From the NCAA:

Optional technology rules in football, effective for the 2024 season, were approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday.

In games involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams, each school will have the option to use coach-to-player communications through the helmet to one player on the field. That player will be identified by having a green dot on the back midline of the player's helmet.

The communication from the coach to the player will be turned off with 15 seconds remaining on the play clock or when the ball is snapped, whichever comes first.

For all three divisions, teams have the option of using tablets to view in-game video only. The video can include the broadcast feed and camera angles from the coach's sideline and coach's end zone.

Teams can have up to 18 active tablets for use in the coaching booth, sideline and locker room. Tablets cannot be connected to other devices to project larger additional images and cannot include analytics, data or data access capability or other communication access. All team personnel will be allowed to view the tablets during the game.

The Football Rules Committee, which met the last week of February, had a thorough discussion regarding wearable technologies.

The committee invites non-FBS conferences that are interested in using wearable technologies to submit an experimental proposal to the committee. Any proposals must be made to the committee by June 15.

Two-minute timeout​

The panel approved adding an automatic timeout when two minutes remain in the second and fourth quarters.

This rules change synchronizes all timing rules, such as 10-second runoffs and stopping the clock when a first down is gained in bounds, which coincides with the two-minute timeout.

First-down timing rules​

After a year of review, Division III committee members decided to adopt the timing rules where the game clock would continue to run when a first down is gained in bounds. The game clock will stop when a first down is gained during the last two minutes of either half. Division I and II schools used this timing rule last season.

Other rules changes​

• Allowing conferences the option of using a collaborative replay review system. This will be formally added to the rules book; it had been an experimental rule.
• Penalizing horse-collar tackles that occur within the tackle box as a 15-yard personal foul. Previously, a horse-collar tackle within the tackle box was not a foul.

Additionally, head coaches can conduct interviews with broadcast partners after the first and third quarters. This was allowed on an experimental basis last season and will be added as a permanent rule.

Uniforms​

The panel did not support a uniform rule proposal made by the Football Rules Committee. Panel members were not comfortable with on-field officials having to enforce the recommended rule.

The panel understands the rules committee's concern but encourages the committee to look for an administrative solution that does not include game official enforcement.

FSU sports information:

Florida State sophomore Lottie Woad is in a tie for 10th place, ranks as the low amateur, and will play over the weekend in her first career major championship as she continued her stellar play at the Chevron Championship at the Club at Carlton Woods. Woad has carded scores of 71-69 for a 36-hole total of 140 with 10 birdies. She is just one of 16 players in the field of 132 golfers at 4 under par or better in the LPGA’s first major championship of the year.

Woad is one of 73 players who made the cut and qualified for to play on Saturday and Sunday. She is one of just six amateur golfers who began play in the event and just one of two amateurs (Jasmine Koo who will attend Southern Cal in the fall of 2024) who made Friday’s cut.

“I’m feeling good,” said Woad after her round of 69 on Friday. “I’m playing well. I’d grade it pretty highly. I was just trying to make sure I made the weekend. That was my aim for this week. I didn’t know what position exactly, but I’m in a good position now so I’m going to keep trying to move up.”

Woad earned an exemption into the Chevron field by winning the 2024 Augusta National Amateur Championship on April 6.

“My goal wasn’t just to make the cut; I wanted to play the weekend,” Woad told the attending media at the Chevron. “I didn’t have a number in mind where I wanted to finish. I was trying to stick to my plan and shoot under par. But now, I’m only three back at the moment, I’m going to see how close I can get. I’m just trying to contend.”

The international field at the Chevron began play on Thursday with 34 major champions including Lydia Ko and Lilia Vu, 71 LPGA Tour winners and athletes from 26 different countries and regions. Woad is competing to lift the Dinah Shore Trophy, take a leap into the lake at The Club at Carlton Woods and solidify themselves as a major championship winner.

This year marks the 53rd official playing of The Chevron Championship. The tournament was first contested in 1972 and was elevated to major status in 1983.

“The last two weeks have definitely been a whirlwind,” said Woad. “I didn’t have a chance to let Augusta sink in, really. I obviously took a lot of confidence from Augusta so I’m just trying to use that for this week.”

