The latest on a lot of big names:

Adam Gorney mentions a few 2026 prospects, including FSU quarterback commit Brady Smigiel as well as Tristen Keys and Javian Osborne

Keon Coleman had one of the best days on week 1 of any FSU players in the NFL, hauling in four receptions (on five targets) for 51 yards in Buffalo's week 1 win over Arizona:

(Also posted this yesterday on Osceola Village, but sharing here too)

Construction crews worked day and night on Doak Campbell Stadium ahead of the football team’s opener last week. There’s also a crane and work crews nearby as the early stages of the football operations building are taking shape.

With all of the activity and more than $400 million being spent on the two football projects, as well as requests from all of the coaches on Florida State’s campus, why would the athletics department launch another sport? The Seminoles will add women’s lacrosse, which is set to play in the spring of 2026, and have already hired coach Sara Tisdale.

The answer is Title IX, a law that requires universities that receive federal dollars to make strides in its offerings of women’s athletics and expand the number of scholarships or opportunities for women to compete in athletics.

“We did a comprehensive Title IX review of where we were when I became athletic director, working with (FSU general counsel) Carolyn Egan,” FSU athletics director Michael Alford told the Osceola. “And just looking at what our numbers were, what our facilities are, the opportunities we provide our student-athletes, so it was a comprehensive Title IX review. After that review, it was obvious we needed to add a sport because we want to always make sure we’re in compliance with Title IX.”

Bet the under......

Why isn't this an obvious wrinkle in this offense...dude has a rocket arm

Here is the link to today's Seminole Sidelines. Please join us at 3pm for the live version if you can. We have updated the Seminole Sidelines schedule moving forward. Curt wanted to host his own deal, so he will have a show at 3pm on Wednesday.

Seminole Sideline Weekly Schedule:

Monday 6pm: Pat Burnham, Mark Salva and Shane Burnham will recap the game from the previous Saturday.

Tuesday 3pm: Pat Burnham and Charles Fishbein will talk FSU recruiting and then JP Peterson will join us to talk FSU and college football. Mark Salva will join us today.

Wednesday 3pm: Curt Weiler

Thursday 3pm: Pat Burnham with a guest from the Rivals site from whichever school FSU is playing that week. Also, Marvin Jones, Sr. is tentatively set to join me on Thursday.

Saturday 15-20 minutes after the conclusion of the Memphis game: Fish, Mark Salva and Shane Burnham will join me for instant postgame reaction.

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FSU sports information:

With three golfers in the top four of the individual standings, the Florida State Women’s Golf Team is in first place in the team standings of the Folds of Honor Collegiate at the American Dunes Golf Club heading into Wednesday’s final round of play. Junior All-American Mirabel Ting and freshman Sophia Fullbrook are tied for second in the individual standings, with All-American Lottie Woad close behind in fourth place. The sensational Seminole trio is a combined 5 strokes under par through the first 36 holes of the championship.

Florida State owns the team lead entering the final round with a two-round total of 9 over par 585. The Seminoles lead Arizona by one stroke, Ohio State by two strokes, Texas by six strokes, and Baylor by seven strokes. Carolina Melgrati of Arizona is the individual leader with a 5 under par score of 139.

“The message at dinner tonight is going to be ‘keep doing what you are doing’,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “The more we can play this golf course, the better we can get. Today was a message of that. I think we just keep doing that.”

Fullbrook led the Seminoles in the second round with a 3 under par score of 69 and has a 36-hole total of 142. Ting carded a 2 under par 70 in the second round and also has a 36-hole total of 142. Woad finished with an even par 72 and has a 36-hole total of 143. Fullbrook and Ting are just three strokes behind Melgrati while Woad is in a familiar position in the top five and just four strokes out of the individual lead.

Fullbrook was the star of the day for the Seminoles as she totaled a 69 with a nearly clean scorecard. She totaled one eagle (the first of her collegiate career), two bridies and 17 holes scored at par or better. Her eagle came on hole No. 14. Her only blemish (a bogey) came on hole No. 4 (the Seminoles started on hole No. 10) which she quickly neutralized with her second birdie of the day just two holes later. Fullbrook finished her round with four consecutive holes scored at par.

