In the first week of the college football season, the Florida State Seminoles fooled everybody with their season-opening win over then-No. 8 ranked Alabama. That victory had people completely forgetting about their disastrous 2–10 campaign from last year. Many believed FSU was suddenly a national title contender, and the AP Poll even ranked them No. 7. But two months into the 2025 season, the Seminoles sit at 3–4 and 15th in the ACC. Fans are already calling for Mike Norvell ’s buyout, but according to one big-time insider, the only thing keeping him from being fired is the uncertainty about the future.

On October 21, Josh Pate hopped on his Late Kick podcast and spilled the tea on why FSU’s leadership is hesitant to pull the trigger on Norvell’s buyout. Pate started by pointing to FS

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