Woad carded five birdies in her second round including two on her first six holes (and three on her first eight) to immediately go under par where she remained throughout the round. She closed with two birdies on her final eight holes and was a many as five strokes under during the round.

Woad, as the winner of the 2024 ANWA receives invitations to the next five ANWAs, the 2024 U.S. Women's Open, the 2024 Women’s Open, the 2024 Chevron Championship, the 2024 Evian Championship and any USGA, R&A and PGA of America amateur championships for which she is eligible for one year.

FSU sports information:

The No. 3 seed Florida State women’s tennis team (16-7) defeated the No. 6 seed and 20th-ranked Miami (10-7) 4-1 in the quarterfinal round of the ACC Championships at the Cary Tennis Park. FSU advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the 20th time in program history and first since 2019.

Due to inclement weather, the start of the match was delayed two-and-a-half hours.

The nation’s 27th-ranked pair pf Vic Allen and Millie Bisset kicked off doubles with a dominant 6-1 victory at No. 1 against the 29th-ranked Isabella Pfenning and Xinyi Nong.

Ellie Schoppe and Anna Arkadinaou clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win at No. 2 against Leonie Schuknecht and Antonia Balzert. Laura Putz and Cade Cricchio were up 4-3 at No. 3 when the doubles point was clinched.

Sophomore Millie Bissett extended the lead as she defeated Leonie Schuknecht 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4 singles.

The Hurricanes responded with a win at No. 2 singles to make the match 2-1.

Anna Arkadianou gave the Seminoles a 3-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles against Antonia Balzert and then Vic Allen clinched the match with a 6-3, 7-5 win over the 11th-ranked Alexa Noel to give the Seminoles the 4-1 victory.

Florida State is set to face No. 2 seed Virginia in the seminal round on Saturday at 2 p.m. Live stats and video will be available on Seminoles.com.

#23 Florida State 4, #20 Miami 1

Singles Competition
1. #28 Vic Allen (FSU) def. #11 Alexa Noel (UM) 6-3, 7-5
2. #63 Isabella Pfenning (UM) def. #33 Ellie Schoppe (FSU 6-4, 6-4
3. Anna Arkadianou (FSU) def. Antonia Balzert (UM) 6-4, 6-3
4. Millie Bissett (FSU) def. Leonie Schuknecht (UM) 6-3, 6-3
5. #108 Audrey Boch-Collins (UM) def. Kristyna Lavickova (FSU) 4-6, 3-1 unfinished
6. Xinyi Nong (UM) vs. Laura Putz (FSU) 6-4, 4-5 unfinished

Doubles Competition
1. #27 Vic Allen/Millie Bissett (FSU) def. #29 Isabella Pfenning/Xinyi Nong (UM) 6-1
2. Ellie Schoppe/ Anna Arkadianou (FSU)) def. Leonie Schuknecht/Antonia Balzert (UM) 6-2
3. Laura Putz/Cade Cricchio (FSU) vs. Alexa Noel/Boch-Collins (UM) 4-3 unfinished

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,2,3,1)

FSU sports information:

The No. 18 Florida State softball team (34-10, 13-3) picked up its eighth consecutive win and its 16th win in the past 17 games in a 6-0 win over Boston College (25-17, 5-11) on Friday afternoon at the Boston College Softball Field.

FSU got going early as Kaley Mudge drew a leadoff walk to put a runner on base for the Noles. Jaysoni Beachum then hit into a fielder's choice and stole second to put a runner in scoring position. Isa Torres stepped in with two outs and delivered with a single to put the Noles up 1-0.

FSU added two more runs in the top of the third as a Mudge single, a Beachum walk and a Kalei Harding single loaded the bases for Torres. She delivered with a hard-hit ball that bounced off the second baseman's glove to bring home two more runs.

Makenna Reid got the start for the Noles and went 2.1 innings allowing just two hits while striking out one. The Eagles threatened in the bottom of the third thanks to a two-out error that put runners on the corners, but Ashtyn Danley came in and got a groundout to end the inning.

