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Scenes from the sideline at Florida State's spring football game

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- When Mike Norvell called a few weeks ago, he told me he wanted to do something fun at the Florida State spring game.

He asked whether I would be interested in calling a few plays.

Question 1: Would this be fun for Mike or fun for me?

Question 2: Mike, are you allowed to have a Florida graduate call plays for your team?

He laughed. Oh, by the way, Andy Staples from The Athletic would be coaching with you, he said. Two Gators? He laughed again. "We'll just leave that out of your bios," he said.