FSU head coach Mike Norvell will be in Gainesville, Georgia tonight to watch 2025 Seminoles WR commit CJ Wiley play against Gainesville High School. Wiley took an unofficial visit to UGA last weekend to watch the Bulldogs take on Auburn.

This is a big visit for Norvell after FSU lost the commitment of commit Daylan McCutcheon to Texas yesterday. Wiley is currently the only wide receiver committed to FSU for 2025.

Class of 2027 WR Grant Haviland, who has an FSU offer, also plays for Milton.

Florida State has offered several players at Gainesville High including 2025 OT Alex Payne who is committed to North Carolina. They have also shown interest in 2027 OL Tyler Ford.

FSU sports information:

The No. 21 Florida State volleyball team (12-4, 4-2) delivered an impressive performance against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-6, 2-3), winning in four sets (25-23, 22-25, 25-18, 25-16) in front of a lively crowd at Tully Gym.

FSU came out strong in the first set, showcasing their energy and determination. The Noles trailed for the majority of the set but was able to tie the match at 20 and scored four out of the next five points to reach set point. Notre Dame fought off two set points, but a block from Khori Louis and Audrey Koenig ended the set.

The second set saw a shift in momentum. FSU started strong but couldn't maintain their lead as Notre Dame capitalized on errors. The Fighting Irish managed to pull ahead and took the set 25-22, tying the match at one set apiece

However, FSU quickly regained control in the third set. With a powerful offense and solid defense, the Seminoles dominated, winning 25-18. They continued their strong play into the fourth set, where they finished off Notre Dame decisively with a score of 25-16.

Koenig was the standout performer for the Seminoles, finishing with 16 kills and 13 digs. Taylor Head contributed significantly as well, adding 11 kills and a season-high 23 digs. Maddie Snider and Khori Louis also played pivotal roles, each registering seven kills and providing valuable support on both offense and defense.

The Seminoles will now have four consecutive matches on the road beginning next Friday at Boston College. First serve is set for 7 p.m. on ACCNX.

(Football portal windows: For the 2024-25 academic year, the windows will be open Dec. 9-28 and April 16-25)

Via the NCAA:

The Division I Council on Tuesday approved changes to the notification-of-transfer windows in football and men's and women's basketball from a total of 45 days to 30 days, effective immediately.

The changes, which were initially introduced in June, are intended to provide greater stability to student-athletes and programs, in better alignment with academic terms and, in some cases, professional league draft rules.

"With several years of data now available, we know that the vast majority of student-athletes are entering the portal within the first four weeks of it opening," said Josh Whitman, athletics director at Illinois and chair of the council. "The NCAA remains committed to adjusting to the rapidly changing collegiate athletics landscape while continuing to keep student-athletes at the forefront of our decision-making process. These window adjustments met that standard."

Moving forward, the notification-of-transfer windows in basketball will be open for 30 days, starting the day after the conclusion of the second round of each NCAA Division I championship, when 91% of teams in both men's and women's basketball have concluded their season. For the 2024-25 academic year, the window will be open March 24-April 22 for men's basketball and March 25-April 23 for women's basketball.

In both the Football Championship Subdivision and the Football Bowl Subdivision, the notification-of-transfer windows will be a total of 30 days spread over two windows. The first window will open the Monday after the FBS conference championship weekend for 20 days, and the second window will open in the spring for 10 days. For the 2024-25 academic year, the windows will be open Dec. 9-28 and April 16-25.

The changes were recommended and supported by the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committees and the Football Oversight Committees on Tuesday before the council meeting and were adopted Tuesday by the council — which includes a voting representative from each Division I conference, as well as student-athlete representatives.

Student-athletes seeking to transfer and be recruited by other schools to compete the following year must provide their current school with administrative notice during the window for their sport. The window is for notice only and does not impact the amount of time a student might need to decide whether to ultimately transfer and to what school.

In all sports, student-athletes whose head coach leaves the school would continue to have an additional 30-day transfer window beginning the day after a coach's departure.

That 2014 miracle win was the start of this trend. Clemson has dominated our o-line for literally a decade. Even last year in our win, the line got dominated, we couldn't run the ball, and we only won because of the scoop and score and Jordan throwing up jump balls. This has to change. Atkins has to go. He is IMO the worst coach on our staff. The line was the weakness of the team last year too. What has Atkins actually produced on the field? We hear all this crap about how much the players like him and how well he recruits blah blah. But what happens on the field? We get dominated. None of the veterans have improved. None of his transfers panned out. His recruits barely even play. Atkins has to go. #1 coach that needs to be fired.

from back in the day? I think that was his handle.
I recently listened to a segment about the foodie scene around DC and NoVa and it reminded me of Ole Bob who was constantly ragging both bad restaurant experiences and his worthless son-in-law …
Anybody heard from the ole boy lately?