Danley shut the Eagles down as she went 3.1 innings and did not allow a hit while striking out three. Danley was credited with the win to improve to 11-3 on the year. Mimi Gooden came in the final inning and retired the side in order.

FSU added an insurance run in the top of the sixth as Devyn Flaherty hit a ball that bounced off the center fielder's glove allowing Danely to score from first.

Beachum started the top of the seventh inning off with a bang as she hit her 11th home run of the season off the top of the scoreboard to make it 6-0. Danley added one more run with a double to score Annie Potter.

Saturday's game has been pushed back to 3 p.m. due to expected inclement weather in the morning.

No. 8 FSU (30-6, 10-5 ACC) begins a three-game series at No. 12 Wake Forest (24-12, 9-9) on Friday at 6 p.m. (ACC Network Extra).

LHP Jamie Arnold (7-1, ACC-leading 1.32 ERA) will take the mound for FSU.

Wake will send out right-hander Chase Burns (7-1, 3.00 ERA).

If you haven't yet, check out my story from this morning on Cam Leiter, Conner Whittaker and Ben Barrett as well as some thoughts on FSU's pitching.

We'll have starting lineups and updates below in the thread.

And if you're inclined to go two or three screens tonight, watch the spring football showcase preview show live at 5 p.m. as well as baseball or softball games as you enjoy the start of your weekend.

Watched UF spring game for a second time. DJ Lagway is the real deal. He is a program changing type player. He has big time talent. IMHO Napier should start him and try and get an extra year. Watching him play in the spring game was similar to what Jameis looked like his freshman season. His ability to push the ball down the field with accuracy and timing was quite impressive. I will say this, UF will be very difficult to beat in 2025-2026 with Lagway. Players like him can change the dynamics of a game quickly.

As for the rest of the Gator team...They are going to have to go out and get some players around him. I thought the DL got very little pressure on the QB's. Both Mertz and Lagway seemed to sit back and pick the defense apart. UF has some solid receivers, their run game will be ok. The secondary for the Gators will be the downfall this season. They are going to get torched a lot.

FSU sports information:

No. 2 seeded Florida State Men’s Golf has put itself in early position for the all-important match play sequence on Monday, finishing the opening round of the ACC Championship in fourth place at 4-under on Friday at Charlotte Country Club.

The current Top four on the leaderboard are Wake Forest (-13), North Carolina (-9), Georgia Tech (-6) and FSU (-4). The Seminoles will begin teeing off in Saturday’s second round of stroke play at 9 a.m.

Senior Frederik Kjettrup had a good opening-round performance, tying for sixth at 3-under. After starting off with a 37 on the front nine, he caught fire on the back end with a 31 that included four birdies and three in a row on holes 12-14.

Sophomore Luke Clanton continued his strong play, currently tied for 10th at 2-under. The Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist totaled three birdies and a bogey in the first round, providing the Seminoles what they needed to stay ahead.

Senior Brett Roberts gave FSU an even-par 71 performance, also adding three birdies. Of the 61 golfers playing, 34 of them shot at even par or lower.

Gray Albright added a 1-over 72 while Cole Anderson finished with a 3-over 74.

FSU’s 18 total birdies is tied for the second most in the field, capitalizing on several holes throughout the day.

Anderson tees off first for the Seminoles on Saturday at 9 a.m., followed by Albright (9:12 a.m.), Roberts (9:24 a.m.), Clanton (9:36 a.m.) and Kjettrup (9:48 a.m.). Saturday’s round can only be followed on Golfstat.com.

FSU sports information:

Alice Hodge is in a tie for 10th place in the individual standings, and the Florida State Women’s Golf team is in sixth place in the team standings after two rounds of the ACC Championship at the Porters Neck Country Club. Hodge earned a second-round score of 72 and leads the Seminoles with a two-round total of 142. Sophomore Mirabel Ting led the Seminoles with a second-round score of 70 and is in a tie for 16th place in the individual standings with a 36-hole total of 144.

Clemson maintained its lead in the team standings and begins the third and final round of stroke play with a three shot lead over No. 1 seeded Wake Forest. Clemson’s Isabella Rawl holds the individual lead after 36 of 54 holes of stroke play have been completed. Rawl has a two-round total of 138.

