Florida State Fires Mike Norvell After Clemson Loss

It finally happened in Tallahassee. We start the opening line with our fifth biggest story of the weekend, and that is the firing of Mike Norvell. It has finally happened at Florida State. A $51 million buyout. 51 million to not do anything. I mean, this is one of the best golden parachutes in the history of college football to be given for a coach that was supposed to do big things at Florida State, but after the loss to Clemson over the weekend in which Florida State in the second half just looked inept. I mean, really poor coaching, poor decisions, poor tackling, and Clemson gets a big win on the road. The game flew over. I was on the over for that game. It flew over, but... Mike Norvell is officially out as the head coach of Florida State. And that's an interesting job because they could be going back to the guy who had the job before Mike Norvell. And if you're a Florida State fan, you are longing for the days of Bobby Bowden, right? You want to go back to when you were competing for national championships. But Jimbo Fisher had you competing for national championships and he's lobbying to go back to Florida State. I mean, I guess. Does it work to go back to the old guy, the guy that was your coach before? Or do you need someone who knows how to navigate the current NIL waters and transfer portal waters? Dabo Sweeney, it hasn't worked for him all that well. Are you going to go backwards or are you going to go get a younger head coach that could come in and take this program back to where they want it to be? So very interesting job with deep pockets and a powerhouse sitting there waiting to be relit, I guess, or woken up. Because of the money that Florida State has, the prestige that they've got, and the conference that they play in. I mean, there's been talk about them going to the SEC forever. That Florida State has longed to go to the Southeastern Conference. Them having to watch Miami play for the National Championship last year. They lost, but they played for it. And now Miami's the number one team. A lot of in-state pressure there for Florida State and Seminole fans wanting their program back. So, Mike Norvell, out.