Mike Norvell does not have an off switch.
At 6 a.m., before dawn, the head coach sounded hoarse from the screaming during warm-ups for FSU's tour of duty, its off-season conditioning program. As Coach Norvell shouted, the workouts are not for everybody.
Florida State knows that in order to reach the heights it climbed last season, the foundation must be built in the winter months. So, every rep, sprint, and shuffle must be treated like a tied game in the fourth quarter. So, for an hour and fifteen minutes, the running, yelling, and intensity were turned up to ten.