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MIAMI GARDENS – An emotional Kalen DeLoach strongly nodded his head with an empathic ‘no’ and started shaking his head as soon as the question was posed to head coach Mike Norvell at the postgame press conference for the Orange Bowl on Saturday.
The Seminoles, coming off their worst loss in program history, a 63-3 loss to Georgia, were clearly distraught. Norvell and DeLoach had puffy, pink eyes, a look that likely showed both of them had cried after the game and were trying to stay composed for the postgame interview.
But DeLoach was not thrilled with the line of questioning to Norvell: “If FSU ever gave thought to opting out as a program from the Orange Bowl.”
It may have been a fair question with nearly 30 FSU players out due to injuries or opt-outs.
“No. I mean, it was hard choices for a lot of the young men that were on our team,” Norvell said. “We were hurt. I think that’s — when you do the things that our guys did throughout the year and the way that they responded, the way they fought, the way that they just pulled together, it hurt when we were not selected.”
DeLoach did not have a chance to answer the question with words. But his actions spoke loud enough.
“My experience here at Florida State, just being here when we wasn’t where we at now, just to see the growth and the guys that bought in from day one,” DeLoach said to a question about his five-year stint as a Seminole.
“I’ve been there the whole time, so to see the growth, the buy-in, I’m going to remember that forever, because a lot of guys made sacrifices to go out there each and every day to be their best every day. They’ve pushed every day to be their best.
“I’m thanking them guys every opportunity I get for just — just giving me the best season I’ve ever had so far in my life. Just the experiences and everything I got to go through, I wouldn’t change it…
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Author : Tallahassee Democrat
Publish date : 2023-12-31 03:48:42
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