Fullbrook’s score of 69 was tied with Melgrati for the lowest hole score of the round. Fullbrook’s score of 69 is one of the four scores in the 60s during the first two round of the championship.

Ting finished with a second round score of 72 and is tied with Fullbrook for second place with scores of 142.

Ting also enjoyed a nearly perfect scorecard with one birdie, 17 holes scored a par or better, and just one bogey. She earned scores of par on her first 11 holes, and her final five holes of the round.

Woad, the No. 1 ranked women’s amateur player in the world, finished the day with an even par score of 72. She totaled three birdies and was never above par at any time during the round. Woad has earned par or better scores in seven of her last nine collegiate rounds dating to the NCAA Las Vegas Regional championship in May of 2024.

“We’re all really close, so it’s fun when we are away and practicing together,” said Woad. “We just have to keep doing what we are doing; we don’t really try to change anything.”

Bond, who is the winningest women’s golf coach in school history, will look to lead the Seminoles into the winner’s circle for the 21st time as Florida State’s head coach. The Seminoles most recent team championship came at the IJGA Collegiate Invitational in February of 2024.

“This is the first tournament of the year and there is a lot going on,’ said Bond. “If they will play with a lot of confidence, it’s a nice little shootout. We’ll see what happens.”

Third Annual Folds of Honor Collegiate/Sept 9-11, 2024

American Dunes Golf Club/Grand Haven, Mich./Par 72

1/15., Florida State, 585

T2., Mirabel Ting, 142

T2., Sophia Fullbrook, 142

4., Lottie Woad, 143

T56., Kaylah Williams, 158

T66., Christina Surcey, 163

Third Annual Folds of Honor Collegiate/Sept 9-11, 2024

American Dunes Golf Club/Grand Haven, Mich./Par 72

1.-FLORIDA STATE, 585

2.-Arizona, 586

3.-The Ohio State, 587

4.-Texas, 591

5.-Baylor, 592

6.-Michigan State, 594

7.-Kansas, 606

8.-North Carolina, 607

9.-San Jose State, 610

10.-Notre Dame, 614

T11.-Howard, 618

T11.-Tulsa, 618

13.-Colorado State, 619

14.-Grand Valley State, 629

15 .-Navy, 657

FSU sports information:

Junior Jack Bigham carded a 1 over par score of 72 and is in a tie for 23rd place in the individual standings, and the Florida State Men’s Golf Team is in sixth place in the team standings after the first two rounds of the Folds of Honor Collegiate at the American Dunes Golf Club. Bigham has a two-round 146 – and is within five strokes of earning his fifth career top-10 individual finish.

Alabama’s Dominic Clemons carded a five under par score of 66 in the second round and moved into first place in the individual standings with a two-round total of 7 under par 135. Clemson totaled six birdies in the second round. Alabama maintained its overall team lead despite finishing the second round at a cumulative total of four strokes over par. The Crimson Tide has a two-day total of five under par – one stroke better than second place Illinois.

Bigham played well in the second round as he carded four birdies to finish with a score of 72. He birdied three of his final six holes of the round to finish within one stroke of par. His score of 72 – coupled with his score of 74 in the first round – has him within four strokes of even par for the tournament. Only 13 golfers in the field have carded scores of par or better over the course of the first 36 holes of the event.

Bigham continued to play well on the front side of the course and is even par with three birdies and three bogeys during the first two rounds on holes one through nine. He has put himself in position to earn his 10 career top-25 finish when then third and final round of the event begins on Wednesday.

The Seminoles were led on the scoreboard during the second round by redshirt freshman Carson Brewer who carded a team-leading a career-best score of 70 – an eight-stroke improvement from his first round score of 78. Brewer totaled four birdies and 15 holes scored at par or better in the second round as compared to one birdie and 12 holes scored at par or better in the first round.

