TALLAHASSEE — Mike Norvell often picks the Seminoles player who had the greatest impact on a win to break a rock for the celebration in the locker room. After FSU’s 77-3 victory Saturday over East Texas A&M , he chose Ethan Pritchard’s father.

“A lot of great performances today,” Norvell said as he spoke to the Seminoles. “But if you guys are good —”

The team erupted with a “Yeah!” as they gave Earl Pritchard the sledgehammer. It’s been a miserable week for Earl, who has been by his son’s side in the hospital after the FSU freshman, a star at Sanford Seminole, was shot on Aug. 31 while driving his aunt back to nearby Havana not far from the state capital.

Earl wanted to be on the sideline on Saturday to represent his son, who is in critical but stable condition as he recovers from a

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