It all comes down to this.
The TOUR Championship, the final leg of the three-event FedExCup Playoffs, tees off Thursday at the recently restored East Lake Golf Club, with the TOUR’s biggest prize still up for grabs. Scottie Scheffler once again returns to Atlanta as the top-ranked player in the FedExCup standings, with Xander Schauffele hot on his heels.
The Starting Strokes format gives Scheffler a two-shot advantage heading into Thursday’s opening round at the TOUR Championship, starting the week at 10-under. Schauffele starts at 8-under, with all 30 players in the field starting at even par or better.

Regardless of the start, however, it’s how you finish. And this week’s top finisher will win the FedExCup.
FIELD NOTES: Scheffler will once again head to East Lake ranked No. 1 in the FedExCup standings after a fabulous 2024 campaign that includes six TOUR victories and a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. This is the third straight year Scheffler has entered the PGA TOUR season finale ranked No. 1 in the standings … Schauffele has authored his own tremendous campaign with two major titles to his name. He and Scheffler have separated themselves from the chasing pack on top of the FedExCup standings, as Schauffele is almost 1,500 points ahead of No. 3 Hideki Matsuyama …. Matsuyama won the FedEx St. Jude Championship but withdrew from the BMW Championship due to a back injury. He’s set to return to action at East Lake … Matsuyama was confirmed Sunday as the top-ranked member of the automatic qualifying group for the Presidents Cup’s International Team, with three other automatic qualifiers (Sungjae Im, Adam Scott and Byeong Hun An) in the mix at the TOUR Championship. All six of the U.S. Team’s automatic qualifiers – Scheffler, Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay and Sahith Theegala – have qualified for East Lake … Rory McIlroy, at No. 6 in the standings, is looking to win his record fourth FedExCup title. He has finished outside the top 10 just once in the last seven years at East Lake.
FEDEXCUP BUBBLE UPDATES: Four players jumped into the top 30 on the FedExCup standings after their efforts at the BMW Championship, led by winner Keegan Bradley, who was the last man into the BMW (No. 50) and vaulted to No. 4 in the standings into the TOUR Championship … Adam Scott, who finished tied for second, jumped to No. 14 … Tommy Fleetwood was on the bubble heading into the BMW Championship (at No. 31) but finished tied for fifth and moved to No. 22 … Chris Kirk jumped from No. 32 to No. 26 … Brian Harman, Jason Day, Davis Thompson and Denny McCarthy were the four that got bumped from the field at East Lake … Justin Thomas heads to the TOUR Championship as the final player in the field at No. 30 in the standings.
HOW IT WORKS: The FedExCup Starting Strokes format rewards the top player in the FedExCup standings with a two-shot advantage Thursday at East Lake. For the second straight year, Scottie Scheffler starts on top at 10-under, while Xander Schauffele is at 8-under, Hideki Matsuyama is at 7-under, Keegan Bradley is at 6-under, Ludvig Åberg is at 5-under, and the balance of the field will span from 4-under to even-par.
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives the FedExCup.
COURSE: East Lake Golf Club, par 71, 7,490 yards. Every FedExCup champion (introduced in 2007) has been crowned at East Lake, the TOUR Championship’s host venue since 2005. The home course of Bobby Jones, East Lake is the oldest golf course in the city of Atlanta. Tom Bendelow was the original architect, with both Donald Ross and Rees Jones contributing to the storied Atlanta layout; Andrew Green recently completed a substantial restoration. Another of Green’s recent projects, the East Course at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, hosted the 2023 PGA Championship.
Green worked off an aerial photo of the course from 1949 along with archival photos, and the team reworked the entire course in just 10 months. Grasses for both fairways and greens were changed, while No. 14 was converted to a par 5.
72-HOLE RECORD: 257, Tiger Woods (2007)
18-HOLE RECORD: 60, Zach Johnson (Round 3, 2007)
LAST TIME: Hovland held off a hard-charging Schauffele with a final-round, 7-under 63 to cement a five-shot victory for the 2023 FedExCup. Schauffele and Hovland were paired in the final group Sunday at East Lake and fired the day’s two lowest rounds, with Hovland’s 63 the lowest Sunday score for a TOUR Championship winner. Hovland was the No. 2 seed going into the TOUR Championship, starting at 8-under. In Sunday’s finale, Schauffele fired a front-nine 30 to Hovland’s 31, but the Norwegian never let up and closed with three straight birdies to secure the FedExCup. It marked Hovland’s third victory of the season, including the prior week’s BMW Championship. Clark finished third at 16-under, while McIlroy finished fourth in his FedExCup defense and Cantlay finished fifth.

