Tommy Castellanos was profitable in promoting his chirp “Nick Saban can’t prevent” that he made earlier in the offseason. It was a whole domination by the Seminoles at Tallahassee in the opening weekend of the 2005 faculty soccer season. All that glaze and supremacy of Alabama soccer practically perished with Mike Norvell’s crew taking part in their best possible to not enable the Alabama protection to capitalize.

The sport ended with FSU’s 31-17 win and a bragging proper for all times. Norvell, who was just lately talking on The Triple Choice podcast, contemplated upon the Week 1 recreation and the crew’s mindset earlier than and after profitable the bout.

Norvell talked about that the crew was conscious of the stakes, particularly after Castellanos’ pitch to instigate Alabama gamers. He chuckled, saying that he was pissed that FSU did not win by extra.

“It was a dominant efficiency, however I was type of pissed off. We did not win by extra. You recognize, I imply our crew, we rejoice that win. We knew the stage. I assumed our guys did that. They embraced that problem,” Norvell stated.

What’s extra attention-grabbing is the self-discipline the whole FSU crew confirmed on Sunday; all of the gamers confirmed up for observe. The Seminoles subsequent play East Texas A&M on Saturday.

“However we left Saturday evening, you recognize, all people’s excited, all people’s compassionate. I imply, we got here again Sunday and went to work, and there was possession of the errors that had been made. You obtain the correction, and also you attempt to go apply it.

“This morning, we had observe, and also you felt our crew practiced in the present day, and it provides you a whole lot of confidence in what you are going to have the ability to accomplish,” he added.

Mike Norvell and FSU will get pleasure from an above-average schedule in 2025

After a disastrous 2-10 season final yr, Norvell and the crew might be seeking to reinstate their prominence in the ACC.

Their schedule for the season seems above common and the depth of video games will increase in direction of the second half of the season. In Week 3, FSU will play Kent State at residence adopted by Virginia and Miami in consecutive weeks.

Pittsburgh, Stanford, Wake Forest and Clemson are different consecutive matchups for FSU beginning Week 6. They wrap up 2025 with a blockbuster towards the Florida Gators. It’s truthful to say, Norvell will probably be a playoff spot in the expanded 12-team bracket.