After starting 2-0 for the first time in six years, heading into its ACC opener, the challenge was for Florida State Seminoles football to prove that Norvell’s message of rising against adversity and believing in the program was one that could be executed and that happened.
That challenge turned out to be much more than just being favored in an away game while wearing alternate uniforms — shutting down amazing athlete Malik Cunningham, adjusting personnel after injuries to key players in quarterback Jordan Travis, defensive end Jared Verse, defensive tackle Fabien Lovett and offensive lineman Robert Cooper, Tate Rodemaker shaking off his past to rise to the occasion and prove an entire swarth of observers wrong.