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Congratulations again to last week's winner @fsu67810

Also Congratulations again to our regular season winner, Mrs BFT,

Spoke with Thomas after the game on Saturday and he provided this thoughts on the teams start, the impact of Alex Atkins and the state of the recruiting class.
https://floridastate.rivals.com/new...s-visit-offers-perspective-on-fsu-s-1-3-start

Pretty confident he makes the move at quarterback..and trust me, he was stubborn as they come as a coach

Betting lines for Week 5 of the college football season are beginning to trickle out Sunday afternoon.

After FSU (1-3) was favored in each of its first four games, it will ironically be an underdog next Saturday at SMU (3-1) for the first time after securing its first win of the season Saturday vs. Cal.

According to the preliminary line shared by Circa Sports, FSU is a five-point underdog for next Saturday's 8 p.m. (ACC Network) game at SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

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It will be the second straight week that FSU is facing an ACC newcomer in their first conference game as a member and the first ever matchup between FSU and SMU. FSU beat Cal 14-9 Saturday night while SMU put up 66 points in a 66-42 rivalry game win over TCU.

The Osceola staff will be taking a second look at FSU's 14-9 win over Cal today (Sunday) and Monday and share our thoughts on some of what we saw, and we thought were key moments in getting the Seminoles back in the win column.

Sidenote: I will be traveling today so might not get through the whole game until tomorrow.

A couple of overall thoughts. FSU didn't play perfect but when you are 0-3 heading into a game there is no such thing as an ugly win. In fact, this game played out about how most of us on the Osceola staff thought. It was going to be a defensive battle where two struggling offenses were going to have trouble getting into the end zone. That is how this game indeed played out. This was a huge win for this team. It had to give it some confidence, especially on defense which played very good football on 3rd down and in the red zone. The offense still has quite a bit of work to do but did just enough to get out of the game with a victory. FSU also won the battle of the kicking game. The Seminoles didn't make any mistakes in the kicking game while Cal missed two very makeable field goals.

This looks like the formula for this football team after four games and a 1-3 start. Play bend but don't break defense behind a what hopefully will continue to be a disruptive defensive front that has played well against the run the last two games and got a little better against the pass (to some degree on Saturday night, not as many blown coverages), great special teams (except for fumbled punt vs. Memphis) and just enough offense to get the job done. We did see a bigger commitment to the running game if not better play and I think that helped in this game.

We also saw a team that played with effort at least from a team standpoint and we are starting to see some young players take steps forward; Quindarrius Jones, Edwin Joseph, KJ Kirkland, Kam Davis and Jaylen Early to name a few. Jahki Douglas, Josh Farmer and Patrick Payton are a couple of the veterans who looked like they might have had their best game of the year.

It was an imperfect performance which ended in a perfect result, FSU went 1-0 against Cal, and that is good enough for this week. Most fans would have liked a little more optically pleasing win, but this is still a flawed football team, particularly on offense, so take the wins when you can get them no matter how they look. And maybe more importantly enjoy them. I am still not sure how many are out there this year.

