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The No. 3 Florida State soccer team (4-0-1) meets with in-state rivals Florida (2-0-3) for the 30th edition of the Sunshine Showdown in Gainesville on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles currently hold a 37-game unbeaten streak against non-conference opponents.

Florida State currently leads the series at 16-13-0 and has defeated the Gators in the last six meetings. During that six game stretch, FSU has outscored Florida 16-3 with two five-goal victories within that time. Last year’s matchup required a late game-winning goal from Jody Brown en route to an unbeaten national championship season.

The Seminoles continue to extend and break program records on their impressive run dating back to last season. Florida State has scored in 39 straight games and holds a 28-game unbeaten streak, both of which are program records. FSU has recorded four shutouts in the opening five games and have conceded just two goals in the past 10 games.

The reigning national champions finished the first month of play unbeaten and wrapped up the four-game homestand with a solid 2-0 victory over Villanova on Sunday afternoon. Mimi Van Zanten scored her third goal of the season off a corner kick before Taylor Huff finished off the contest with her fifth goal in five games. Huff and Van Zanten lead the team with 21 combined points.

FSU has scored 21 goals through the first five games, the most goals scored in that time since 2009 while conceding just one goal in the opening five games for the first time since 2020.

The Seminoles have sent six players representing three nations to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Lara Dantas and Brazil steamrolled through their first two games to qualify for the knockout round. Dantas scored the first goal of the tournament for Brazil in the 9-0 victory over Fiji before defeating France 3-0. Brazil will look to finish top of Group B with a win or draw over Canada.

The United States bounced back from a loss to reigning champions Spain with a 2-0 victory over Morocco and will look to seal qualification with a result over Paraguay. Marianyela Jiménez and Venezuela picked up its first-ever point in the competition with a 0-0 draw against South Korea and can qualify for the knockout round with a win over Nigeria on Saturday.

The 2 p.m. game between the Seminoles and Gators will be available to watch on SEC Network.

Got exactly what they wanted for the network. Years and years of bias. But now, 6 of 7 top ap teams are SEC. There will be 7-8 sec teams in the playoffs this year and 1 acc team. Lol

We need Mike Evans to join FSU and give him 4 years college time .Did you just see that TD he just caught? DB all over him, he just handles the catch.
All the other receivers just pay attention

When I came out of the Boston College game my head was spinning. The Seminole football team had so many issues I couldn't begin to answer my wife's simple question, what happened?
There was a long pause because I didn't even know where to begin. Often times what seem like difficult questions have simple answers. In this column I share my thoughts and what I think it will take for this team to win and to have fun again.
What happened and what's next?

since Danny White was the starting QB. I went through the late Tom Landry years which were very learn 3-13 in his final season. I was beyond happy when Jerry was hired and he brought Jimmy in from Miami. I was beyond happy when Troy was drafted 1st overall. I enjoyed the three super bowls in the 90's. Jerry did the one thing I said enough to today...He gave Dak 60 milllion per year. I am sorry but Dak is never winning a Super Bowl. I am done...Who should I cheer from. I am done being a Cowboy fan as long as Jerry Jones in the owner of the Cowboys. Who you got.

Week 3 betting lines are starting to trickle out Sunday afternoon. And understandably given the product Florida State has put on the field in its first two losses, Vegas doesn't have a ton of confidence in the Seminoles right now.

According to Circa Sports, FSU opens as a six-point favorite for Saturday's home game vs. Memphis (Noon on ESPN).

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At precisely 1 p.m. on Monday, the golfers on the course participating in the first round of the Folds of Honor Collegiate at the American Dunes Golf Club in Grand Haven, Mich., will lay their golf clubs down and stand at attention.

An incredible rendition of “Taps” will then be played over speakers placed around the course. The powerful sound of a bugler playing Taps is a call to remember those who gave their lives in the service of the United States.

The Third Annual Folds of Honor Collegiate will be played Sept. 9-11 at the American Dunes Golf Club in and be broadcast on GOLF Channel with simulcast on both Peacock and Golf Channel's digital platforms. The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event includes 15 collegiate men’s, and 15 collegiate women’s teams including two service academies (Army West Point and Navy) one HBCU (Arkansas Pine Bluff) and one non-Division I School (Grand Valley State).

