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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- The Olympics are over. The Ryder Cup in on the horizon.In between is a $10 million payoff for winning the FedEx Cup, a four-tournament series that starts Thursday at The Barclays. Still up for grabs is who becomes the favorite for PGA Tour player of the year.Jordan Spieth wasnt sure who he considered the front-runner, perhaps because the summer has gone by so quickly due to the Olympic schedule. He first thought it would be Henrik Stenson, who won the British Open in that exquisite duel at Royal Troon. Then, he remembered Dustin Johnson winning the U.S. Open and a World Golf Championship at Firestone in consecutive starts.Spieth could only say for certainty that he most likely wouldnt be part of the conversation this year.I believe the player of the year award should go to someone who wins at the highest level, Spieth said Wednesday. Tiger won it in 2013 without winning a major, but he did win The Players, and the other events were all some of the best fields in golf. But I think that its hard to not give it to someone who has won a major championship.The next five weeks -- there is a one-week break between the third and the final playoff event -- figures to go a long way in shaping that race.Not to be overlooked is Jason Day, whose three victories include The Players Championship and the Match Play.I think a couple wins would be nice -- a couple more wins should do it, yeah, Day said. That should just take everything out, even with what Dustin has done. To have five wins, and especially two more wins in the playoffs, will obviously get it done.He makes it sound so simple, perhaps because thats what he did last year.Spieth was a shoo-in for PGA Tour player of the year in 2015 until Day won The Barclays and the BMW Championship, and suddenly Spieths amazing run through the majors -- two victories, a runner-up finish and missing a playoff by one shot at St. Andrews -- was in doubt. Spieth took care of that by winning the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, completing the best year in the FedEx Cup era.And as Day has found out, winning isnt easy. He has gone more than three months since his last victory.It all starts to unfold Thursday at Bethpage Black, a course that makes nothing seem easy. The Black came into prominence when it hosted the U.S. Open for the first time in 2002, and then seven years later in the rain. It last hosted The Barclays in 2012.The course is famous for its warning sign on the first tee: The Black Course is an extremely difficult course which we recommend only for highly skilled golfers.It should say its a risk even for really good players, Spieth said. The course Ive played the last two days is up there with the hardest, probably top-five courses Ive ever played in my life. And its Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and its soft.Spieth has won twice this year and goes into the playoffs at No. 5. The trick is to stay there.The top 125 players qualified for the playoffs. Four players are not at Bethpage because they want to conserve energy (Sergio Garcia, Danny Willett) or play in Europe (Shane Lowry), or are injured (Anirban Lahiri).Only the top 100 advance to the next event at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and then the top 70 move on to the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick. The top 30 get to East Lake for the Tour Championship. The points are reset so that everyone has a mathematical chance at the $10 million bonus, and the top five only have to win at East Lake to capture golfs biggest payoff.Day is in the No. 1 spot going into the playoffs, barely moving past Johnson with his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship. Now that points are quadrupled for the next three events, this is the time of year to be playing the best golf.This is the 10th year of the FedEx Cup playoffs, and Day says they are starting to get some traction. The tour has created bobbleheads of the eight players who have won it (Tiger Woods is the only player to win it twice). Then again, its hard to ignore that other value of winning.Im not going to lie -- theres a big price tag at the end of the four events that is very, very motivating, Day said. You put that kind of number behind anything, thats very motivating for most people. 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ATLANTA -- Georgia Tech was a bit listless after its upset of Virginia Tech.Fortunately for the Yellow Jackets, they came up with enough big plays to beat Virginia.Marcus Marshall ran 67 yards for a touchdown, Justin Thomas threw a 54-yard scoring pass to Clinton Lynch and Qua Searcy broke loose for a 60-yard TD, leading Georgia Tech to a 31-17 victory over the Cavaliers on Saturday.As if that wasnt enough, Lance Austin sealed the win with a dazzling 24-yard interception return for a touchdown, showing off several nifty moves.It took us a while get going, Marshall said.Georgia Tech (7-4, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) struggled through most of the first half and went to the locker room trailing 10-7. Marshalls career-long run in front of the Cavaliers bench accounted for more than half of the Yellow Jackets 111 yards at the break.But Virginia (2-9, 1-6) couldnt hold on with Matt Johns starting at quarterback for the first time this season. He was 27 of 44 for 220 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown to Ryan Santoro that cut the gap to 24-17 with 7:18 remaining. But Johns also had three interceptions in the second half, including the pick by Austin that finished off Virginia.He played well for a long, long time, Mendenhall said of Johns, who reclaimed the starting job he held last season. He did the best he could.Marshall finished with 127 yards on 16 carries. Thomas, who didnt play the previous week in an upset of Virginia Tech because of an injury, completed 5 of 10 passes for 122 yards in his final game at Bobby Dodd Stadium.I have a lot of great memories in this stadium, the senior quarterback said. We did a lot of great things in our careers. It was a great moment.TAKEAWAYSVirginia: A year to forget -- boy, that must sound familiar to Wahoo fans -- is mercifully winding down. The Cavaliers were doomed by another second-half meltdown, which has become a familiar theme. They have been outscored 183-114 over the final two quarters this season.Georgia Tech: The trriple-option offense had all sorts of blocking breakdowns, most notably when coach Paul Johnson decided to go for it on fourth-and-1 at his own 29.ddddddddddddBackup quarterback Matthew Jordan was stuffed for no gain on a play, and Johnson griped that his team missed all three of its key blocks. But the Yellow Jackets avoided the sort of upset that wouldve really turned up the heat on Johnson, whose job security has been questioned with a new athletic director coming aboard.FIELD GOAL WOESVirginia has another tough day in the kicking game.Sam Hayward missed from 31 and 42 yards, though he did manage to connect from 30 yards. That leaves him 3 of 7 for the season and the Cavaliers at 4 of 9 overall. They havent made a kick longer than 36 yards.TOUGH DAYGeorgia Techs Brad Stewart dropped what like a sure touchdown pass in the third quarter, getting some 10 yards behind the secondary but bobbling away a throw that hit him right in stride.It only got worse for the sophomore receiver. Later in the period, he sustained what appeared to be a potentially serious left knee injury while returning a punt. Stewart had to be helped off the field and didnt return.UP NEXTVirginia: Finishes its first year under coach Bronco Mendenhall next Saturday at Virginia Tech, which has won 12 straight games in the series. The Cavaliers need an upset to avoid tying the school record for most losses in a season.Georgia Tech: Closes the regular season on the road against state rival Georgia. The Bulldogs have won 13 of the last 15 meetings between the teams, including a 13-7 victory in 2015 that turned out to be the final game at Georgia for coach Mark Richt.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry .---For more AP college football coverage: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '