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The Florida State Seminoles (4-3, 2-3 ACC) had misplaced two straight video games coming into Saturday evening’s contest towards the No. 4 Clemson Tigers (7-0, 5-0 ACC). Nonetheless, there was optimism that the Seminoles would reply towards one of many high groups within the nation. Following an early deficit, the Tigers overcame their struggles to earn a 31-14 victory on the highway.
FSU confirmed the power to go toe to toe with Clemson within the opening quarter. The Seminoles went proper down the sphere and scored the primary landing of the evening on a 20-yard run from quarterback Jordan Travis. Head coach Mike Norvell and the offensive workers tried to make use of the Tigers’ aggressiveness on protection towards them early with a wide range of runs and brief screens.
The strategy was profitable as Travis accomplished three of his first 4 passes. Operating again Trey Benson churned via the Clemson protection for 19 yards earlier than Travis juked a defender and minimize up-field to provide Florida State a 7-0 lead.
A penalty set again the Tigers on their opening possession. On third and 23, defensive finish Derrick McLendon laid successful on working again Will Shipley over the center to power an early punt.
Vast receiver Mycah Pittman returned the punt up the fitting aspect for 31 yards, breaking a deal with within the course of. It was the third punt return for 30+ yards for the Seminoles over their previous three video games.
With a possibility to take main management of the sport within the first half, Florida State’s offense faltered. The Seminoles went three and out because the left aspect of the offensive line was crushed throughout defensive finish Myles Murphy’s sack on Travis. A brief punt from Alex Mastromanno gave the Tigers respectable area place.
After three straight touches from Shipley, Florida State introduced cornerback Kevin Knowles on a blitz off the sting. Knowles didn’t get dwelling on quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei, who stepped up within the pocket and launched a 59-yard landing go to large receiver Antonio Williams. Security Akeem Dent bought caught behind the play, releasing up Williams for an enormous achieve.
Florida State’s third drive on offense was set again by an unlawful block within the again. Nonetheless, Travis hit large receiver Johnny Wilson for 22 yards on the primary play to maneuver the Seminoles out of the shadow of their very own goalpost. Travis related with large receiver Malik McClain on a powerful catch for a conversion on third down earlier than Benson discovered extra working room for a achieve of 16 yards. A run from working again Lawrance Toafili made it 1st and purpose however Clemson stopped FSU solely three consecutive performs. Fullback DJ Lundy punched via the center to place the ‘Noles up 14-7 early within the second quarter.
Clemson responded with an extended drive of its personal as Uiagalelei discovered Joseph Ngata for 19 yards and a conversion on third down. Defensive finish Derrick McLendon got here away with a sack earlier than dropping Uiagalelei on third and brief. The huge quarterback promptly saved the ball to achieve sufficient on fourth right down to hold the Tigers on the sphere. He hit Williams after which a wide-open Jake Briningstool to tie the sport at 14.
Benson carried the Seminoles into Clemson territory however Travis missed his subsequent two passes to carry up third and lengthy. The redshirt sophomore scrambled for eight yards because the offense ready to go for it on 4th and a couple of. Travis threw deep to Johnny Wilson the play however the go was deflected by Nate Wiggins. The Florida native didn’t see a wide-open participant out of the flat that might’ve possible resulted in a conversion.
The Tigers drove down the sphere but once more behind a wide range of runs from Shipley, together with two that netted a primary down on third down. Linebacker Tatum Bethune compelled an incompletion on third and seven from the 30. Clemson elected to kick the sphere purpose as BT Potter related from 47 yards out to provide the Tigers their first lead of the evening.
Trying to tie the sport or re-take the lead earlier than the half, Toafili discovered 19 yards to maneuver the offense in the direction of mid-field. On 2nd and 12, Travis regarded to throw downfield however offensive deal with Robert Scott was crushed badly off the sting by Murphy. Travis fumbled after being hit from behind and the ball was recovered by Clemson.
On the primary play of the following possession, Shipley went straight up the center for 36 yards to place the Tigers on the cusp of the purpose line. Uiagalelei ran it in himself with 19 seconds remaining within the half. All of the sudden, Clemson was on a 17-0 run, together with ten factors in simply 1:32 of recreation time. The Tigers led 24-14 on the break.
One staff got here out of the half able to play the third quarter and the opposite was apparently nonetheless within the locker room. On the opening kickoff of the second half, Shipley exploded for 69 yards earlier than being tripped up by linebacker Kalen DeLoach. Uiagalelei related with Davis Allen down the sideline for a 31-yard landing on the Tigers’ first offensive play.