The individual leader after the third round of stroke play wins the ACC Women’s Golf individual title. The top four teams after the completion of stroke play on Saturday will move on to the match play semifinals and finals on Sunday.

Florida State begins play in the final round of stroke play only five strokes out of fourth place.

“We had a good finish today after not starting off as well as we would have liked in the morning,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “We managed to get a couple of birdies and an eagle late which will help us on Saturday. We knew we would have battle coming into the week, and we are in good shape going into tomorrow’s final round.”

Hodge moved herself into 10th place in the individual standings with an even par 72 in the second round and a two-round total of 142. She closed her round as well as any player in the 62-golfer field as she finished birdie-par-par-eagle to finish at even par. Over her back nine, she was four strokes under par with two birdies and her second career eagle in ACC Championship play.

Hodge has now scored seven eagles during her Florida State career. Her first eagle in ACC Championship play came in match play during the 2021 ACC Championship.

Hodge begins play on Saturday in the final stroke play round looking for her second carer top-20 finish in ACC Championship play. She finished in a tie for 16th place in the 2022 ACC Championship with scores of 69-73-78 for a three-round total of 220.

Ting led the Seminoles in the second round with an even par score of 70. Her two-round total of 144 has her in a tie for 16th place in the individual standings. Ting totaled a near clean card with three birdies, 17 holes played at par or better, and just one bogey. She was never above par and was as many as two strokes under par during the round.

Ting played her final 12 holes at 2 strokes under par with two birdies and 10 holes scored at par.

Senior Charlotte Heath, who is playing in her fourth career ACC Championship, is in a for 30th place in the individual standings with scores of 72-75 for a two-round total of 147. She has earned three top-10 finishes during her career in the ACC Championships.

Florida State will play in the first group of the day with NC State and North Carolina at 9 a.m. off of hole No. 1.

Atlantic Coast Conference Championship/April 18-21, 2024

Porters Neck Country Club/Wilmington, N.C./Par 72

6/12.-Florida State, 580

T10.-Alice Hodge, 142

T16.-Mirabel Ting, 144

T30.-Charlotte Heath, 147

T47.-Katherine Cook, 152

T59.-Madison Hewlett, 77

T59.-Kaylah Williams, 78

Atlantic Coast Conference Championship/April 18-21, 2024

Porters Neck Country Club/Wilmington, N.C./Par 72

1.-Clemson, 560

2.-Wake Forest, 563

3.-Virginia, 5871

4.-North Carolina, 575

5.-NC State, 579

6.-Florida State, 580

7.-Virginia Tech, 581

8.-Duke, 585

9.-Boston College, 586

T10.-Miami, 591

T10.-Louisville, 591

12.-Notre Dame, 597

FSU sports information:

Florida State Women’s Basketball will be spending its Thanksgiving at yet another tropical location, this time returning to the Paradise Jam held in St. Thomas at the U.S. Virgin Islands from Nov. 28-30, 2024.

The upcoming Paradise Jam is celebrating its 25th anniversary, with all games at the women’s tournament being played at the University of Virgin Islands Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center.

Florida State begins the tournament on Thanksgiving night against Texas Tech at 9 p.m. ET. FSU then faces Missouri State on Friday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m., and wraps up the tournament on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 9 p.m. against Gonzaga.

The Seminoles are playing in the Reef Tournament, while the other women’s group is playing in the Island Tournament and includes Pittsburgh, Kansas, Northern Iowa and Auburn.

FSU makes its third trip to the Paradise Jam, winning the tournament both times in 2002 and 2017. The Seminoles are 5-0 all-time playing in the U.S. Virgin Islands with wins over Saint Mary’s (2002), Dayton (2002), Winthrop (2017), Gonzaga (2017) and Michigan (2017).

FSU is coming off its 11th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance after going 23-11 overall and 12-6 in ACC play. The Seminoles return a strong nucleus to next year’s team in All-America guard Ta’Niya Latson, All-ACC forward Makayla Timpson and versatile guard O’Mariah Gordon – the team’s top three scorers from this past season.

Season ticket renewals will be available in June. Fans interested in purchasing 2024-25 season tickets can fill out a request form at seminoles.com/tickets.

