the only player on the team with singles wins on Courts 3-6.

After dropping the first set on Court 3, Erik Schiessl rebounded with a fiery comeback. Schiessl cruised through the second set 6-2 before dealing out another crushing 6-1 frame to seal the sweep. The sophomore claimed his first NCAA Championship match victory as a Seminole and clinched the team match point in two of the last three matches.

The Seminoles are 16-0 against teams ranked outside the top 25 and have claimed 10 match sweeps this campaign.

Florida State advanced to the NCAA Team Championship second round and registered its 22nd victory as a program in the competition. FSU will await the winner of South Carolina/VCU. The second round duel is slated for Saturday at 10 a.m. Live video and stats will be available on Seminoles.com.

#20 Florida State 4, Samford 0
Singles Competition:

1. #14 Corey Craig (FSU) def. Sandeep Mohandoss (SAMF) 6-0, 6-2
2. #44 Jamie Connel (FSU) vs. Darcy Nicholls (SAMF) 1-6, 7-5, 1-0, unfinished
3. Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Hayden Menon (SAMF) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
4. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. J.B. Pickard (SAMF) 7-6 (6), 3-2, unfinished
5. Youcef Rihane (FSU) def. Sebastian Harrison (SAMF) 6-2, 6-1
6. Azariah Rusher (FSU) vs. Will Gray (SAMF) 5-7, 3-4, unfinished

Doubles Competition:

1. Youcef Rihane/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) def. J.B. Pickard/Darcy Nicholls (SAMF) 6-2
2. Jamie Connel/Jan Sebesta (FSU) def. Santiago Arredondo/Sandeep Mohandoss (SAMF) 6-1
3. Corey Craig/Erik Schiessl (FSU) vs. Vitorio Sardinha/Sebastian Harrison (SAMF) 3-3, unfinished

Florida State (19-8, 9-4 ACC) | Stanford (19-6, 6-1 Southern)
Order of Finish: Doubles (2, 1); Singles (1, 5, 3)

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After a midweek off for final exams, the final three-week stretch of the Florida State baseball season begins this weekend in Tallahassee.

The No. 5 Seminoles (31-9, 12-6 ACC) host No. 3 Clemson (36-10, 13-8) for a three-game series at Dick Howser Stadium, which begins Friday at 6 p.m.

While FSU is coming off a series loss to Louisville, it still enters the weekend as the projected No. 3 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament according to D1Baseball. That is, in large part, because FSU hosts Clemson and North Carolina — the two other teams currently projected as top-eight overall seeds — at Howser over the final three weeks of the regular season.

"Late in the year, it's very advantageous to play at home. These weekends are critical that we get more down the stretch and we understand that..." FSU assistant coach Brad Vanderglas said Thursday. "We've done an unbelievable job building the atmosphere, bringing the energy each time we've been at home. Obviously haven't had a home weekend here in a little while. It being graduation weekend, they're dialing up the Marching Chiefs (for Friday's game)...

"I know (FSU director of program development) Randy Burdette and his team of people have been working on these last few weekends for many, many weeks, just making sure that the crowd is engaged, ready to roll, and the guys feed off it. Make no mistake, our guys love playing at home. It's fun for the hitters, kind of hearing that crowd noise, the pitchers get dialed up after a big moment."

Clemson was among the last teams nationally that hadn't lost a weekend series entering last week. However, the Tigers head to Tallahassee coming off being swept at NC State by a combined score of 26-7.
That dropped Clemson from first in the ACC standings to fifth entering the FSU series. The Seminoles are second in the ACC standings behind the Wolfpack.

While FSU ace Jamie Arnold was excellent last Friday at Louisville (career-high 7.2 innings pitched, season-high 11 strikeouts, two runs on six hits), the rest of the FSU pitching staff again struggled in the final two games of the series. Louisville tagged FSU's pitchers for 23 runs over the final two games, with the bullpen allowing 14 of those runs (all earned) over five innings for a gaudy ERA of 25.20.
FSU pitching coach Micah Posey talked Thursday about the bullpen's occasional struggles in ACC play and what he considers the biggest issues.

"The lows have been really low. We're not losing 5-4 games or 6-4. Whenever we're losing, we seem to be losing big. The biggest thing is as a reliever, when you put a guy in the game, you want to see him get that first guy (out)," Posey said. "You're bringing them in to get that first guy, and I don't know how successful we've been at that. It seems to take us two or three hitters to get adjusted, and then when you get adjusted, there might be a cheap hit or a big hit that seems to put up the crooked number. The biggest thing we're looking for is their ability to come in and get the first guy out and be fast starters As a reliever, you're not like a starter. You don't have the luxury of starting slow. We want to see them start fast."

While Clemson has won games at a high rate this season, its offensive numbers don't blow you away. The Tigers rank 12th in the ACC in batting average (.272), 10th in home runs (54), 12th in slugging percentage (.443). However, Clemson does rank sixth in the conference in on-base percentage (.410) because it ranks third in the ACC in walks (281).

"I think this lineup does a good job of working like as a tandem, as one unit. They do a good job of working at bats, walking, hit-by-pitch seems to be a big part of their game," Posey said. "They've got some guys
that can drive the ball of the ballpark, but it seems to me that they kind of hand at-bats off to each other, and they put together a bunch of quality at-bats in a row."

Here's a statistical comparison of FSU and Clemson entering this top-five series at Howser.