“It is an incredible honor to play in this event,” said Florida State Head Coach Amy Bond. “To have the opportunity to play alongside our men’s team makes it even more special. I’m really looking forward to the great golf that will be played, and I am eagerly anticipating the ceremonial playing of Taps each day at 1:00. It’s going to be emotional for everybody on the course.”

Live scoring can be seen on Scoreboard powered by Clippd at the following links: Men, Women.

The mission of the Folds of Honor is to provide life-changing scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled military members. The mission was recently expanded to the families of America’s first responders.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Folds of Honor, whose goal it is to provide, through scholarships, to the families of America's fallen or disabled military and first responders. To date, the organization has awarded more than 52,000 scholarships.

The event has an added dimension of pride for both Seminole teams as the American Dunes Golf Club — known as "the church Jack built" — serves a living memorial for the sacrifices made by America's service men and women that will see the legendary Jack Nicklaus himself in attendance.

Nicklaus knows the Florida State programs well. He designed the Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, which serves as the Seminoles’ beautifully renovated home course.

Each of Florida State’s players will play with a special bag tag commemorating the event. The Seminoles will proudly display the bag tag number of 185 – the total number of students who have received scholarships from the Folds of Honor to attend Florida State University.

There are 22 different colleges and universities represented among the 30 teams in the combined men’s and women’s fields at the 2024 Folds of Honor Collegiate. Since its inception in 2007, Folds of Honor has awarded scholarships to 2,664 students attending 20 schools, with an educational impact of nearly $10 million. A record of 9,300 scholarships were awarded for the 2023-24 academic year, with 471 of those going to the schools playing in the 2024 Folds of Honor Collegiate.

The event is co-hosted by Florida State and Michigan State.

“We are honored to be a co-host for the Folds of Honor Collegiate and help build upon the success the event has garnered over the last two years,” said Bond. “The Folds of Honor program is a blessing to so many family members who have had a loved one serve in the military or as a first responder. Some of these heroes have paid the ultimate sacrifice and all have put their lives at risk to protect our country and our communities. I am thankful to be a part of this event, especially as we add women’s college teams to the tournament.”

The 15-team women’s field has four teams currently ranked in the Division I Mizuno WGCA (Women’s Golf Coaches Association) Coaches Poll, led by No. 4 Texas, the No. 14 Seminoles, and five teams that were either ranked or received votes in the Golf Channel preseason poll. Grand Valley State is ranked in both the men’s and women’s Div. II polls.

The Seminoles, who finished in a tie for 11th place in the NCAA Championship finals in 2024, enter the season ranked No. 6 by Golfweek, No. 14 by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and No. 16 by Golf Channel.

On the men’s side, the field includes No. 5 Florida State, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 Illinois, the 2022 Folds of Honor Collegiate champion, No. 15 Arizona, No. 16 Alabama and No. 24 Ohio State.

“We are very pleased to be included in the preseason rankings,” said Bond. “We have to prove we are worthy of such acclaim on the course, and that opportunity to prove ourselves begins on Monday. This is a very exciting time of the season because everything is new. We are looking forward to beginning our season at the Folds of Honor.”

Under Bond, the Seminoles are one of only four teams in the nation that has played in each of the last eight NCAA Championship Finals. The Seminoles are joined by Southern California, Stanford, and Texas in an elite group of programs that have played during the final week of the season in each NCAA Championship since 2016.

Florida State played in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship Finals for the 15th season and for a school record eighth consecutive season in 2024. The Seminoles’ appearance in the 2024 NCAA Championship marks the first time in school history Florida State has competed in the NCAA Golf Championship in eight consecutive seasons.

Seminoles’ lineup

1-Lottie Woad (Junior, Farnham, England)

2-Mirabel Ting (Junior, Miri, Malaysia)

3-Kaylah Williams (Senior, Western Province, South Africa)

4-Sophia Fullbrook (Freshman, Hertfordshire, England)

5-Christina Surcey (Freshman, Cartersville, Ga.)

The Seminoles lineup features one senior (Kaylah Williams), two juniors (Lottie Woad and Mirabel Ting) and two freshmen (Sophia Fullbrook and Christina Surcey).

Woad is the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world in the latest WAGR – a position she has held for 11 of the last 12 weeks.

Woad helped lead the Great Britain & Ireland team to the Curtis Cup championship on Sunday at the Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England. She was named to the ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List earlier this week and is one of the top-25 women’s collegiate golfers in the nation who begins the season in consideration for the sports’ top individual honor.

Ting is ranked 20th in the most recent WAGR and completed in the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup for the second time in her career.

