Dabo Swinney slams 'Fire Mike Norvell' banner after Clemson's win over Florida State

The veteran Tigers coach goes to bat for his beleaguered ACC colleague Clemson coach Dabo Swinney's had enough of college football's incessant need for a pound of flesh after every loss this season and went long on the situation involving Mike Norvell following Saturday night's 36-24 win over Florida State. There was a prominent, albeit misspelled, "FSU: Fire Novell" banner flying high above Doak Campbell Stadium during pre-game warmups and the first half that ignited a fire inside Swinney for his coaching colleague. "What I saw above the stadium was embarrassing," Swinney said postgame. "It was an embarrassment. Florida State's better than that. That's not good for these kids. Listen, hey, I get it, man.

Everybody's got contracts and all this type of stuff, but man, that bothered me. They didn't even spell his name right. They didn't even have the freaking R in the name. I mean, it's just disrespectful. "Mike Norvell's a good man. You ain't got to like him as a football coach, that's a good man right there and he's a helluva football coach. I know Florida State's better than that. There's so many good places at this place and this program." Now 1-4 in the ACC after the program's 17th loss in their last 21 conference games, the Seminoles are facing a critical junction in