ACC Representatives on the 2024 Butkus Award Preseason Watch List:

Name, School, Class, Position
Barrett Carter, Clemson, Senior, LB
Francisco Mauigoa, Miami, Senior, LB
Power Echols, North Carolina, Senior, LB
Sean Brown, NC State, Redshirt Junior, LB
Gaethan Bernadel, Stanford, Senior, LB
Marlowe Wax, Syracuse, Senior, LB
Sam Brumfield, Virginia Tech, Redshirt Senior, LB

FSU sports information:

Redshirt senior punter Alex Mastromanno was named a preseason first-team All-American Wednesday by Sporting News. The Melbourne, Australia, native was previously named a preseason All-American by Walter Camp and Athlon, made the preseason All-ACC team and is on the Ray Guy Award Watch List.

Mastromanno was a second-team All-American in 2023, averaging 45.5 yards over 66 punts. The second-team All-ACC selection became Florida State’s first finalist for the Ray Guy Award last season.

Behind Mastromanno, Florida State ranked third nationally in net punting average, with 26 punts inside the 20-yard line and just three touchbacks. Mastromanno’s season-long punt of 59 yards came at Clemson and Pitt, two of his 19 punts to travel at least 50 yards. His four punts of over 50 yards against Clemson and Miami were also career-highs.

Sporting News and Walter Camp are recognized by the NCAA as two of the five outlets used to determine consensus All-American status at the end of the season.

Here's what they had to say:

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Four-star offensive tackle Josh Petty has committed to Georgia Tech over Florida State this afternoon. There had been a constant buzz about his committing to the Yellow Jackets since last week.

Multiple sources with knowledge of Petty's recruitment have indicated to the Osceola that this was NIL driven more so than anything else and with added selling point of being a hometown hero thrown in.

From what I am being told the price was just too high for a prospect that would need at least a redshirt season and possibly another season to develop before being able to compete for a starting job. If the number I am hearing he was offered by GT in his NIL deal is anything close to accurate, I can't blame Norvell and staff for not meeting that number given the fact it might be year before he plays.

That being I do think he has a tremendous upside and might have the biggest upside of any offensive linemen FSU is recruiting in this cycle but there is no way you can pay that type of money, if the number I am hearing is true, for a player who might need see action until year three.

And, of course, GT has to get him to the finish line in December, but the Jackets definitely have gone all in on Petty.

From Jerry and Pat. And join us at 3 p.m. on The Osceola's YouTube channel or Facebook as we'll do a Seminole Sidelines show and reflect on camp, discuss FSU's schedule and take your questions. If you have a question for Seminole Sidelines, ask us below:

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It’s only one practice, but by all accounts the offense held its own, if not won the day yesterday. Has practicing against elite defensive players started to bring out the best of these guys? Were they tired of getting punched in the mouth every day and practice and decided to throw a haymaker of their own? The athleticism is sure there. . . I sure can’t wait to see how they look against GT.

It’s the final week of the FedExCup Regular Season, as the Wyndham Championship is set to provide a drama-filled competition.
Several Olympians are set to tee it up, while several pros on the bubble will descend on Sedgefield Country Club to try to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs – with only the top 70 in the FedExCup after Sunday advancing to the first Playoffs event.
Here’s everything else you need to know as the TOUR returns to Greensboro, North Carolina.

FIELD NOTES: Nearly 20 players will head to the Wyndham Championship after competing in the Olympics including Shane Lowry (Ireland), Nick Taylor (Canada), Min Woo Lee (Australia) and Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark), among others … In all, 40 of the top 70 in the FedExCup standings will tee it up in Greensboro. At the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship, the top 70 in the FedExCup will earn their way into the first FedExCup Playoffs event in Memphis. The late Grayson Murray will not be counted among the top 70 on the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List, so the No. 71 finisher on the official standings will secure a spot in the Playoffs … Brendon Todd currently sits at No. 70 on the official standings while Victor Perez, who made a spirited run at the men’s Olympic golf competition in his home country and finished just one shot back of the bronze medal, is No. 71 and Davis Riley is No. 72. All three are slated to compete in Greensboro … American Ryder Cup captain (and recently named Presidents Cup assistant) Keegan Bradley is set to tee it up at Sedgefield for the first time since 2017… There are 16 in-season winners heading to the Wyndham Championship including last month’s 3M Open winner, Jhonattan Vegas, who finished 15th in his last appearance in Greensboro in 2021 … Jordan Spieth, who comes into the week at No. 63 in the FedExCup standings, returns to Sedgefield for the first time since 2020. Spieth lost in a playoff in Greensboro in 2013 in his debut … Other notables teeing it up include Brian Harman, Cameron Young, Billy Horschel and Justin Rose … Lucas Glover (No. 76 in the FedExCup standings) looks to become the event’s first back-to-back winner since Sam Snead in the 1950s.