A Legitimate Head Coach would have installed a fail-safe “system” by now to have avoided this embarrassing debacle occurring to/with our proud Program. Norvell is quite clearly NOT the right guy to change the trajectory….specifically because HE is the responsible coach for presiding over the current free fall trajectory. That’s an unacceptable reality. We simply can’t afford to wait until the Program is completely irretrievably destroyed under Norvell’s incompetent oversight and direction. I for one would contribute to a purpose-driven Collective earmarked to buyout Norvell and his Bad News Bears coaching staff, and fund the salaries of a Power 4 level competent coaching staff. There can’t be a more important Collective formed than for that singular purpose at this stage. Norvell, nor his Staff belong at FSU based on what we’re witnessing alone.

We went 0fer almost 50 years ago.

FSU sports information:

The No. 21 Florida State volleyball team (11-4, 3-2) gave the fourth-ranked Louisville Cardinals (13-2, 5-0) all they could handle in front of a capacity crowd at Tully Gym as the Seminoles came just short of the upset in a five-set loss (25-16, 21-25, 21-25, 25-21, 9-15) on Friday night.

FSU came out on fire and gave the home crowd a lot to cheer about as the Cardinals had no answers for the Noles as they hit .417 in the first set. Audrey Koenig and Khori Louis led the way with four kills each in the first set. FSU used a 5-0 run in the middle of the set to run out to a 19-12 lead and extended the lead all the way to 23-14 and closed it out 25-16. FSU was the first ACC team to take a set from Cardinals all season.

FSU kept the momentum going in the early portions of set two as they jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Louisville stormed back and used a 11-2 run to take a 16-10 lead. FSU cut the lead to two at 19-17 thanks to back-to-back aces from Koenig, but that was as close as it would come as Louisville tied the match.

The Cardinals jumped out to a 9-5 lead early in set three, but the Noles continued to fight their way back and only trailed by one at 17-16. Louisville used a quick 5-1 run to extend the lead to the four and rolled to take a 2-1 set lead.

FSU was not going to go home quietly, and the two teams battled back and forth for the majority of the set. With the set tied at 19, Louisville served one into the net, and Maddie Snider recorded a solo block to send Tully Gym into a frenzy to force a timeout by the Cardinals. Koenig extend the lead to 23-20 and a couple of errors from the Cardinals gave the set to FSU to force a fifth set.

The teams traded points to start the fifth set, but with the set tied at five, Louisville used a quick 3-0 run to separate itself. The Noles got back within two at 11-9 thanks to another kill by Koenig, but Louisville scored the final four points to take the match.

Koenig was phenomenal for the Noles all night long as she recorded 22 kills on 47 attempts for a .340 hitting percentage. Taylor Head tied her season high of 15 kills while also recording 12 digs. Louis was the third Nole in double figures as she recorded 10 kills for the Noles.

FSU will be back in action at Tully Gym on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Notre Dame. The game can be seen on ACCNX.

Pat Burnham and Rivals' John Garcia discuss this topic, among three big questions on the Big 3 schools:

It's uncharacteristic of him not to be running up the score....

FSU sports information:

The No. 6 Florida State soccer team (7-1-2, 2-1-1) fell 4-1 in a top-10 road battle against No. 4 Wake Forest (9-2-2, 4-1-1) on Thursday night. The Seminoles’ historic unbeaten streak came to a close at 32 total games, the longest in program history.

Both sides took time to break into the game before Wake Forest began to record dangerous early chances. Addie Todd made a huge diving save at her right post to keep the game even before parrying away a fiery near post effort. The Demon Deacons scored two goals to close out the first half.

Mere seconds into the second half, Jordynn Dudley played a forward cross to Kameron Simmonds who controlled the ball with her head before poking away the goal just 15 seconds into the second half. This marks the fastest goal in any half of play this season and Simmonds’ fourth goal of the season to put her joint-second in goal scoring this season. Wake Forest responded with two additional goals.

Florida State will look to bounce back as the team plays at Virginia Tech on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and available to stream on ACC Network Extra.

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