Brewer played his best golf of the tournament on his back nine with a bogey-free 3 under par total. Her birdied three of his final five holes of the round to move under par for the first time in his career as he is making his career debut as a Seminole. Brewer was three strokes under par on his final 13 holes of the round with eight holes played at par, four birdies, and only one bogey. He moved from two over to two under for the round with his strong finish to the second round.

Graduate student Gray Albright played his best golf of the event as he finished the second round with an even par score of 72 – an improvement of six strokes from his first round score. The left-hander totaled three birdies and 16 holes played at par or better including a birdie on his final hole of the round to finish at even par. Albright was two under par with two birdies and seven more holes played at par on his front nine to begin his second round.

Florida State closes out its play in the Folds on Honor Collegiate on Wednesday with tee times beginning at 12:45 p.m. (ET). The Seminoles will play with Michigan State and Texas in the final round.

Third Annual Folds of Honor Collegiate/Sept. 9-11, 2024

American Dunes Golf Club/Grand Haven, Mich./Par 71

6/15., Florida State, 585

23., Jack Bigham, 146

T33., Carson Brewer, 148

T3., Michael Mays, 148

T37., Gray Albright, 149

T52., Tyler Weaver, 154


Third Annual Folds of Honor Collegiate/Sept. 9-11, 2024

American Dunes Golf Club/Grand Haven, Mich./Par 71

1.-Alabama, 563

2.- Illinois, 564

T3.- Notre Dame, 570

4.- Michigan State, 571

5.- Texas, 573

6.-Florida State, 585

T7.- Kansas, 586

T7.- Ohio State,586

T9.- Arkansas, 588

T9.- Kentucky, 588

11.- Grand Valley State, 598

12.- Navy, 603

13.- Army West Point, 611

14.-Air Force, 619

15.- Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 627

FSU sports information:

The No. 21 Florida State volleyball team (5-1) got back on track on Tuesday evening as they took down UNF (3-5) in four sets (25-13, 20-25, 25-9, 25-16) at UNF Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. FSU improved to 4-0 all-time against the Ospreys.

The Seminoles got off to a fast start and never looked back in the first set as they jumped out to a 10-4 lead and cruised to win the set 25-13. The Seminoles hit .478 in the set while holding the Ospreys to just a .034 hitting percentage.

The Ospreys responded in the second set with great play of their own as they had firm control of the match with a 20-12 lead. FSU climbed its way back into the match and cut the lead to four, but UNF was able to take the set and tie the match.

FSU came out with a fire in set three thanks to some great play from Kyleene Filimaua. FIlimaua had five kills in the set as the Noles cruised to a 25-9 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

The Noles continued to stay hot in the fourth set as they jumped out to a 13-5 lead and went on to take the set and the match by a score of 25-16.

Khori Louis was phenomenal for the Noles as she tied her season high with 13 kills on just 20 attempts. Audrey Koenig recorded her fourth consecutive double digit kill match as she recorded 12 kills on 21 attempts. Loren Robertson led the way with 28 assists while Kenna Phelan had a team-high 15 digs for the Noles.

FSU will return home this weekend as they will face FAU on Friday night at 6 p.m. before taking on UCF on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches can be seen live on ACCNX.

Two games into the 2024 season, FSU is allowing the highest percentage of third-down conversions of any P4 team.

While FSU has struggled to get off the field on third downs, it has also not done enough on earlier downs to create advantageous situations.

After a bye week off from practice, the Florida State football team was back at practice Tuesday morning for the first of two availabilities this week before Saturday's game vs. Memphis (Noon on ESPN).

Mike Norvell said he thought it was a good day of work and that the team didn't appear to be pressing as he is pushing for them to play more calmly after he believed they struggled a bit in this capacity over the first two weeks of the season. Here are our observations from the day of work:


It might not surprise you to hear that the offense didn't get off to the best start to Tuesday's practice. However, I thought the offense closed out very well and ended the day on a strong. This is especially true at quarterback. In my estimation, Brock Glenn was the best quarterback on the day. He balled out in 1-on-1s, managed the offense well in third-down work with a few runs to pick up first downs and generally operated things well. After a slower start, DJ Uiagalelei ended the day better, starting with an excellent deep ball down the seam to Kyle Morlock in good-on-good 11-on-11, with the tight end making a great full-extension catch to secure the pass for a sizable pickup of 30ish yards. Luke Kromenhoek also had a nice day that showed off his arm's potential. Amidst some freshman moments, he had quite a few gunslinger moments, rocketing passes over the middle of the field and down the sidelines, connecting with Elijah Moore (who made a great downfield catch through contact) and Micahi Danzy (newly promoted from the scout team, made a great adjustment on a ball down the sideline to secure a catch.

