Mike Norvell turned off indoor facility's air conditioning to give Florida State 'a little ramp-up'

The regular season is just around the corner for the Florida State Seminoles. With that in mind, head coach Mike Norvell is doing everything he can to make sure his team is ready for the season.

One way Norvell recently chose to prepare the team was by moving practice into the indoor facility and then turning the air conditioning off for practice to ramp the team up for the season.

“Just a little bit hard, tougher,” Mike Norvell said. “That’s where we’re trying to find as many times where our team can choose hard and go and get better. I missed out on the outside, sun shining, high humidity, high heat. We might get some of that tomorrow. So, definitely just want to give them a little ramp-up.”

Florida State will, of course, start its season in Ireland where the weather is expected to be around 60 degrees and will likely be overcast with a chance of rain. It’s a far cry from the typical weather in Florida where the temperatures are hot and humid with the chance for a thunderstorm.

At the same time, following the game in Ireland, Florida State will return to Tallahassee. There, the Seminoles can expect to play in that heat and humidity again and it’s going to be important to be prepared for it.

Florida State opens the season against Georgia Tech in Ireland. Then, the Seminoles will host Boston College on September 2nd, meaning that Florida State’s first two games are both conference matchups.

Mike Norvell breaks down how Florida State is preparing for Ireland trip to open season

The travel involved with going to Ireland for Week 0 to play an ACC game against Georgia Tech is going to be a challenge for Florida State. So, as he explained recently, Mike Norvell has a plan for the team’s preparation.

“Just to be able to continue in the research in that and it’s one of the things that we’ve tried to do from multiple different sources. Guys who have had experience of it. But also making sure that we’re looking at a variety of different options. Guys that have done it at both levels and different things that they would implement and things that try to eliminate going down the wrong path just through others’ experiences,” Norvell said.

“So, it’s been good. We’ve spent a lot of time at least going into Fall Camp and just our continued work through those systems and what that’ll be that we’re prepared and ready to go when we get to Ireland.”