HIGHEST-RANKED PLAYERS IN THE FIELD

SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS: Luke Clanton is back on the PGA TOUR after missing the cut at the 3M Open, his first missed cut on TOUR from his recent summertime stretch. The rising Florida State junior made the cut at the U.S. Open and then recorded back-to-back top-10s at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and John Deere Classic … The reigning PGA TOUR University No. 1, Michael Thorbjornsen, got the nod for a sponsor invite to the Wyndham Championship. The Stanford alum has had an up-and-down start to his maiden PGA TOUR campaign but did finish T2 at the John Deere Classic, his best TOUR result … Patton Kizzire (No. 134 on the FedExCup standings), and Wesley Bryan (No. 154) received sponsor invites … A pair of past FedExCup champions in Bill Haas (runner-up in Greensboro in 2014) and Brandt Snedeker (a two-time winner in Greensboro) round out the sponsor exemptions.
COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: This is the final week of the TOUR TOP 10 competition for 2024, with Scottie Scheffler owning an insurmountable lead … Two players competing at the Wyndham Championship could impact the final TOUR TOP 10 standings – with both Sungjae Im (No. 9) and Lowry (No. 10) in the field in Greensboro … Lowry is heading back across the pond after competing for Ireland in the Olympics and acting as the country’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony in Paris … Akshay Bhatia is within shouting distance of the TOUR TOP 10 at No. 15 along with fellow winner Robert MacIntyre (No. 17).
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 500 FedExCup points. This is the final event before the FedExCup Playoffs.
The top 70 in the FedExCup standings at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship will earn their way into the first event of the Playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship. From there, the top 50 in the standings will compete at the BMW Championship, and then just the top 30 will tee it up at the TOUR Championship.
The top 125 on the FedExCup standings will retain exempt status for 2025, but that will be finalized after the FedExCup Fall which concludes at The RSM Classic in November.
COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club (Ross), par 70, 7,131 yards. Sedgefield was restored to the original Ross design in 2007 but lengthened to accommodate the PGA TOUR. It has hosted each Wyndham Championship since 2008. Opened in the 1920s, Sedgefield features Ross’ typical small and undulating greens, although the winning score has been 20-under or lower for seven of the last eight seasons.
72-HOLE RECORD: 258, Henrik Stenson (2017), J.T. Poston (2019)
18-HOLE RECORD: 59, Brandt Snedeker (Round 1, 2018).
LAST TIME: Lucas Glover won by two shots for his first win on the PGA TOUR in two years. He moved from No. 112 to No. 49 in the FedExCup standings – and would, of course, win the first Playoffs event in Memphis the following week. Glover shot a 2-under 68 in the final round to finish two strokes clear of Russell Henley and Byeong Hun An. One of the lasting images from the week came from Justin Thomas, whose birdie chip on the final hole hopped against the base of the pin – but didn’t drop. Thomas, who fell to the ground in how-did-that-happen agony, finished just nine points out of the No. 70 spot and did not earn his way into the FedExCup Playoffs. Billy Horschel, the 54-hole leader, finished fourth, while Webb Simpson and Michael Kim finished tied for fifth.
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Congratulations again to our Olympic Champ, @SeaPA

@Mrs BFT maintains the overall lead as we head to the Wyndham



Good luck to everyone this week

Rivals has revised its rankings for 2025 this afternoon:

From Jerry and Pat:

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Updated 2025 Rivals250

Five-Star Countdown: Rankings Week for 2025 class kicks off

Meet the seven new five-stars

Tuesdays with Gorney: Position by position

Rivals Rankings Week: Ten biggest risers in the Rivals250

(Three FSU soccer players contribute to the total. And, yes, the ACC is counting Stanford and Cal athletes)

As the Olympic Games Paris 2024 ended, the Atlantic Coast Conference finished with 98 total medals on the international stage.

The ACC finished the 2024 Olympic Games as the conference with the most medalists and the highest number of gold medals. The league’s 98 total medals included all competition and not just NCAA-sponsored sports.

A total of 13 schools throughout the ACC won at least one medal in the Paris 2024 Olympics. ACC newcomer Stanford led the way with a school-record 39 medals, which led all NCAA schools. Fellow ACC newcomer Cal brought 18 medals home to rank second in the league’s standings. Virginia also finished with 14 total medals throughout the 2024 Olympics to finish third.