Another passing-game target who stood out Tuesday was freshman tight end Landen Thomas. After he was a bit limited this preseason, he looks to be rounding into his impressive spring form early this season. He was a frequent target during passing periods Tuesday and ended the day with a really nice one-handed catch on a slightly-high pass against the scout team. In the run game, a few of the depth pieces were the flashiest during Tuesday's practice. Both Sam Singleton Jr. and Caziah Holmes broke a few runs in team periods.

I thought it was an encouraging day from the starting defensive ends in practice. On the first two team period reps of the day in the red zone, Pat Payton had a near-instant pressure to force an errant pass and then had a "tackle for loss" the very next play to set up a third and long. Later on, he added a pass breakup at the line of scrimmage after unleashing a really nice spin move to beat his blocker. Marvin Jones Jr. had a strip sack during a later goal-line team rep, rushing off the edge and knocking the ball out of the quarterback's hands right before they threw it. If FSU is able to set up more advantageous third down situations for the defense, that may help create more pass-rush opportunities for this pair to show off their speed and playmaking ability we haven't seen much of through two games. KJ Sampson also had a "sack" of Kromenhoek during a team period.

On the Mission Takeaway front, Shyheim Brown had an interception during 1-on-1s Tuesday and Azareye'h Thomas nearly added another on a diving pass breakup during a middle 11-on-11 period.

We'll be back out here Wednesday morning for the final practice availability of the week before Saturday afternoon's game.

There's no single reason why the Florida State football team has fallen off so hard this season. From the Seminoles' impressive transfer portal hit rate finally dropping to failing to win a number of elite high-school recruitments, there's plenty of blame to go around.

I examined three reasons why FSU has gone from 19 straight wins to three straight losses and an 0-2 start this season.

Looks to be the same as vs BC.

"'A year later and the fight song doesn’t even play in the stadium after the quarterback throws a touchdown. Deion Sanders told the band they couldn’t play if his son Shedeur Sanders scores a touchdown so that the loudspeaker can play a recording of his son’s song 'Perfect Timing.'”

Just wow.

FSU sports information:

The No. 21 Florida State volleyball team (4-1) has a quick turnaround as they head to Jacksonville on Tuesday evening to take on North Florida (3-4) at 5 p.m. at the UNF Arena. The match can be seen live on ESPN+. The two teams have only met three times prior to Tuesday night with FSU holding a 3-0 record over the Ospreys including a sweep over UNF last season.

FSU is coming off a 1-1 weekend at Auburn where they swept Cal Poly on Friday evening before falling to Auburn in four sets on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles were led by Audrey Koenig who had a phenomenal two matches. Koenig tallied 30 total kills in the two matches including a season-high 19 kills against Auburn. Koenig surpassed 1,000 career kills against Auburn and became just the sixth player in school history to surpass that milestone in the rally scoring era. FSU also got great production from Iane Henke who made her debut for the Garnet and Gold on Friday. Henke tallied 10 kills and six blocks while hitting .526 against Cal Poly and added six more kills against Auburn. She also recorded 17 digs on the weekend.

The Ospreys enter Tuesday with a 3-4 record after a 1-2 showing at the Islanders Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, this past weekend. The Ospreys picked up a win against Texas Southern in four sets and lost to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi in five sets and Jacksonville State in four sets. The Ospreys picked up wins against Rhode Island and Quinnipiac on opening weekend while also falling to Mercer and Florida A&M. The Ospreys are led by Amy Burkhardt who leads the team with 103 kills and is hitting .234 this season.