FSU moans about Florida Football's flag planting while ignoring their own glass house

For 60 minutes on the field, the annual matchup between Florida Football and FSU lacked any real signature moments that would make a montage down the road. The Gators kept living in the backfield of the Seminoles and eventually pieced together enough offense to win 31-11.

But it was what happened after the game that got FSU all riled up for the first time all season, and it is hard to take FSU's posturing on the situation considering their own celebrated monument.

Florida Football: Plant the flag

Once the clock struck zero, George Gumbs ran out onto midfield to plant a Florida flag. FSU huffed and puffed after this happened, and Mike Norvell ran out to grab and toss the flag to the side.

Norvell was visibly agitated with Billy Napier and after the game Norvell had the following to say:

"Told him what I thought. They won the game and they have the right to celebrate just like we have in the previous years. This is the way that you operate? That's fine. You want to come do that? That's absolutely your decision that you can have within a team.

But I just told him what I thought."

So, for starters, Florida has the right to celebrate, but you felt the need to tell them what you thought with implications that you don't actually believe they have the right to do that?

Got it.

More importantly, it is impossible to take Norvell and the entire FSU program seriously on a manner like flag planting considering they celebrate the fact they take turf from opposing fields and have a monument for it.

Confused?

FSU has a "Sod Cemetary" where they will cut up a part of the field when they get a big win on the road. One of the literal designations for a "Sod Game" is any win on the road against Florida and this has been going on since 1962.

So when Norvell wants to engage in hand-wringing over flag-planting,  just remember the glass house they live in over in Tallahassee.

A glass house everyone got to see implode in 2024.