Mike Norvell Reveals Text Message He Sent To FSU Football Players After CFP Snub

On December 3, Florida State football was left out of the College Football Playoff despite being an undefeated Power Five conference champion. In a recent article from ESPN’s Andrea Adelson, head coach Mike Norvell shared the text he sent to his players the following morning.

The text read:

“I am so very grateful for you, and I’ll never take one day for granted but today we can stand up stand tall and go get better! A lot of ways to deal with adversity you can stop, turn around, crawl under it or try to avoid it. Keep your EYES UP and CLIMB over it! I love you guys more than [you] ever know do not let this world keep you from your potential because they are not in control of our BEST. One day at a time."

If you read this text without any prior context, you might think it’s filled with clichés and positive one-liners.

And to be quite honest with you, it is.

However, if you follow FSU football consistently or have attended just one practice under the direction of Mike Norvell, you would know that he goes about his business based on those principles. They are not just "words to live by," they are words acted upon.

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At the end of the stretch period, he is seen racing his players to the other side of the field. Norvell is always sprinting between the Indoor Practice Facility and the lone outside field due to construction. He is constantly keeping people in the program (and members of the media) on their toes with his “Good morning!” salutation no matter the time of the day.

This is who Norvell is and how he operates. When it seemed like there was no possible thing he could say to his players who just had their hearts ripped out, Mike Norvell kept the same mentality.

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