When the BCS left them out, because they were no longer one of the four best teams (after the Travis injury) that’s when whatever culture Norvell had built, crumbled to the ground. At the time, I told an FSU friend, that quitting, like the entire program did, was a terrible strategic move. My point was, Novell should have used it as a lesson in dealing with adversity. He should have told them that they were going to go play Georgia, and prove to the college football world, that they had made a huge mistake in keepiing them out of the playoff. Instead, Norvell and the program gave them permission to quit. What you are seeing is the result of that inexcusable mistake., and will be a multi year mistake, IMO.
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