Mike Norvell, FSU Football Players Get Emotional After Georgia Bulldogs Loss
Florida State is coming off its first season loss on Saturday night against the Capital One Orange Bowl, 63-3, against the Georgia Bulldogs. It marked an emotional moment for head coach Mike Norvell and the team after they went 13-0 and won the ACC Championship only to be left out of the College Football Playoff, which spawned multiple players opting out of the bowl game to either transfer or head to the NFL Draft.
Following the loss, Norvell, quarterback Brock Glenn, and linebacker Kalen DeLoach met with the media in an emotionally charged conference to talk about the game and their season.
“First off, tonight was a very difficult night. It’s been a very difficult month, to be honest with you,” Norvell said. “But I’m proud of this football team. I’m proud of the work they’ve put in and proud of what they’ve shown throughout the course of a season. To do some of the things that they were able to accomplish, they overcame a lot of adversity; they fought, they worked, and they invested on and off the field.”
“When you come back to this season, it’s because of them,” Norvell added. “It’s because of their work. It’s because of their hearts, their spirits, and the belief that they had in each other. For the third time in school history, to have 13 wins, to be able to win the ACC Championship, and against a lot of odds of things that happened and things that occurred, and those guys just — they did respond and in a special way.”
Veteran linebacker Kalen DeLoach was one of the players who will be headed to the 2024 NFL Draft who played in the loss. He played at Florida State for five years, and the game on Saturday would be his last in garnet and gold.
