Let’s come out of the losers bracket and win the whole damn thing!

Florida State is hosting four prospects for a midweek official visit on Tuesday. The players arrived early this morning to take in a summer workout and have now arrived at the Moore after breakfast to begin their visit.

Here is a short thread of arrival photos.

The latest on the Elite 11 here:

If you’re not able to get to Doak Campbell Stadium for each Florida State game, the window to purchase single-game tickets is opening soon.

FSU athletics will begin selling single-game tickets on June 18 at 9 a.m. There will also be an early-access window on June 17 for boosters. Tickets are capped to a maximum of six per game.

All single-game ticket locations will be in the visiting team’s allotment. Availability for single-game tickets varies, with limited quantities for home games against Clemson and Florida.

All tickets will be mobile passes in 2024 and must be saved to a mobile wallet (no screenshots).

FSU’s pricing varies by game:

Sept. 2 — Boston College, $50
Sept. 14 — Memphis, $40
Sept. 21 — California, $50
Oct. 5 — Clemson, $125
Nov. 2 — North Carolina, $50
Nov. 23 — Charleston Southern, $40
Nov. 30 — Florida, $125

Only two times for home games have been set: FSU vs. BC is at 7:30 p.m., while FSU-Memphis is at noon.

Fans who aren't Seminole Boosters can join ahead of the June 18 window and jump in to purchase on June 17.

Rivals national analyst Adam Gorney has thoughts on FSU QB commitment Tramell Jones and the other prospects at the Elite 11 showcase:

share some insight...and facts, from a retired umpire's perspective.

As many know, I retired from college and high school softball umpiring a few years ago and I try to share information from an umpire's viewpoint whenever it may be helpful.
I worked a handful of practice games over the years for my son's high school baseball team...just on the bases, so that's the limit of my knowledge of umpiring baseball games. Because of that, even though it is standard mechanics for baseball umpires, I personally think it's ridiculous for the plate umpire to ask for help from the first or third base umpire, on a check swing. The base umpires are 100+ feet away from the plate! When I was out there working, I was surprised at what a difference it is from softball. Anyway, I just think it's asking an awful lot for a base umpire to make that call.

We all grow up with the mistaken understanding of rules like "tie goes to the runner" or other "urban myths" that we may have played by, but really weren't/aren't part of the rule book. Since the ruling Friday night, I've heard since that play is a judgement call, it's not reviewable. I do understand that it's not reviewable, but that particular play IS NOT a judgement call. Rule 2.39 is written for what in baseball terms, is called a "Half Swing". It says this:

"An attempt by the batter to stop the forward motion of the bat while swinging, which puts the batter in jeopardy of a strike being called. The half swing shall be called a strike if the barrel head of the bat passes the batter’s front hip. This does not apply to a bunt attempt when the batter pulls the bat back."

So, clearly this is very specific and really not a "judgement call". Of course, the umpire has to decide (judge) if the barrel of the bat crosses the batter's front hip, but it is clearly reviewable and if he "judges" incorrectly, just like any other close play at any base or plate, it can be and SHOULD be reviewed and corrected!!

I don't think there's any doubt that the barrel of the bat went past his front hip and should have been called a strike. I also don't blame the 3rd base umpire completely, because he's 100+ feet away from the plate, and the system put him in a position to fail. It is a bad system from a mechanics standpoint and like Link said after the game...it should be a reviewable play. And to his credit, apparently he's been saying that for quite some time, not just after Friday's game.

Anyway, just my perspective of what happened and what hopefully will happen/change in the future.

Brennen Oxford admitted he watched THAT moment of Friday’s loss to Tennessee an “unhealthy” amount of times.

But after moving past it, he embraced his opportunity for redemption Sunday vs. UVA, pitching the final two innings to keep FSU’s season alive.

Plus, a look at the state of both FSU and UNC’s pitching staffs entering Tuesday’s elimination game.

Julia Apsel went 19-12 with a 1.79 ERA that led the Coastal Athletic Association this spring. The left-hander had 176 strikeouts and just 39 walks in 201.2 innings.

Jaime Ferrer homered twice, Carson Dorsey threw another gem and FSU beat Virginia 7-3 to keep its season alive.

Noles next play the loser of tonight's Tennessee-UNC game Tuesday at 2 p.m.