Now, we will see if this team can build off this as it travels to SMU next weekend for what should be a very winnable game as the Mustangs, I think are very similar to both Memphis and Cal from a talent standpoint across the board and probably not as good as both those teams upfront.

One of the Mods who engages with Norvell…Will you PLEASE make sure to phrase the QB question by putting the words IN Norvell’s mouth, something akin to:…”Coach, we CAN expect to see Glenn or Luke under center next week correct?” And before he answers) admonish him with facts about HIS anemic pitiful offense and DJ’s lack of effectiveness and competency. Norvell should be TOLD that “He surely doesn’t believe Glenn or Luke a less effective or inspirational game manager than what DJ has clearly shown, or rather NOT SHOWN, in 4 games.” Norvell needs to be informed that “He can’t believe it wise to continue allowing DJ to take critical snaps away from Glenn or Luke.” Ultimately, Norvell needs to be MADE AWARE his continued negligence (where DJ is concerned), and his failure to properly develop the younger QB’s, allowing them adequate snaps and game experience will adversely impair his position and his buyout. Despite the win tonight Norvell’s highly-offensive offense needs an overhaul if we have any chance of beating UM and UF and preserving a top 25 recruiting class. The decision should be removed from HIS control and if he doesn’t like it he should take his piss poor coaching elsewhere. Damn man, for the love of God!

FSU sports information:

The No. 2 Florida State soccer team (6-0-2) settled for a 1-1 draw in the first road conference game against SMU (6-3-2) on Sunday afternoon. FSU maintains its 31-game unbeaten streak in competition dating back to 2022.

The match began with chances for both sides, Florida State’s best offensive moment in the first half came off a well-placed cross from Ran Iwai finding Taylor Huff as her header glanced just wide of the frame.

Sophomore goalkeeper Addie Todd was tasked with a fiery Mustangs attack and made several highlight reel saves including an instinctive glove save at her near post inside the first five minutes.

FSU committed a foul inside its own box to concede a penalty to SMU. After the initial kick was ruled back for encroachment, Addie Todd made an incredible penalty stop as she dove down to her right side and pushed the shot away to keep the game level going into halftime.

SMU opened the scoring just before the second-half water break with 20 minutes to go. The Seminoles wasted no time as Marianyela Jiménez laid the ball off to Ashlyn Puerta outside the box before the 17-year old unleashed a ferocious strike just under the crossbar to level the game at 1-1. The freshman scored her third goal of the season and either contributed a goal or assist in the last three games.

Florida State will return home to face College Cup semifinalists Clemson on Thursday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and available to watch on ACC Network.

Story from Pat Burnham:

Although FSU won last night, it also scored 14 or less points for the third straight game. The last time that happened at FSU? The first three games of Bobby Bowden's tenure in 1976.

Nothing looks easy right now for this FSU offense.

You are the man. Love your takes on the podcasts. Thoughts on 7 points in the first half?!?!?!

FSU sports information:

The No. 2 Florida State soccer team (6-0-1, 1-0-0 ACC) continues its opening week of conference play with a road match against SMU (6-3-1, 2-0-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles currently hold a 13-game unbeaten streak in conference play dating back to 2022.

Florida State faces SMU as conference opponents for the first time and have only met once in the series history. The Seminoles hosted SMU in the 2021 NCAA Tournament Second Round and defeated the Mustangs 5-1 with five different goal scorers en route to a third national championship.

The Seminoles continue to extend and break program records on their impressive run dating back to last season. Florida State has scored in 41 straight games and holds a 30-game unbeaten streak, both of which are program records. FSU has recorded five shutouts in the opening seven games and hasn’t conceded more than two goals in a game in the past 17 matches.

The reigning national champions concluded non-conference play unbeaten for a fifth consecutive season before beginning ACC play with five goals over Syracuse. Wrianna Hudson scored her third goal in her freshman season while Kameron SImmonds and Taylor Huff each scored two goals. All three goalscorers also scored in the 3-0 victory at Florida earlier in the month.