If the ACC was its own country, its 37 gold medals would have ranked third in the world, trailing just the United States and China, who each claimed the top spot on the podium on 40 occasions. The league’s 98 total medals would have ranked second in the world, trailing just the United States, who finished with 121 medals.

With 10 representatives from the ACC on the roster, the United States Women’s Soccer team won the gold medal with a thrilling 1-0 victory over Brazil on Saturday, August 10. Five different schools – Florida State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Stanford and Virginia – each had at least one gold medalist on the USWNT.

Former Duke student-athlete Jayson Tatum helped the United States Men’s Basketball team to its fifth consecutive gold medal. In the past two months, the former Blue Devil has now won the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics and an Olympic gold medal with Team USA.

Sunday was another stellar day for ACC student-athletes. The day began with seven student-athletes combined from Cal and Stanford helped the United States Men’s Water Polo team claim the bronze medal with a shootout victory over Hungary. The bronze medal was the United States’ first in men’s water polo since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Stanford picked up another medal when Alanna Smith won the bronze medal in women’s basketball while representing Australia.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games concluded with the United States Women’s Basketball team earning its eighth straight gold medal with a thrilling victory over the host country, France. Team USA had four ACC representatives with North Dame’s Jewell Loyd and Jackie Young and Duke’s Jackie Young as players alongside Blue Devils’ head coach Kara Lawson, who served as an assistant coach.

Here is the breakdown of the medals won by those affiliated with the league members of the ACC throughout the 2024 Olympic Games:

Gold Medals (37)

Korbin Albert, USA – Notre Dame (Women’s Soccer)

Jack Alexy, USA – Cal (Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Valarie Allman, USA – Stanford (Women’s Discus Throw)

Katharine Berkoff, USA - NC State (Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Tierna Davidson, USA – Stanford (Women’s Soccer)

Pien Dicke, Netherlands – Virginia (Women’s Field Hockey)

Kate Douglass, USA - Virginia (Women’s 200m Breaststroke)

Kate Douglass, USA – Virginia (Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Crystal Dunn, USA – North Carolina (Women’s Soccer)

Emily Fox, USA – North Carolina (Women’s Soccer)

Naomi Girma, USA – Stanford (Women’s Soccer)

Chelsea Gray, USA – Duke (Women’s Basketball)

Chris Guiliano, USA – Notre Dame (Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Ryan Held, USA – NC State (Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Torri Huske, USA – Stanford (Women’s 100m Butterfly)

Torri Huske, USA – Stanford (Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay)

Torri Huske, USA – Stanford (Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Lee Kiefer, USA – Notre Dame (Women’s Individual Foil)

Lee Kiefer, USA – Notre Dame (Women’s Team Foil)

Vivian Kong, Hong Kong, China – Stanford (Women’s Épée)

Casey Krueger, USA – Florida State (Women’s Soccer)

Katie Ledecky, USA – Stanford (Women’s 800m Freestyle)

Katie Ledecky, USA – Stanford (Women’s 1,500m Freestyle)

Jewell Loyd, USA – Notre Dame (Women’s Basketball)

Ryan Murphy, USA – Cal (Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay)

Jenna Nighswonger, USA – Florida State (Women’s Soccer)

Camryn Rogers, Canada – Cal (Women’s Hammer Throw)

Emily Sams, USA – Florida State (Women’s Soccer)

Regan Smith, USA – Stanford (Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Sophia Smith, USA – Stanford (Women’s Soccer)

Emily Sonnett, USA – Virginia (Women’s Soccer)

Rojé Stona, Jamaica – Clemson (Men’s Discus Throw)

Jayson Tatum, USA – Duke (Men’s Basketball)

Gretchen Walsh, USA – Virginia (Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay)

Gretchen Walsh, USA – Virginia (Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Emma Weber, USA – Virginia (Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Jackie Young, USA – Notre Dame (Women’s Basketball)

Silver Medals (29)*

Mykolas Alekna, Lithuania – Cal (Men’s Discus Throw)

Jack Alexy, USA – Cal (Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Kassidy Cook, USA – Stanford (3M Synchronized Springboard Diving)

Kate Douglass, USA – Virginia (Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Kate Douglass, USA – Virginia (Women’s 200m Individual Medley)

Megumi Field, USA – Stanford (Artistic Swimming)

Caileigh Filmer, Canada – Cal (Women’s Eight Rowing)

Chris Guiliano, USA - Notre Dame (Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Torri Huske, USA - Stanford (Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Torri Huske, USA – Stanford (Women’s 100m Freestyle)

Dani Jackovich, Australia – Stanford (Women’s Water Polo)

Audrey Kwon, USA – Stanford (Artistic Swimming)

Katie Ledecky, USA – Stanford (Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Jacklyn Luu, USA – Stanford (Artistic Swimming)

