Florida State paid $1.3 million for Saturday’s game at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee against No. 25 Memphis, the former school of Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell.
It makes it so much worse considering the Seminoles lost 20-12 and fell to 0-3 on the season. Florida State became the first team ranked in the preseason top 10 poll to start 0-3 since Texas A&M did in 1988.
Norvell spent four years at Memphis and was hired by Florida State in December 2019, taking over for the fired Willie Taggert.
The Memphis game contract was executed six months after Norvell’s hiring, and the $1.3 million payment must be made on or before Feb. 15, 2025.