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The third men’s major championship of the season comes to storied Pinehurst No. 2, with world No. 1 and FedExCup leader Scottie Scheffler looking to add to his PGA TOUR-leading five titles this season.
Pinehurst will not feature any new tees or bunkers, but this will be the first U.S. Open in history to play on a version of Bermudagrass called Champion Ultradwarf. Bermudagrass provides better playing conditions for the resort throughout the year, but it also allows for more leeway in course conditioning for the U.S. Open – plus it thrives in the heat and humidity of the North Carolina summer, per the USGA.
Traversing that grass will be a collection of the game’s best – along with the familiar, unfamiliar, and Cinderella qualifiers the U.S. Open is known for – who are all chasing Scheffler. He is coming off a victory at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and is the first since Tom Watson in 1980 to come into a U.S. Open with five wins already on the season.
(Scheffler also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament, and the RBC Heritage earlier this season.)





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Scottie Scheffler’s efficiency from 125 to 150 yards sparks win at the Memorial

Here’s everything you need to know as the TOUR returns to the North Carolina sandhills for the first time in a decade.
FIELD NOTES: Scheffler (where else would we start?) will tee it up at his seventh U.S. Open. His best result came at Brookline in 2022 when he finished runner-up. He finished third last year at LACC… Tiger Woods returns to action after missing the cut at the PGA Championship. Woods got a special exemption from the USGA after his five-year exemption into the U.S. Open (after his win at the 2019 Masters) ended last year. This will be Woods’ first U.S. Open since 2020 at Winged Foot. He did not play the U.S. Open at Pinehurst in 2014 but was T3 in 1999 and second in 2005… Rory McIlroy has won twice already this season and finished runner-up at last year’s U.S. Open in L.A. Although McIlroy broke par just once at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014 he would go on to win the next two majors that season… Xander Schauffele got the major monkey off his back at the PGA Championship last month, winning his maiden major by one shot. This will be his eighth U.S. Open start. His best result is a T3 at Pebble Beach in 2019… Collin Morikawa is getting closer and closer to winning another big one. He was in the final group at both the Masters and the PGA Championship and comes into the week after a runner-up result to Scheffler at the Memorial… Wyndham Clark looks to become just the second golfer in 35 years to win the U.S. Open in back-to-back years. Clark won his first major (and second PGA TOUR event) at last year’s U.S. Open by one shot over McIlroy. He won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am earlier this season.


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Tiger Woods gets ready for U.S. Open on Sunday at Pinehurst

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING: The U.S. Open is the final week for qualifying for the Olympic Golf competition in Paris. The top four Americans who would qualify are Scheffler, Schauffele, Clark and Morikawa.
NOTABLE QUALIFIERS: Adam Scott will compete in his 92nd straight major championship – – and 23rd consecutive U.S. Open. It’s the second-longest streak in men’s professional golf history. Scott is ranked No. 61 in the Official World Golf Ranking and became exempt after the USGA removed the late Grayson Murray from the list for qualifying purposes… Matt Kuchar was medalist at The Bear’s Club in Florida. He is one of three golfers to have played the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst (he was a 20-year-old amateur at Georgia Tech) who is again in the field 25 years later… Tim Widing, who leads the Korn Ferry Tour Points list after back-to-back victories in April, will make his U.S. Open debut. Widing was tied for medalist honors in Maryland… Frankie Capan III was medalist in North Carolina and will tee it up at his second straight U.S. Open – but this will be his first since making headlines earlier this year on the Korn Ferry Tour with a 58 in the opening round of the Veritex Bank Championship. Capan won the 2017 U.S. Fourball at Pinehurst No. 2… The comeback continues for Harry Higgs, who won two events in a row (in playoffs) on the Korn Ferry Tour in May and earned a U.S. Open spot in a playoff in North Carolina… Michael McGowan, who is from Pinehurst and grew up just a few miles from the resort, earned his way into the field at the Dallas qualifier. This will be his PGA TOUR debut… Francesco Molinari (Dallas) and his brother Edoardo (England) both qualified. This is just Edoardo’s second major championship start since 2015… Colin Prater is a science teacher at Cheyenne Mountain High School (and coaches the golf team). The 29-year-old amateur fired rounds of 68-73 to earn one of two spots in Oregon.
Click here to read more about Final Qualifying.
SIGNATURE EVENT STORYLINES: The next Signature Event on the PGA TOUR schedule is the Travelers Championship, the week after the U.S. Open… There are no updates from the Aon Swing 5 as the entrants to the Travelers were confirmed after the RBC Canadian Open (Robert MacIntyre, Davis Riley, Ben Griffin, Chris Gotterup, and Victor Perez)… The 10 names inside the Aon Next 10 remained the same from the RBC Canadian Open through the Memorial but with some movement: Christiaan Bezuidenhout (fourth at the Memorial) vaulted from No. 9 to No. 3, the biggest jump… Taylor Pendrith holds the No. 10 spot by just 45 points over Billy Horschel.