Florida State is one of the most consistent teams across the nation in recent years, having earned eight consecutive top-five regional finishes under Bond – second at Shoal Creek (2016), third at Columbus (2017), second at Tallahassee (2018), second at Auburn (2019), first at Louisville (2021), first at Tallahassee (2022), fifth at Raleigh (2023), and fifth at Las Vegas (2024).



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FSU sports information:

The No. 15 Florida State volleyball team (4-1) suffered its first loss of the season to Auburn (6-0) in four sets (25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 20-25) on Sunday afternoon at Neville Arena.

FSU got off to a great start in set one as they jumped out to an early lead and were the first to 10 and 15 points in the set. Auburn fought back to tie the set at 20, but the Seminoles scored five out of the final seven points to take the first set.

The Seminoles were unable to find a rhythm in the second set as Auburn led from nearly start to finish in the second set to tie the match.

The team went back and forth through the first 20 points of set three as the set was tied at 10. Auburn used a quick 4-0 run to go ahead 14-10 and continued to put the foot on the gas to extend their lead to 21-15. FSU fought back to make things interesting late in the set, but it was too little too late as the Tigers to the lead in the match.

The teams once again went back and forth in the first half of the set, but the Tigers used a run in the middle of the set to take a 19-15 lead. The Seminoles responded with a 3-0 run of its own to cut the lead to one, but Auburn had one more run in them and ended the match on a 6-2 run to hand FSU its first loss of the season.

Audrey Koenig was phenomenal for the Seminoles as she recorded 19 kills including her 1,000th career kill. Koenig is just the sixth player in school history to have 1,000 career kills in the rally scoring era. Kenna Phelan and Loren Robertson each recorded double doubles as Phelan had 26 assists and 19 digs while Robertson added 22 assists and 12 digs. Phelan's 19 digs was a career high.

FSU will have a quick turnaround as they will face North Florida in Jacksonville on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The match can be seen live on ESPN+.

Is spending a lot of time whining😩

Won’t mention his name without his permission but he was a DB in the early 80’s. (Pretty good golfer, too)

He told me FSU does not have a talent problem but they have a chemistry problem.

Take it for what it’s worth but I thought his take was interesting.

Quarterback is far from the only problem on the FSU offense right now. And yet, it's undeniable that FSU hasn't gotten what it wanted from DJ Uiagalelei as a bridge QB.

Is this bye week the right time to make a move to the possible future in Brock Glenn?

This dude is playing some damn good football

Friday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. ET
BYU at (RV) SMU
Series: BYU leads series, 4-0
Last meeting: BYU, 24-23 (2022 - New Mexico Bowl)
ESPN2: Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 121 / SiriusXM 143 / SiriusXM 193
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 143 / SiriusXM 955

Friday, Sept. 6, 9 p.m. ET
Duke at Northwestern
Series: Duke leads series, 13-10
Last meeting: Duke, 38-14 (2023)
FS1: Connor Onion (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 84 / SiriusXM 108 / SiriusXM 194
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 84 / SiriusXM 956

Saturday, Sept. 7, Noon p.m. ET
Pitt at Cincinnati
Series: Pitt leads series, 8-5
Last meeting: Cincinnati, 27-21 (2023)
ESPN2: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), Taylor Davis (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 137 / SiriusXM 162 / SiriusXM 194 / SiriusXM 200
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 954 / SiriusXM 956

Saturday, Sept. 7, Noon p.m. ET
#23 Georgia Tech at Syracuse
Series: Georgia Tech leads series, 4-1
Last meeting: Georgia Tech, 31-22 (2023)
ACCN: Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), Coley Harvey (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 161 / SiriusXM 193 / 371
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 371 / SiriusXM 955

Saturday, Sept. 7, 3:30 p.m. ET
California at (RV) Auburn
Series: Auburn leads series, 1-0
Last meeting: Auburn, 14-10 (2023)
ESPN2: Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Brock Osweiler (analyst), Stormy Buonantony (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 132 / SiriusXM 201 / SiriusXM 371
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 371 / SiriusXM 963

Saturday, Sept. 7, 3:30 p.m. ET
Duquesne at (RV) Boston College
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ACCNX: Bill Spaulding (play-by-play), Craig Haubert (analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 121 / SiriusXM 203
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 965

