FSU Grad Turned Analyst Calls in Sick For First Time in 35 Years After Mike Norvell’s Firing

Mike Norvell’s firing has sent Florida State into another coaching crisis, and one longtime Seminoles voice is apparently ready to call it quits for a day. FSU graduate and 1010 XL/92.5 FM radio analyst Rick Ballou didn’t bother hiding his frustration. Instead, he joked about breaking a 35-year streak of never calling in sick, blaming Norvell for a hangover bad enough to keep him off the air. “Calling in sick tomorrow for the first time in 35 years. A booze infused, I can’t see hangover thanks to Mike Norvell,” analyst Rick Ballou wrote on X on November 2.