Toafili was introduced down for a five-yard loss on Florida State’s first play of the second half. Travis accomplished his subsequent two passes to tight finish Cam McDonald for brief good points however the Seminoles went three and out and trotted out the punt staff.
The Tigers seemed to be enjoying for the faux and Florida State fell into the journey. Tight finish Wyatt Rector took the direct snap and was stuffed nicely in need of the road to achieve. Clemson took over contained in the Seminole 40 with an opportunity to proceed constructing their lead. Uiagalelei ran in for a landing however a holding penalty took the factors off the board. Dennis Briggs recorded a brief sack to power one other area purpose try from Potter, which was good.
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Travis discovered large receiver Ja’Khi Douglas downfield for 28 yards however an unlawful shift wiped away the achieve. Florida State went three and out once more. This time, the Seminoles punted it away. Clemson matched it with a 3 and out of its personal, which was additionally the Tigers’ first of the evening.
Trailing 34-14, Florida State lastly gained its first conversion of the second half with a go to Wilson with 3:05 to play within the third quarter. Again to again completions to Toafili netted one other first down. Travis was sacked by Ruke Orhorhoro on third down however a face masks penalty prolonged the drive.
Travis used his legs to get one other first down for the Seminoles earlier than go interference in the long run zone moved the ball to the two-yard line. Again-to-back poor passes from the 2 made it third and purpose for Florida State. Travis ran once more however was introduced down for a loss as Clemson compelled 4th and 4 with 12:52 to play.
Defensive finish Xavier Henry beat offensive deal with Jazston Turnetine inside and bought his fingers on Travis’ go. It was the third time of the evening that Florida State had turned the ball over on downs. Two of the fourth down makes an attempt got here inside 4 yards to achieve.
Following a Clemson punt, Toafili discovered 25 yards of working room on third and brief to maneuver the Seminoles close to the crimson zone. Travis hit Johnny Wilson over the center for 22 yards to make it 1st and purpose. On third down, he rolled out to his proper and located Douglas for a landing to chop the deficit to 34-21.
The Tigers netted just a few first downs to burn nearly all of the remaining clock earlier than punting it again with 4:01 remaining. The kick was nearly blocked however as a substitute, it hit the bottom on the FSU 1 and rolled to the 6, which was principally a narrative of the sport in a nutshell.
Travis eluded two defenders and ran for a primary down earlier than hitting Markeston Douglas for 23 yards. Douglas introduced in one other catch on the following play and broke away from a deal with for 29 yards to maneuver Florida State into scoring place. Operating away from stress, Travis threw throughout his physique to large receiver Kentron Poitier for a landing.
All of the sudden, the Seminoles had minimize the deficit to 34-28 with 2:17 to play. However, it was too little, too late for Florida State as Clemson recovered the following onside kick. With no timeouts remaining, the Tigers had been in a position to safe the victory in Tallahassee.
Florida State completed with 460 yards of whole offense within the recreation, together with 254 passing yards and 206 yards on the bottom. Travis accomplished 57% of his passes for 254 yards with two touchdowns and nil interceptions. He additionally ran 14 instances for 64 yards and one other rating.
Operating again Trey Benson paced the Seminoles with 7 rushes for 69 yards. Operating again Lawrance Toafili added 11 carries for 68 yards and 6 catches for 45 yards. Vast receiver Johnny Wilson led the staff with 6 catches for 75 yards. Vast receiver Ja’Khi Douglas got here away together with his first landing catch this season.
On the opposite aspect of the ball, Florida State surrendered 370 yards of whole offense to Clemson. Defensive finish Derrick McLendon led the unit with eight tackles, one deal with for loss, and one sack. Security Jammie Robinson additionally recorded eight tackles whereas Dennis Briggs totaled two tackles and a sack.
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Florida International University ranked highest among the 12 Florida public universities in qualifying for performance-based funding awards.
Criteria to determine the awards include graduate employment or further education, median wage of graduates, tuition and fees, graduates with degrees in areas of strategic emphasis, and other indicia of academic progress.
Eleven of the state’s 12 public universities scored above 70 out of 100, the threshold to receive all of their share of state-allocated funding. The pot contains more than $300 million, with shares ranging from $71 million for the University of Florida to $5.1 million at New College of Florida.
One university will miss out on at least half of its performance-based funding. Florida Gulf Coast University would have been entitled to $15.3 million but posted the lowest score at 63. Because that’s under a 70 score, that entitles it to at least $3.8 million since it met the first requirement of submitting a student success plan and, if the plan is implemented plan by March, it would qualify to double that amount to $7.6 million.
