If they want to exclude you, then don’t show up.
After winning every game on their schedule, the Florida State Seminoles were left behind. The undefeated Atlantic Coast Conference champions were bumped from No. 4 to No. 5, making history as the first champions from a Power Five conference without a blemish on their resume to not make the playoffs of college football.
They were supposed to play #1 Michigan in the Rose Bowl. They now face No. 6 Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl. Florida State wasn’t just robbed, they had the rug pulled out from under them – and we all saw it coming.
Don’t get upset, FSU. Get it again. Boycott the Orange Bowl if you really want to make a difference.
“It’s a parody of sport” said Booger McFarland of ESPN. “Because we go out on the field and we play the game, and it doesn’t matter if it looks good at the QB position. . . the name of the game is winning. The fact that this committee can take an undefeated Power 5 conference champion and (leave him out) based on an eye exam bothers me right now.
Florida State wouldn’t be in this situation if they had depth at quarterback like Ohio State did in 2014. In case you forgot, the Buckeyes lost the starting quarterback Braxton Miller in preseason due to injury. They would then lose backup quarterback JT Barrett in the regular season finale against Michigan. Third-string quarterback Cardale Jones led Ohio State to a 59-0 victory over Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game to prove to the committee that they were good enough despite multiple injuries at the position. more important on the court, as they went on to win a national championship as a No. 4 seed.
Florida State freshman quarterback Brock Glen was 8-for-21 for 55 yards Saturday in a 16-6 win over Louisville. What happened in 2014 did not happen in 2023.
The situation proved how important semantics are. After years of choosing the four most deserving teams instead of selecting the “top four teams“As they claimed, the College Football Playoff selection committee waited until the final year of the four-team playoff to finally do what it was supposed to do all along – which left the Seminoles at l ‘outside.
“A lot of people will have big problems with this” said Greg McElroy of ESPN. “They’ll ask, ‘Why are we playing these games?’ » But the committee actually did what it had been talking about for 10 years. They took a step back, acknowledged their injury and selected the top four teams. And that’s not an easy thing to do, which is why I want to tip my hat to the committee.
Florida State not only disagrees with this, they’re also pissed off. And many other people too.
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips called the decision “aunfathomable.” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis posted on social media how the committee had “ignored» FSU results. FSU athletic director Michael Alford called it “unforgivable.” Head coach Mike Norvell said he was “disgusted and furious.” Injured starting quarterback Jordan Travis said he wished “his leg was broken earlier in the season so you all could see there’s more to this team than just the quarterback.” State lawmakers are even discussing legislation and creating a bill in protest.
But that won’t matter. After we all saw the way FSU played without a competent quarterback, it was over. Especially when it was reported that some punters would have had Michigan as a 13-point favorite over FSU. THE Wolverines are only 2-point favorites on the crimson tide.
“The fact that Rodemaker (FSU’s second-string QB) wasn’t there, we had limited visual access to the work he was doing, but again, looking at the top four, we had to decide if “Florida State was better than Michigan, Washington, Texas or Alabama, and in the eyes of the committee, Florida State was fifth,” CFP Chairman Boo Corrigan said when interviewed by The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach about what has changed.
We all know that life and college football aren’t fair. But what we all don’t want to accept is that sometimes our best is not enough. That’s what happened here with Florida State. However, this situation also reminds us of another life lesson: people will only do to you what you allow them. So, since college football screwed Florida State over, FSU should target college football by not showing up in Miami for the Orange Bowl. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they can make you feel better.
