Florida State head coach Mike Norvell said his team had a "good first day" of practice while preparing for their season-opening game against Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland next month.

"One of the things you come out in the first practice, especially within the last few years and the rule changes that allow you to go on-air in the summer—the rhythm, the timing," Norvell told reporters (h/t 247Sports' Chris Nee.)

Norvell continued: "We haven't been able to work with guys when they've gone against each other, but a lot of the things just operationally, that is what I was looking for. I wanted to see communication. I wanted to see alignment. I wanted to see guys being able to work to execute with tempo within the offensive and defensive schemes. Being able to take some of the lessons that we have taught throughout the course of the summer, seeing them applied today.

"And I did."

Norvell said that some of his younger players were "still working to figure some things out just here at the very beginning of it, but that can be expected."

"Good meetings yesterday, starting it off, and then obviously jumping into today, I thought it was a good start to our fall camp," Norvell said. "So, pleased with what I saw."

Norvell has gone 31-17 through four seasons at the school. He previously went 38-15 in four years at Memphis.

Norvell's tenure in Tallahassee got off to a rocky start in 2020, as the Seminoles went 3-6 during the shortened season before going 5-7 in 2021. Their 0-4 start was the first time since 1976 they started a season so poorly.

"This football team's not going to quit," Norvell said after an embarrassing loss to Jacksonville State in 2021. "We have to build and get better, and we're going to. This will be something we look back to. Nobody wants to have the experience, nobody wants to have the feelings, but it's our opportunity to respond to it, and it's our opportunity to go get better."

Since then Florida State has recovered to post a 23-4 record over the past two seasons, including a 13-1 slate, an ACC Championship win and an Orange Bowl appearance in 2023.

Despite the Seminoles' College Football Playoff snub, the conference championship win brought Florida State back to national relevancy, arguably for the first time since Jimbo Fisher left for Texas A&M after eight seasons in 2017.

Even without former quarterback Jordan Travis, Norvell and the Seminoles are looking for a spot in the newly expanded CFP this winter. The first test of the season for quarterback DJ Uiagalelei and his anticipated top target, former Alabama receiver Malik Benson, will take place on August 24.