However, the balance of the original entitlement will be shared among FIU, the University of Florida, Florida State University, and University of South Florida, which scored the highest (FSU and USF tied for third place).
“I’m very proud to say we’ve already implemented the student success improvement plan and I assure you that we are not going to have the same conversation next year, so we are already seeing the improvements in many of our metrics,” FGCU President Aysegul Timur said during the Thursday meeting of the State University System Board of Governors in Orlando.
FIU has scored the highest in three of the past four years, notching a 96 this year.
State government instituted the performance-based funding program in 2014.
Board members are talking about fiddling with the formula, partly because high-scoring universities can get penalized if their scores decline even modestly. For example, The University of Central Florida scored 85 points this year, two points less than last year; if it drops by even one point next year, it would be required to submit a student success plan, but still be eligible for 100% of funding as long its score remains above 70.
Other schools that scored lower than the year before are Florida A&M University, Florida Polytechnic University, the University of North Florida, and USF.
Additionally, FSU Board of Trustees chair Peter Collins said that increased investments to attract students who receive Pell grants — a factor in the scoring — could prove a poor use of money, because it could spark in-state competition for that pool of students.
Alan Levine, vice chair of the Board of Governors, acknowledged Collins’s point, adding that, given Florida universities’ national rankings, it makes sense for the board to start measuring Florida universities against their peers in other states, such as the University of Michigan and Duke.
“Evolving these metrics to be more specific to the institution and that institution’s goals makes a whole lot of sense, given where we are,” Levine said.
Overall, Levine praised the performance-based funding program, saying it produced improvements at FAMU.
During the board’s Friday meeting, a representative of the FAMU Alumni Association, William Youmans, said the university’s score of 72 is respectable but argued the university deserves credit “in context of the challenges that our students overcome and the university’s accomplishments.”
“FAMU is persevering through it all,” Youmans said, given that many of its incoming students aren’t as prepared for college because of social and other barriers that the university needs to help them overcome.
FAMU is the only historically Black university in the State University System. More than 80% of its students are Black and more than 90% are students of color.
“Some metrics are interdependent and should be calculated in context to each other, such as graduation rate and university-access rate to the actual outcomes, to include the social mobility index,” Youmans said.
The social-mobility index calculates a school’s role in improving the economic mobility of its students.
Despite historical factors affecting the communities broadly served by FAMU, its students must compete with the other 11 universities in categories such as starting salary of graduates, graduation rate, and incoming high school GPA, or else the university risks forfeiting performance funds to the other universities.
In the first year of performance-based funding, 2012-13, FAMU tied for seventh out of the 11 universities. This year, it ranked tenth of 12.
FAMU was ranked the 2024 best among Historically Black Colleges and Universities by Niche and the 91st best public school in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report.
What are 2024 hurricane names? When is Atlantic hurricane season?
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Here is the list of names for 2024, as set by the World Meteorological Organization.
The second named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to form today or Saturday, less than a week before the Fourth of July holiday.
Predictions call for it to quickly become the first hurricane of the season as it moves into the Caribbean.
Although it’s currently Invest 95L, once named, it’ll be Beryl.
➤ Spaghetti models for Invest 95L
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While the future Beryl is expected to approach the Lesser Antilles by the end of the weekend, predictions on where it will go after that depend on a variety of factors.
Could Florida feel an impact from what will become Beryl, and could any impacts affect your Fourth of July plans? Here’s what you should know.
Invest 95L: A low pressure system located about 1500 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands is gradually becoming better defined.
Showers and thunderstorms are also showing signs of organization, and a tropical depression or tropical storm will likely form later today or on Saturday.
➤ Tropics watch June 28: Tropical Storm Beryl expected to form soon
This system is expected to move westward at 15 to 20 mph and approach the Lesser Antilles by the end of the weekend. Residents in the area should monitor the progress of this system.
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Special note about spaghetti models: Spaghetti model illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal. The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest performing models to help make its forecasts.
“As we speak, the storm is betting a lot better organized and may form later today or by tomorrow morning” into Tropical Storm Beryl, said Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather lead hurricane forecaster
“The official forecast is for a strong tropical storm to approach the Less Antilles Monday. It may become a hurricane by then, and we’re getting a little more concerned about that possibility” DaSilva said.
“There’s plenty of warm water. Wind shear is decreasing as the storm moves west. It’s dealing with some dry air and wind shear right now but (conditions) are turning more favorable for development over the weekend.”
