First day of spring practice features new look and feel for Seminoles

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“I feel like we’re paying attention to the little things a lot more. And guys are committed. You can just see it.”

Obviously, there is plenty of room for improvement after last year’s 3-6 campaign. But it’s not just getting physically stronger and becoming more familiar with the playbook.

It’s a mindset. It’s a work ethic.

That’s what Norvell is trying to instill in his football team after a year in which COVID-19 turned the college football world inside out. And now he gets an actual entire spring to work with his players and fully implement an expectation level and a standard.

“I think there’s a confidence in how they approach the work; there’s not a lot of standalone moments out there on the field,” Norvell said. “Every moment we’re going to be working. … They aren’t in the shape that they will be in fall camp, but its two different seasons for us.

“And you could just see they had a confidence in the expectation in what we’re asking them to do.”