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Robert MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open

COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: With his victory at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, Scheffler continued his dominance on top of the TOUR TOP 10. His fifth win of the season (and 12th top-10 finish in 13 events) saw Scheffler pass the 5,000-point mark for the season… Morikawa finished runner-up to Scheffler at the Memorial and moved from No. 6 to No. 4 in the standings… Sepp Straka made a tremendous leap in the standings after his T5 at the Memorial, moving from No. 22 to No. 10… Byeong Hun An dropped one spot to No. 8, but remains the only golfer to be ranked inside the TOUR TOP 10 every week so far this season.
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 750 FedExCup points.
COURSE: Pinehurst (No. 2), par 70, 7,543 yards. The biggest change from 2014 to this year is the club switched to bermudagrass from bentgrass. This will be the first U.S. Open played on ‘Champion Ultradwarf Bermudagrass’ greens. In 2014 the waste areas were only about four years old; the sandy areas around the course are now much more robust with a decade of growth. The course was originally laid out in 1907; designer Donald Ross kept a close eye on things as he lived beside the third hole. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw restored the course in 2010 – the greens were taken back to their original dimensions and the sandhills now play a bigger part in the aesthetics. The undulating greens are the course’s primary defense, even for the game’s best. The fourth hole was previously played as a par 5 but will now play as a par 4 at 528 yards.
72-HOLE RECORD: 268, Rory McIlroy (2011 at Congressional CC).
18-HOLE RECORD: 62, Rickie Fowler, Xander Schauffele (Round 1, 2023 at Los Angeles Country Club).
LAST TIME: Clark won his first major in his seventh major start and six weeks after breaking through for his first PGA TOUR title. Clark shot an even-par 70 in the final round at Los Angeles Country Club to hold off McIlroy and Scheffler, who finished second and third, respectively. Clark bogeyed Nos. 15 and 16 as he inched closer to the finish line, but McIlroy, who finished one shot back, made just one birdie Sunday (on the first hole) and couldn’t press Clark any further as the sun set in Hollywood.

HOW TO FOLLOW​

NOTE: The USGA, who owns and operates the U.S. Open, controls all digital streaming and broadcast rights to this event. For more information on how to watch this week, please visit the U.S. Open’s website. PGA TOUR LIVE coverage will resume on Thursday, June 20 at the Travelers Championship.
Television:

• Thursday: 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (USA), 5-8 p.m. (Peacock)
• Friday: 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (Peacock), 1-7 p.m. (NBC), 7-8 p.m. (Peacock)
• Saturday: 10 a.m.-noon (USA), noon- 8 p.m. (NBC)
• Sunday: 9 a.m.-noon (USA), noon-7 p.m. (NBC)

Radio on SiriusXM 92/U.S. Open radio:

• Thursday-Friday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Saturday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Sunday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Streaming: Various via USOpen.com. Featured Holes and Featured Groups to be announced.
For more live streaming information, click here for the official USGA Viewing Schedule.




Congratulations again to last weeks winners @DFSNOLE Mrs BFT and @FSU & Golf




With another winning week, Mrs BFT extends the overall season lead.



Good luck to everyone this week

For much of the season, you never knew exactly what you were going to get when Carson Dorsey stepped on the mound. But the last three weeks, he's been absolute nails for FSU with a 2.14 ERA over 21 NCAA Tournament innings.

His start Sunday with the Seminoles' season on the line may have been his best yet considering the context.