Ollie Maclean, New Zealand – Cal (Men’s Four Rowing)

Paige Madden, USA – Virginia (Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Simone Manuel, USA – Stanford (Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Simone Manuel, USA – Stanford (Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay)

Ryan Murphy, USA – Cal (Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay)

Sydney Payne, Canada – Cal (Women’s Eight Rowing)

Morgan Pearson, USA – Duke (Triathlon Mixed Relay)

Kathryn Plummer, USA – Stanford (Women’s Volleyball)

Diana Shnaider, Italy – NC State (Women’s Tennis Doubles)

Regan Smith, USA – Stanford (Women’s 100m Backstroke)

Regan Smith, USA – Stanford (Women’s 200m Backstroke)

Regan Smith, USA – Stanford (Women’s 200m Butterfly)

Gretchen Walsh, USA – Virginia (Women’s 100m Butterfly)

Gretchen Walsh, USA – Virginia (Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

Abbey Weitzeil USA – Cal (Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay)

*includes five medals that were won in non-NCAA sponsored sports

Bronze Medals (32)*

Georgia Bell, Great Britain – Cal (Women’s 1,500m Run)

David Betlehem, USA – NC State (Men’s 10KM – Open Water)

Julia Bergmann, Brazil – Georgia Tech (Women’s Volleyball)

Katharine Berkoff, USA – NC State (Women’s 100m Backstroke)

Alex Bowen, USA – Stanford (Men’s Water Polo)

Luca Cupido, USA – Cal (Men’s Water Polo)

Grant Fisher, USA – Stanford (Men’s 10,000m Run)

Grant Fisher, USA – Stanford (Men’s 5,000m Run)

Ben Hallock, USA – Stanford (Men’s Water Polo)

Dearica Hamby, USA – Wake Forest (Women’s 3x3 Basketball)

Hans Henken, USA – Stanford (Men’s Sailing Skiff)

Drew Holland, USA – Stanford (Men’s Water Polo)

Asher Hong, USA – Stanford (Men’s Team Artistic Gymnastics)

Johnny Hooper, USA – Cal (Men’s Water Polo)

Nick Itkin, USA - Notre Dame (Men’s Individual Foil)

Kitty Lynn Joustra, Netherlands – Cal (Women’s Water Polo)

Katie Ledecky, USA – Stanford (Women’s 400m Freestyle)

Heidi Long, Great Britain – Virginia (Women’s Eight Rowing)

Paige Madden, USA – Virginia (Women’s 800m Freestyle)

Brody Malone, USA – Stanford (Men’s Team Artistic Gymnastics)

Rowan McKellar, Great Britain – Cal (Women’s Eight Rowing)

Esther Muhari, Hungary – Notre Dame (Women’s Épée)

Ryan Murphy, USA – Cal (Men’s 100m Backstroke)

Alysha Newman, Canada - Miami (Women’s Pole Vault)

Yared Nuguse, USA – Notre Dame (Men’s 1,500m Run)

Erik Shoji, USA – Stanford (Men’s Volleyball)

Alanna Smith, Australia – Stanford (Women’s Basketball)

Christian Tabash, USA – Cal (Men’s Eight Rowing)

Naya Tapper, USA – North Carolina (Women’s Sevens Rugby)

Hattie Taylor, Great Britain – Syracuse (Women’s Eight Rowing)

Adrian Weinberg, USA – Cal (Men’s Water Polo)

Dylan Woodhead, USA – Stanford (Men’s Water Polo)

*includes three medals that were won in non-NCAA sponsored sports

Coaches *

Megan Abarca, USA – Stanford (Silver - Artistic Swimming Assistant Coach)

Gavin Arroyo, USA - Cal (Bronze - Men's Water Polo Assistant Coach)

Ralf Bissdorf, USA - Boston College (Gold - Women’s Team Foil Head Coach)

Todd DeSorbom USA – Virginia (Many Medals – Women’s Swimming Head Coach)

Dave Durden, USA - Cal (Many Medals - Women's Swimming Assistant Coach)

Matt Fuerbringer, USA - Stanford (Bronze - Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach)

Braden Holloway, USA - NC State (Many Medals - Men's Swimming Assistant Coach)

Kara Lawson, USA – Duke (Gold - Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach)

Greg Meehan, USA - Stanford (Many Medals - Women's Swimming Assistant Coach

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As FSU began its preliminary on-field prep for Georgia Tech this morning, the Seminoles' defense won the day of work.

Here's our practice report from Day 15 of FSU preseason camp.

Watch as the Osceola staff reflects on FSU's practice, scrimmage No. 2, Josh Petty and more:

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