Look for the storm to approach the Lesser Antilles Monday and move into the Central Caribbean Tuesday or Wednesday.
Where it goes after that, along with development, depend on a couple of factors: land interaction and a system of high pressure over the southeastern United States, DaSilva said.
If it moves over Hispaniola or eastern Cuba, the land and mountains could disrupt its circulation, leading to less organization and weakening from a wind speed perspective. That doesn’t mean those areas wouldn’t feel an impact from the storm, which could dump a huge amount of rain on the islands, DaSilva said.
By the Fourth of July, the storm will likely be a hurricane in the western Caribbean, south of Cuba.
“From that point, we’re going to have to watch an area of high pressure across the southeastern U.S. If there is weakness in that high-pressure system, (Beryl) could be drawn up north into either the Gulf of Mexico or the Florida Peninsula,” DaSilva said.
Timing would be next weekend if it does get drawn north, so really watch this thing July 5-7, DaSilva said.
If the system of high pressure stays strong, the storm will be forced west and go into Yucatan and Mexico. with no real impacts to the U.S.
The system that’s expected to become Beryl is compact so nothing should be felt across Florida on the Fourth of July that’s associated with the storm.
“You may get just the normal run-of-the-mill summer thunderstorms, but nothing associated with Beryl,” DaSilva said.
July 4th Florida forecast: Scorching heat and severe storms ahead. Where to watch in Florida. See radar
Long-range forecasts can change a lot and depend on several evolving factors, but the worst-case scenario could see some impact from Beryl across Florida next weekend.
How much or even if anything is felt depend on the state of the storm later next week and interaction with the islands, which could pull it apart. But if there’s less interaction with land, the system could become more organized, DaSilva said.
A worst case scenario all depend on the state of the storm next week and that interaction with Cuba and Hispaniola. One possibility is rain associated with Beryl affecting Florida next weekend.
The most likely scenario is that Beryl will head west into Mexico and miss Florida entirely, DaSilva said.
“We want people to be alert and aware. We don’t want people to be caught off guard. We’re not sounding alarm bells, and the holiday looks OK. Beyond that, just watch and see,” DaSilva said.
Hurricane Tracker App tweeted Friday morning:
“It’s becoming likely that we will have a Hurricane named #Beryl plowing through the Windward Islands Mon am through Tues am.
“Data shows it reaching Cat 1 status with winds 74-95 mph. All interests in the Windward Islands should be preparing for a hurricane. Upgrade likely today (Friday, June 28).”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed a bill that would have given the state the power to close beaches if tests show water does not reach the state’s health standards.
DeSantis made the call this week, despite Floridians being warned against swimming due to “fecal pollution” just two months ago.
If the bill had gone through, local authorities of beach waters and public bathing places would have had to notify the Department of Health whenever testing water was below recommended health standards.
The Department of Health then “shall require the closure of beach waters and public bathing places that fail to meet the department’s standards if it deems closure is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public,” the bill read.
But Desantis wrote in his veto letter that the bill “suffers from a fatal infirmity” as it “grants authority to the Florida Department of Health (DOH) to close beaches, waterways, and swimming pools.”
He said: “Health Departments like DOH can serve a valuable function, but they should not be vested with the power to supersede local jurisdictions regarding the operation of beaches.
“I have made water quality and protecting Florida’s natural resources a priority and my Administration will continue to do so, but this grant of power to DOH over Florida beaches is ill-advised.”
On June 13, the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County Healthy Beaches program issued health advisories for Dubois Park, Sandoway-Delray Beach and South Inlet Park.
Sampling showed bacterial levels to be more than 71 colonies per milliliter of marine water, putting the beaches’ results in the “poor” category.
Anything that is seen as “poor” should be “considered a potential health risk to the bathing public,” according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
At the end of April, the same department told residents not to swim at several beaches, including Midtown Beach and Dubois Park, in Jupiter.
Water in these two areas had tested positive for high levels of enterococcus bacteria, which the department said “is an indication of fecal pollution.”
It added that this may “come from stormwater runoff, pets and wildlife, and human sewage” and could put swimmers at an “increased risk of illness,”
In both spots, water was recorded as “poor”, meaning it measured 71 or greater enterococci per 100 milliliters of marine water.
Infections from enterococci “are typically not considered harmful to humans, but their presence in the environment may indicate that other disease-causing agents such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa [a microorganic parasite] may also be present,” according to the EPA.
Newsweek contacted DeSantis’ press office, via its email address, for comment on this context and was directed to his veto letter.
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