Mike Norvell Ignores FSU Norms After Blowout Win as Gus Malzahn Breaches 25-Year Milestone Mike Norvell makes an exception for an important tradition as FSU achieves a rare milestone under new directi

Florida State turned Week 2 into a statement, piling up 729 yards and scoring on its first 10 possessions in a 77–3 rout of East Texas A&M that tied a program record with 11 touchdowns and marked the most points of the Mike Norvell era. Tommy Castellanos threw for 237 yards and three scores, Duce Robinson posted 173 yards and two touchdowns, and the defense fed the avalanche with first‑half interceptions by Earl Little Jr. and Jerry Wilson . It read like clean execution from kickoff to kneel, the kind of afternoon that lets a team exhale and gather itself for whatever comes next.

Everything about the game day wrapped itself around Ethan Pritchard and his family, and that was by design from the first step out of the tunnel. Teammates and staff wore No. 35 bands an