If you have a ticket to this evening's event at the Moon, we look forward to seeing you soon.

Jerry's story on how to watch the live stream as well as how to bid on FSU memorabilia:

Our pre-spring showcase roundtable continues with a look at the FSU defense.

What defensive transfers and younger players are we excited to see tomorrow? How has this spring changed our perception of the FSU defense.

With the recent pledges of Husan Longstreet to Texas A&M and Ryan Montgomery to Georgia, 18 of the top 20 pro-style quarterbacks in the 2025 class are now committed. Still, many of them are either looking at other schools, taking other visits or coaches are trying to flip them. Here’s what Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney is hearing.

Florida State coach Link Jarrett delivered an optimistic outlook on his pitching staff and likely a sigh of relief from baseball fans who are curious when Cam Leiter, Conner Whittaker and Ben Barrett could return.

"Ben is throwing (bull)pens, Leiter is working his way back, Whitt is just resting right now," Jarrett said. "We'll figure it out. I see all three of those guys coming back (this year). Clearly that helps a lot. ... They're coming along. It's not going to happen this weekend. But they're coming along."

The long-term outlook is encouraging. The short-term outlook has No. 8 FSU (30-6, 10-5 ACC) shorthanded again in a three-game series at Wake Forest (24-12, 9-9) that begins on Friday at 6 p.m. (ACC Network Extra).

Jarrett and pitching coach Micah Posey have adapted well, but the path to 27 outs each game looks different without Leiter (seven starts, 35 innings) or Whittaker (seven starts, 39 innings) in the weekend rotation. Or without Barrett, who has started and been a long reliever at FSU. Barrett hasn't pitched since March 2.

There's a gaping hole in the seating complex and construction fenses everywhere one looks, so it will be a challenge to keep your eyes focused on what's going on down on the green grass come Saturday.

There's a lot to see and Senior Associate Ben Zierden took us for tour in this article.

This Saturday at Doak

FSU sports information:

The second-seeded Florida State Men’s Golf team prepares for another trip to the ACC Championship, which begins on Friday at Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. The tournament runs from Friday-Monday, with Monday begin the match play semifinals (7:30 a.m.) and the match play finals (1:30 p.m.).

The first three stroke-play rounds on Friday-Sunday can be followed exclusively on Golfstat.com via live scoring. Monday’s match play competition will air on ACC Network Extra.

The Seminoles bring a potent five-player lineup that includes Gray Albright, Cole Anderson, Luke Clanton, Frederik Kjettrup and Brett Roberts. Albright begins on hole one at 10 a.m., followed by Anderson (10:12 a.m.), Roberts (10:24 a.m.), Kjettrup (10:36 a.m.) and Clanton (10:48 a.m.).

Clanton comes into the tournament as the nation’s No. 2-ranked golfer and was just recognized as one of 10 Ben Hogan Award Semifinalists. He leads the Seminoles with a scoring average of 69.30 this year, which includes three wins and seven Top 10 finishes in 11 tournaments played.

Kjettrup has had another strong year as well, shooting a 70.82 with four Top 10 finishes in eight tournaments played.

FSU owns two tournament titles this year, winning the Jackson Stephens Cup in the Fall and the Valspar Collegiate Invitational a few weeks ago on March 26. The Seminoles have placed in the Top 2 in four of their last five tournaments played.

FSU sports information:

Florida State senior Alice Hodge and sophomore Katherine Cook carded identical scores of 70 and are in a tie for ninth place in the individual standings, and the Seminoles are in sixth place in the team standings after the first of three rounds at the ACC Women’s Golf Championship at the Porters Neck Country Club. Hodge birdied the final two holes of her round, while Cook was 3 under par over the final 17 holes of the round as the pair gives Florida State multiple golfers in the top-10 of the individual standings.

With three golfers in the top-10 of the individual standings, Clemson holds the first-round lead with a 10-under par team score of 278. The Tigers counted four scores a par or better in their first-round team score. Wake Forest is in second place – two strokes behind Clemson. Isabella Rawl of Clemson carded a 5-under par score of 67 and is the individual leader after the first round.

