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re: FSU fires HC Mike Norvell & DC Tony White

Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:35 pm to
Posted by NFLU
New Orleans, LA
Member since Aug 2014
5885 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:35 pm to
NIL saved Miami and they have a lot more $ than Florida State.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
63215 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:49 pm to
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I feel like this has been brewing for 32 years.




It does.
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
14044 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:49 pm to
Not really they beat a ranked team in a conference champ game with a backup QB. Given a few more weeks to settle into the offense maybe they could've won a playoff game but we will never know
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
18954 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:57 pm to
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Many said the same about Miami
Miami has the boosters delusional enough to keep pumping money into the program

FSU has nothing. They are cooked
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 5:11 pm
Posted by ShoughTFU
Member since Jan 2026
341 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:59 pm to
Damn! Bankrupt and now have to add 68mill for Norvell too.
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
8808 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:07 pm to
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Florida State is a dead program and extremely broke.



FSU has plenty of money. they just paid $260 million for their stadium renovation, and another $150 million for their football facility. does that sound broke to you?
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
18954 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:12 pm to
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FSU has plenty of money. they just paid $260 million for their stadium renovation, and another $150 million for their football facility. does that sound broke to you?
Yes

You don’t have a clue how much of that was financed by debt, do you?
Posted by bee Rye
New orleans
Member since Jan 2006
34689 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:27 pm to
A friend of mine was on his staff, hope he gets a good landing spot after this
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59496 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:45 pm to
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FSU funded the bulk of the hundreds of millions in stadium and football facility upgrades by issuing bonds through the Florida State University Board of Governors and taking on multi-million-dollar athletic department debt.
Posted by theCAW
Polk County
Member since Dec 2023
11511 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:46 pm to
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Miami has the boosters delusional enough to keep pumping money into the program
they played for a natty and was a drive away from winning. Maybe not that delusional.

FSU can leverage Tallahassee big wigs to come up with laws to get them the money. They will be back especially with UF being a dead program for at least another decade with Dumrall
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
4991 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:59 pm to
He looked like he knew it was over on the sideline last night
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
4991 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 6:01 pm to
The playoff committee really might have ended that program by screwing them out of a playoff spot a few years ago. That team was frickin stacked.
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
4991 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 6:03 pm to
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Did the playoff committee kill FSU's football program by telling everyone on earth that even if they go undefeated, they aren't good enough for us to consider them a championship caliber team?


100%
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
18954 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 6:13 pm to
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The playoff committee really might have ended that program by screwing them out of a playoff spot a few years ago. That team was frickin stacked.
The same one that lost to Georgia 63-3? There is no better vindication for the committee. That’s a team of fricking losers and quitters with no business playing for a title. It would have been a disgrace to put them in. Justice doesn’t always prevail, but man it’s satisfying when it does

Without JT, the Birmingham Bowl was the much better fit

ETA: Keep downvoting Criminole Cucks. It won’t make you any less finished as a relevant program
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 7:16 pm
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
8738 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 6:45 pm to
Well it was the right decision according to FSU logic. They always said their 1 loss team getting in over undefeated major conference champ WVU (and 1 loss ND who had just beaten FSU) was the right decision because SOS trumps everything.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
43457 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 7:05 pm to
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Remember when LSU hired O, they gave him a huge buyout when no one was even looking to hire him


It was after the national title but it was still ridiculous. Give him a bonus for 2019, but he didn’t need to be making the money they gave him
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
43457 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 7:17 pm to
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Under the terms of Ed Orgeron’s first permanent contract with LSU—signed in late November 2016—his buyout if fired without cause started at $12 million.

In P4 college football terms $12 Million is nothing for a buyout
Posted by Rainier Fog
Member since Jul 2025
2321 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 7:21 pm to
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Throw a blank check at Chesney?



Definitely keep repeating the process
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
88589 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 7:31 pm to
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In P4 college football terms $12 Million is nothing for a buyout


You are looking at it from the 2026 lens.

10 years ago $12 million was outrageous. Especially for someone with Coach O’s resume







Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
43457 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 7:38 pm to
That’s paid buyout. That’s not the buyout clauses that people like Dabo, Saban, Jimbo, Meyer, Riley, Harbaugh etc had at the time.
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 7:39 pm
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