Florida State had high expectations coming into the year after its perfect regular season in 2023, which was left it out of the four-team college football playoffs.
The Seminoles wanted to prove to that world that they belonged in the playoffs last season after their starting quarterback, Jordan Travis, got injured.
This season, Florida State brought in former Clemson and Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, and he never lived up to his high expectations.
Norvell and the Seminoles have a losing record of 1-5, and now a coach who was up for the Alabama job this past offseason could be fired for his horrible performance.
Bleacher Report Has Florida State’s Mike Norvell On The Hot Seat
Morgan Moriarty from Bleacher Report published an article Top 11 Coaches on the Hot Seat After Week 6 of College Football and had a lot of great thoughts on why Norvell should be on the hot seat.
It’s a bit hard to believe the Florida State Seminoles were undefeated and vying for a College Football Playoff bid just one year ago. Fast-forward to 2024, and they have completely self-destructed, opening with two straight losses to Georgia Tech and Boston College, and are 1-5 on the season.
Starting quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, who struggled for the majority of the year, had hand surgery that could end his season early. Backup Brock Glenn threw for 228 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in Saturday’s 29-13 loss to Clemson.
Elsewhere on offense? The Noles rank 133rd in rushing offense, and the unit is on-pace to be one of the worst rushing attacks in the power conferences in the last decade.
As for the rest of Florida State’s schedule, the team appears to be on track for a two- or three-win season in Tallahassee. FSU has remaining games against Duke, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Charleston Southern and Florida. FSU will likely be favored outright against CSU and Florida, with UNC possibly being even.
As for Norvell, his 1-5 start brings his overall record at Florida State to 33-22. Thanks to the 10-year contract extension he signed last season, the school would owe him a whopping $65 million if it were to fire him.
We saw Texas A&M pay Jimbo Fisher over $75 million to not coach the Aggies, so it’s not like paying this amount would be unheard of, although it still seems unlikely.
We’ll see if the Noles can rebound in the back half of the season.
Firing Norvell doesn’t seem like something Florida State will do, and Moriarty stated that if they were to fire him after the ten-year contract extension he received this offseason, Norvell would be owed $65 million.
The Seminoles will most likely give Norvell another year to rebuild the program because he did have them undefeated in the regular season last year, so there are signs he can be a good coach. However, if he doesn’t win in the bad ACC next season, then there is a great chance he will be gone after 2025.
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