Florida State football fans were hoping to get some good news on Saturday from Brock Glenn, but it looks like that won’t happen.
Not much has gone right for Florida State football head coach Mike Norvell since he took over the job of leading the Seminoles.
The performance on the field has been bad, and at times, the recruiting operation has been worse such as losing the No. 1 overall prospect, Travis Hunter, on signing day to Jackson State.
Norvell certainly had egg on his face after that one and after Brock Glenn commits to Ohio State on Saturday, he’s going to have it all over his face again.
A gut punch for Florida State football recruiting
Florida State football had a four-star quarterback committed in Chris Parson. But then the relationship went quiet and the Noles started focusing on Glenn, a four-star out of Memphis — the city where Norvell was formerly the head coach.
Auburn and Florida were in the mix and Ohio State football got involved over the summer too. Yet, he visited Florida State football too and despite the Buckeyes and LSU Tigers offering in June, the Noles seemed to emerge as the leader as some crystal ball projections indicated.
Right around the same time, Parson, the long-time four-star decommitted from FSU, and had the Noles landed Glenn, it wouldn’t have seemed like a big deal.
Florida State probably preferred Glenn and upgraded. That’s how it would have looked. Now, with Ohio State trending with crystal ball projections, just hours before the announcement, it looks like the Noles will be left without a four-star QB or any QB commitment of any kind in 2023, at least for now.
Florida State won’t be alone in that regard as other big-name programs like Michigan, LSU, Notre Dame, and Auburn are all looking for 2023 QB pledges, only some have stopped looking.
The Buckeyes have been trying to flip Austin Novosad from Baylor, but if they felt like he was staying solid or maybe feel A&M has a better shot, it makes sense to push for Glenn who is No. 335 overall and 17th among QBs.
Now, Florida State and Auburn will have to turn their attention to other 2023 signal-callers or maybe even 2024. The pickings are slim and for Norvell, the way this whole thing went down, just makes his recruiting strategy seem totally inept.