Saturday, Sept. 7, 3:30 p.m. ET
Jacksonville State at #22 Louisville
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ACCNX: Justin Kutcher (play-by-play), Charles Arbuckle (analyst)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 162 / SiriusXM 194
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 956

Saturday, Sept. 7, 3:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at (RV) North Carolina
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ACCN: Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Orlando Franklin (analyst), Morgan Uber (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 108 / SiriusXM 205 / SiriusXM 385
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 967 / SiriusXM 975

Saturday, Sept. 7, 4:30 p.m. ET
Marshall at Virginia Tech
Series: Virginia Tech leads series, 11-3
Last meeting: Marshall, 24-17 (2023)
The CW: Thom Brennaman (play-by-play), Max Browne (analyst), Trevor Scales (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 161 / SiriusXM 193
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 955 / SiriusXM 993

Saturday, Sept. 7, 6 p.m. ET
Florida A&M at #12 Miami
Series: Miami leads series, 10-1
Last meeting: Miami, 70-3 (2016)
ACCNX: Chuckie Kempf (play-by-play), Forrest Conoly (analyst), Marilyn Payne (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 146 / SiriusXM 204
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 966

Saturday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m. ET
Virginia at Wake Forest
Series: Virginia leads series, 34-17
Last meeting: Wake Forest, 37-17 (2021)
ESPN2: Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), Dawn Davenport (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 162 / SiriusXM 194 / SiriusXM 391
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 956 / SiriusXM 981

Saturday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m. ET
Cal Poly at Stanford
Series: First Meeting
Last meeting: N/A
ACCNX: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Michael Bumpus (analyst), Sherree Burruss (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 121
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 965

Saturday, Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. ET
#14 Tennessee vs. #24 NC State
Series: Tennessee leads series, 2-1
Last meeting: Tennessee, 35-21 (2012)
ABC: Rece Davis (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 80 / SiriusXM 84 / SiriusXM 374
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 80 / SiriusXM 84 / SiriusXM 374

Saturday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m. ET
(RV) Appalachian State at #25 Clemson
Series: Clemson leads series, 5-0
Last meeting: Clemson, 41-10 (2015)
ACCN: Wes Durham (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst), Dana Boyle (sideline)
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 161 / SiriusXM 193
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 955 / SiriusXM 933

Is it a pro-style? Doesn’t seem to be a misdirection which I see a lot of.

There were some rumors that Loftin would be visiting Nebraska this weekend as they host Colorado.

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While the transformation of college athletics often focuses on football as the revenue engine and the biggest TV ratings sport, major changes are coming to baseball and softball that could double the allowable scholarships.

Baseball was for decades locked into a model with just 11.7 scholarships, with programs like Florida State able to chop those up those scholarships into pieces to cover just an athlete’s tuition, and/or books, meals and housing. And this is in a sport that allowed a roster of 40.

Softball was also set in a model with 12 scholarships, with coaches similarly able to break up the money into pieces.

Beginning in the 2025-26 athletics season, baseball programs could leap to 34 scholarships — a massive jump from 11.7 if FSU athletics can fund that many. Softball programs could jump to 25, also more than double in prior years and also based on funding.

This is the first time I can remember that I’m actually glad for a bye week. Just getting some late summer/early fall things done around the house and yard. Anyone doing anything exciting?

Do you guys see more than one qb playing against Memphis?

Atkins OL is at #123 in rushing. OL has 5 seniors and Atkins has been here for 5 years....
Anyone still worried about him leaving?

Florida State's first two losses have caused a re-evaluation of expectations. We thought the first of three bye weeks would be well-timed to re-charge for a non-conference matchup against Memphis and then prepare for two, new ACC opponents in Cal and SMU.

Oops. But none of us saw 0-2 coming.

Las Vegas oddsmakers have adjusted the forecast for the Seminoles, projecting an over-under at 5.5 victories in the regular season (it was 9.5 wins going in the summer). Essentially, Vegas thinks FSU will figure some things out but aren't sold on a 6-4 finish in the final 10 games.

If you need a reminder, this is FSU's remaining schedule: Memphis, California, at SMU, Clemson, at Duke, at Miami, North Carolina, at Notre Dame, Charleston Southern, Florida. The Osceola staff gives their opinions on whether the Seminoles will win six games — becoming bowl-eligible — and offer up their projections on the rest of the season.

