The portal gives and takes away, a difficult truth that Florida State and Mike Norvell learned the hard way in 2024.
The clock struck midnight after becoming the portal king for three straight seasons. FSU’s portal success ran out as the class they brought in for 2024 to help the Seminoles maintain their trajectory ended up being part of why they needed to restart their climb.
So, although a decent chunk of the fanbase has been clamoring for a change of strategy from going hard in the transfer portal, the Seminoles’ roster accumulation strategy cannot change overnight, and they will need to use it once again to mitigate their coming losses and help rebuild the program.