FSU has scored 29 goals through the first seven games, the most in that span since 2009 (32) while holding five shutouts in seven games for the third time this decade.

The Seminoles sent six players representing three nations to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Marianyela Jiménez and Venezuela picked up its first-ever point in the competition while Lara Dantas and Brazil reached the quarterfinals. The four Seminoles for the United States will face the Netherlands in the third place match on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. ET to secure the nation’s best finish since 2012.

The Seminoles and Mustangs will meet at 2 p.m. ET and available to watch on ACC Network.

After two visits to Auburn and one to Georgia, Kromah made it back to Florida State on Saturday to watch the Seminoles beat Cal.
https://floridastate.rivals.com/new...recaps-fsu-visit-ahead-of-commitment-decision

Who you taking with the game on the line?

Beating Memphis 49-30 right now… We scored a whopping 12 on them. Good grief

I think we would be undefeated if we had an average quarterback. The offense is so limited with DJU.

FSU's defense was far from perfect last night, allowing over 300 passing yards and far too many long conversions.

But the defense sure was clutch in the red zone and the defensive line sure looked dominant. Those were the deciding factors in FSU's elusive first win.

At best, with 2 minutes left in the half, we could reach 14 points in first half at the most!! That alone (given the previous three games) tells me we need to put Brock Glenn in for at least 1 or 2 series in 3rd quarter. If we stop Cal on their opening drive to start 3rd qtr, bring Brock out. If Cal scores, give DJ the first offensive series in 3rd qtr. and if we don’t score, put Brock in regardless of what Cal does the next time they are on offense. I don’t think we replace DJ completely (not yet anyway), but our offense is what it is at this point. So let’s see how the offense responds with Brock in at qb. If he gets in the game, give him two back to back series just to evaluate not only how Brock plays, but how the entire offense responds and plays with him in the game.

Another week, another chance for Florida State to finally secure its first win of the 2024 season.

The Seminoles (0-3, 0-2 in ACC) remain at home this week for their third straight game at Doak Campbell Stadium. After losses to Boston College and Memphis, FSU now hosts ACC newcomer Cal (3-0) Saturday at 7 p.m. (ESPN2) for its first conference game as a new member after moving from the Pac-12 to the ACC this offseason.

Despite calls from the fanbase for trying something new, FSU will maintain the status quo at quarterback this week. ESPN's Pete Thamel announced Saturday morning on College GameDay that Oregon State transfer DJ Uiagalelei will start his fourth straight game for the Seminoles.

This will be the first ever matchup between FSU and Cal. Even though FSU is winless and Cal is undefeated, the Seminoles are 2.5-point favorites over the Golden Bears.

Cal is already 1-0 in cross-country trips this season, beating Auburn 21-14 two weeks ago. While they haven't played the toughest slate of games, the Golden Bears have allowed just 37 points in its first three games of the season, not yet allowing more than 14 points in a game this season. That could prove to be a challenge for an FSU offense which hasn't yet found its footing this season.

FSU got some good injury updates Saturday morning with the news that starting left tackle Darius Washington is expected to be back Saturday after suffering an injury during pregame warmups last week that kept him out of the Memphis game. Wide receiver Jalen Brown and safety Shyheim Brown are also expected to play while starting right tackle Jeremiah Byers is out for the third straight game and linebacker Cam Riley will be a game-time decision.

We'll be live from Doak starting around 5 p.m. when the press box opens with pregame updates and confirmations of who will be available for the Seminoles vs. Cal. We'll also have live game updates below once the game gets underway.

Real talk, you have to play for the future and even if the other QB sucks, might as well try to develop him. It can't get worse in the w l column.

This team is so undisciplined. That comes from your coaching staff. Norvell has gotten lucky with the transfer portal , but this last batch is terrible and he’s terrible. He needs to go. He doesn’t have Jordan Travis to bail him out now.