“We had a decent start to the tournament in round one,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “The more opportunities we have to play this course, the better we are going to get on it. We didn’t make the putts that we needed to today, but with a few tweaks, I’m comfortable those putts will fall in the next couple of days.”

The Seminoles closed well as the four golfers who counted their scores (Cook, Hodge, Charlotte Heath, and Mirabel Ting) were a combined 2 under par on the final four holes of the round. Both Hodge and Ting birdied their final holes and the counting quartet carded seven birdies combined on holes 15, 16, 17 and 18. The Seminoles ranked fourth in the round among the 12 teams in the championship with 17 birdies.

Hodge and Cook played the best two rounds of the day for the Seminoles with scores of 70 and a combined nine birdies between them. Following a birdie on her first hole, Hodge was below par for the entirety of the round, while Cook was above par for only her first two holes of the day.

Hodge played her best round of golf since shooting a 70 in the second round of the Valspar Augusta Invitational on March 10, 2024. She birdied four of her first ten holes, briefly took over the individual lead at 4 under par and closed with a flourish. Hodge finished birdie-birdie to earn the second- best ACC Championship score of her career - nearly tying the 69 she totaled in the first round of the ACC Championship in 2022.

Hodge totaled a team-leading six birdies and 15 holes at par or better. She and Cook are just three strokes out of the individual lead. The Seminoles’ duo are two of only 16 players in the 60-player field who shot 70 or better in the first round.

Cook played the best round of her career as she shot below par for the first time in now eight-tournament career at Florida State. She bettered her previous career low – a 72 in the spring 2023 Florida State Match Up by two strokes.

Following a bogey on her first hole, Cook ripped off 17 consecutive holes at par or better to finish her career best round at 2 under par. She birdied her third, ninth and 16 holes to complete a nearly clean card and put herself into the top 10 of the individual standings. Cook totaled 14 holes scored at par – and was tied for third among the individuals in the tournament with her career best par total for a single round.

Senior Charlotte Heath carded an even par score of 72 – a score that has her in a tie for 23rd place in the individual standings. She totaled three birdies and 15 holes scored at par or better to rank inside the top-25 of the individual standings. Ting, who is making her ACC Championship debut, is in a tie for 36th place with score of 74.

Florida State is playing without All-American and 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur Champion Lottie Woad who began play in the Chevron Championship – one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. She earned the exemption by winning the ANWA and will return to the Seminoles’ lineup for the NCAA regional championships (May 6-8). The teams will be announced to the regionals on April 24 at 2:00 p.m. on the Golf Channel.

Florida State will play with North Carolina and Virginia Tech in the Friday’s second round beginning at 9:00 a.m. on hole No.1.

ACC Championship/April 18-21, 2024

Porters Neck Country Club/Wilmington, N.C./Par 72

6/12.-Florida State, 286

T9.-Katherine Cook, 70

T9,-Alice Hodge, 70

T23,-Charlotte Heath, 72

T36.-Mirabel Ting, 74

T54.-Kaylah Williams, 78

ACC Championship/April 18-21, 2024

Porters Neck Country Club/Wilmington, N.C./Par 72

1.-Clemson, 278

2.-Wake Forest, 280

T3.-Virginia, 283

T3.-North Carolina, 283

T3.-Virginia Tech 283

6.-Florida State, 286

7.-NC State, 288

8.-Miami 293

9.-Duke, 294

10.-Louisville, 296

11.-Boston College, 297

12.-Notre Dame, 298

FSU held its final practice availability before Saturday's Spring Showcase this afternoon.

The tight ends really stood out, DJ Uiagalelei showed off his big arm again and the secondary made quite a few plays on the ball.

Should FSU pursue in your opinion?

Hey all,

Jerry and I will be going live on the Osceola YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts tonight at 8:30 p.m. with The Battle's End CEO Ingram Smith. We'll be previewing Friday's fundraiser event at The Moon and also providing some more context on the state of NIL and The Battle's End in the current college football landscape. Hope you'll join us and share questions either here or in the live chat.

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Some predictions based on how spring visits have gone and what we are hearing regarding C/O 25 moving forward.

What are some of your predictions?

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