FSU sports information:

Florida State Men’s Golf rising junior Luke Clanton completed a memorable four-round performance at the 124th U.S. Open Championship, finishing as the second-lowest amateur at 8-over (76-69-69-74) to tie for 41st overall at Pinehurst No. 2.

The Hialeah, Fla., native became the first amateur at the U.S. Open to record consecutive rounds in the 60’s, shooting separate 69’s in his second and third rounds of play. He became the first Seminole amateur to make the cut at a major since John Pak finished as the Low Amateur at the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

“It was such an honor to share Luke’s experience at the U.S. Open,” FSU Head Coach Trey Jones, who was with Clanton at Pinehurst, said. “We are all extremely proud of him for his play, but if you could see how he handled himself with junior and adult spectators – as Seminoles it made us all proud.”

Ohio State’s Neal Shipley, who was paired with Clanton in what was an entertaining group battling for the Low Amateur on Sunday, ended up finishing at 6-over.

One of the signature moments from Clanton came on the 18th hole on Sunday when he nearly holed out an eagle pitch from 129 yards. As he walked toward the green, Clanton tipped his hat to the crowd, who gave him an ovation after what had been a great performance at his first major.

Clanton has enjoyed a banner year that includes first-team All-America honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America as well as leading the Seminoles to a National Runner-Up finish – the program’s best showing ever. Clanton is FSU’s new single-season scoring average leader after carding a 69.33 in 2023-24.

Famous for his appearances on the popular Good Good social channels, Clanton became the first Seminole ever to win three consecutive collegiate tournaments when he won the Seminole Intercollegiate, the Valspar Collegiate Invitational and the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial. He earns an exemption to the 2025 Valspar Championship held at the Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Clanton joined teammate Frederik Kjettrup in qualifying for the U.S. Open on June 3. He finished fourth at the qualifying site at The Bear’s Club.

While the Seminoles lose strong senior play from last year’s record-setting team, Clanton returns along with ACC Freshman of the Year Tyler Weaver in what should be another accomplished season for the Seminoles.

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Adam Gorney has thoughts from around the nation, including Zion Grady (at Tennessee over the weekend):

The Florida State baseball team has had a day to recover mentally from its devastating 12-11 loss to Tennessee Friday night in Omaha.

Now, the Seminoles' season is on the line Sunday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field. No. 8 seed FSU (47-16) takes on No. 12 Virginia (46-16) in the first elimination game of this year's College World Series Sunday at 2 p.m. on ESPN.

FSU is 60-34 all-time vs. Virginia and won the only game the teams played this season three weeks ago in the ACC Tournament 12-7.

FSU will turn to junior lefty Carson Dorsey (6-4, 4.80 ERA) while the Cavaliers are starting junior righty Jay Woolfolk (4-1, 5.95 ERA). While neither of the pitchers have the best earned run averages this season, both have been excellent in two NCAA Tournament starts each. Dorsey allowed two earned runs over 14 innings in wins over Stetson and UConn while Woolfolk allowed five earned runs over 14.1 innings in wins over Mississippi State and Kansas State.

FSU lineup


Virginia lineup



I'll have updates from Charles Schwab Field throughout Sunday's game as the Seminoles look to advance to a Tuesday game against the loser of tonight's UNC-Tennessee game.

The Rivals Five-Star Challenge will take place next week in Jacksonville. The Osceola staff will be on-site to get a look at the nation's top prospects. Adam Gorney takes a look at FSU commit Tramell Jones and other QBs:

Updates on prospects from around the Southeast, including four-star WR CJ Wiley:

FSU sports information:

Eight athletes with ties to the Florida State swimming and diving teams will compete at the 2024 LEN European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, running from June 17-23.

The top 16 swimmers in the 50-meter, 100 and 200 events will advance to semifinals and the top eight will compete in finals. Relays and events 400 meters or longer will competed in prelims, with the top eight moving on to finals.

Live timing and streaming will be available through European Aquatics.

In addition, Emma Terebo and incoming freshman Michel Arkhanglsky will compete in the French Olympic Trials running from June 16-21 in Chartres, France. Terebo will race in the 50, 100 and 200 back, while Arkhanglsky is entered in the 50 and 100 fly, as well as the 100 back, 200 back and 100 free.

Tommaso Baravelli is scheduled to compete in the Sete Colli Trophy in Italy, June 21-23.