Norvell admits he ‘failed’ after FSU loses once again

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Elder WriterSep 3, 2024, 01:10 AM ET

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• ACC reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2010.
• Graduate of the University of Florida.TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– Florida State coach Mike

  Norvell ran his home field after a 28-13 loss to Boston College on Monday night, his stone-faced expression speaking for him.Nobody around the Seminoles program expected what has unfolded over 2 weeks in front of a national tv audience: An 0-2 start with concerns across the board, including an inability to run the ball, an overmatched and often flummoxed protective front and a passing game that has actually battled with a completely overhauled roster.If the 24-21 season-opening loss to Georgia Tech might be rationalized due to the fact that it happened a continent away in Ireland, Florida State’s loss to Boston College exposed much of the exact same issues that came up against the Yellow Jackets.Norvell was hard-pressed for responses in his postgame news conference, just stating,”I’m ill to how this season started. Tonight, I stopped working in preparing the team to head out and respond.”Florida State came into the season not just as the protecting ACC champ however as the preseason choice to again win the conference– despite losing its best players, including Jordan Travis, Jared Verse

  , Braden Fiske and Keon Coleman. While they are off preparing for an NFL season, Florida State has actually been left to fill their spots– not just on the field but in the locker room.Norvell spoke consistently about players having to rely on one another more on the field, about pushing, about how the team has to come together now to repair its problems. The Seminoles have an open date before hosting Memphis on Sept. 14 to”return in the lab,”as wide receiver Kentron Poitier said.”You have actually got a football group that nobody pictured ever being where we are and having frustration, having failure, however I do think in what this team can do,”Norvell stated.” I think in what this team can accomplish.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated”There’s going to be lots of negativeness around this program. I understand that. When we perform the method we just did, that’s all part of it. However for our football group, you have actually got to stay together, and you’ve got to ensure that you exist

  for each other. We’ve been torn down. We know how to get up, but we have actually got to go do that. It’s something to speak about it. It’s another thing to use and then to be able to carry out in the minute. “Florida State has actually done this before under Norvell. In 2021, it started 0-4 before rallying to win 5 of its final 8 games. Then in 2022, it dropped 3 straight before reeling off six straight wins. That season introduced the Seminoles to 13-0 in 2023 and an ACC championship victory, till a snub from the College Football Playoff left a considerably depleted Florida State group to play Georgia in the Orange Bowl.Florida State lost that game 63-3. The Seminoles are now 0-3 in their previous three outings. Norvell stated the playoff snub has no correlation to this season’s group.”When things don’t go how you want them to go– a frustrating result in our very first game– and clearly today it was all the important things that can go wrong essentially did,”Norvell said.

  “I don’t know if that’s a carryover from any part of it besides beginning to press, starting to attempt to do too much, where you desire it so bad that there’s times where you almost abandon

  the training that you’ve had because you just begin pushing and trying to do almost too much.” Boston College won the line of scrimmage on both its offensive and defensive lines, simply the way Georgia Tech did. In its first 2 games of the season, Florida State has quit 453 total hurrying lawns while managing just 119 yards on the ground itself. Against Boston College, that proved specifically bothersome: Florida State hurried for just 21 lawns, and its running backs had eight overall carries.Seminoles quarterback DJ Uiagalelei was unpredictable, at best, as Norvell turned to him to assist jump-start a struggling offense. Uiagalelei was off target for the majority of the game, and fans started shouting for backup Brock Glenn before halftime. Uiagalelei ended up 21-of-42 for 272 backyards and a touchdown with a vital interception in the 3rd quarter that basically put the game out of reach.Down 14-6, Norvell elected to go all out on fourth-and-5 from the Florida State 47. Uiagalelei missed out on severely on his pass, and Max Tucker was there to intercept it and return the ball to the 7-yard line. Boston College punched it in 2 plays later on to take a 21-6 lead.Boston College’s success was its very first under brand-new coach Expense O’Brien, a declaration of sorts that this group would play tough and physical up front while likewise counting on a remade Thomas Castellanos, who looked much more positive as a

  passer. Castellanos scrambled for 73 backyards and a goal while likewise throwing for two ratings. While this win will be commemorated in Boston, those in Tallahassee were left scratching their heads after another defeat.”Losing is a lot of inspiration. No one likes to lose, “Florida State linebacker DJ Lundy said.”So, we’re going to push. We’re going to work as hard as we can to get where we wish to be. Today, we’re 0-2. We do not wish to lose another game. We should not lose no more. “