I wanted to ask why do we never see true freshman WR’s making a big impact at FSU? I can’t remember any in at least a decade or more. I remember people saying Jimbo’s offense was too complicated for WR’s to learn etc. is Norvell’s offense too complicated for true freshmen WR’s? I can’t help but notice other top teams throughout the country have true freshman WR’s starting and being impactful. See their highlights each week makes me wonder. We have had and have some highly touted true freshman WR’s. Any idea?

We fit right in with the rest of the teams.. And to think we thought we were to good for the conference lol

Here's a portion of a story Eric Lyman, from the Sentinel, wrote about the impact the Aer LIngus Classic had in Ireland.

Georgia Tech’s gritty victory will solidify the Yellowjackets as a team on the ascent, but the real winner of the game may be Ireland, the host country. It’s the sixth time since 2012 that Ireland has hosted a college football game, and this year’s contest — the middle game in a five-game stretch sponsored by Aer Lingus, Ireland’s national airline — is said to have injected more than $130 million into the Irish economy.

A lot of that came from fans of both teams (local media said FSU fans outnumbered their Georgia Tech compatriots four to one), making vacations out of the game and fanning out across the country in the lead-up to the game. In Dublin, Aviva Stadium ran out of beer during the game, though it was resupplied quickly. Even after the game, disappointed FSU fans were singing and making toasts at pubs along with those wearing Georgia Tech gear and with locals just enjoying the spectacle of it all.

That’s what most coverage of the game in the local media focused on — what one paper called the “Razzmatazz of American football.” Locals say they are already looking forward to next year’s edition of the game, which will pit Big 12 rivals Kansas State and Iowa State.

The series of games on the Emerald Isle are helping to establish American football as a niche sport in the country. A few dozen schools in Ireland now have teams playing American football, and there’s a growing community that meets to watch and discuss college and NFL games. It’s unclear, though, the extent to which the sport will ultimately catch on in a country that already has three popular rough sports in rugby, hurling and Gaelic Football (not to mention soccer, which, when the Irish play, can become a contact sport).

Back in Tallahassee, FSU coach Mike Norvell will face his own set of questions. Norvell has earned a reputation as a coach who artfully used the transfer portal to build teams capable of double-digit win totals, filling roster gaps with a mixture of under-utilized talents and diamonds in the rough. That strategy had never been used to that extent, and it stands in stark contrast to traditional programs like rival Clemson, which won two national championships and seven ACC titles in an eight-year span until FSU snatched the crown away last season.

Now the question is whether a team with so many players who hadn’t played together until this year will pull together a run that’ll get it into the first year of a 12-team playoff. It could happen: FSU’s upcoming four games are not exactly daunting: the Seminoles host Boston College, Memphis and California before going on the road to SMU. But then things get harder, with three games against preseason ranked teams in a five-game stretch starting with Clemson on Oct. 5.

If you recognize the writers by line, Lyman is now a freelance writer based in Italy. He was the sports editor for the Florida Flambeau and helped cover the university’s sports program for the Orlando Sentinel in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

FSU sports information:

The No. 15 Florida State volleyball team (4-0) continued its great start to the season with a sweep (26-24, 25-19, 25-19) over Cal Poly (2-3) on Friday evening at the Auburn Invitational in Auburn, Ala. FSU moves to 4-0 for the first time since 2017.

The Noles jumped out to the early lead and kept the Mustangs at distance as they never squandered the lead until the Mustangs went on a fierce 6-0 run to take their first lead of the game at 24-23. Cal Poly gave the Noles a gift with back-to-back errors to give FSU set point, and Taylor Head put down set point to give FSU a 1-0 lead in the match.

After FSU jumped out to an early lead in set two, the Mustangs battled back to tie the set at 16, but the Seminoles used a quick 3-0 spurt thanks to an error by Cal Poly, an ace by Kyleene Filimaua and kill by Audrey Koenig to give the Noles some cushion. The Mustangs had chances to cut the lead to two twice in the final moments of the set, but FSU scored the final three points to take a commanding 2-0 match lead.

Set three followed the same path as both teams went back and forth in the early parts of the set. FSU used a 4-0 run to take a 13-10 lead to separate themselves and cruised to another 25-19 win.

Koenig led the way with 11 kills on 29 attempts while Iane Henke made a splash in her FSU debut with 10 kills on 19 attempts to go along with six blocks. Khori Louis continued to be very efficient as she had 9 kills on 21 attempts (.429) while also adding six blocks. Loren Robertson led the way with 19 assists and nine digs.

FSU will play host Auburn on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. on SECN+.