https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZm3pc5HbsY

HockeyDad wrote:

From where I sit the selection committee got it right under the circumstances. FSU was a stronger team early and Alabama stronger late, plus defeated UGA.

The truth of the matter is that FSU only needs to look as far as the ACC Conference office to see who screwed them out of the playoffs this year.

The “Alliance” took care of that a couple of years ago. The major conferences were already in discussions to expand the playoffs beyond the current number of four. Then out of the blue, Texas and Oklahoma announced they were going to make application to join the SEC. I’m guessing the PAC 12, Big 12 and the ACC were butt hurt, that they were cut out of the action. As a result, the PAC 12, Big 12 and ACC formed the “Alliance.”

I’m not sure what the “Alliance” was going to accomplish other than resisting the SEC in future playoff negotiations. They were successful, the SEC was pushing for the playoffs to expand to 12 teams for the 2023 season and the “Alliance” won out. The playoffs expand to 12 teams in 2024, not 2023.

So, if FSU wants to blame someone for missing the playoffs look no further than the ACC office.

Burner02 wrote:

Wrong.
The major sin was the fact that the “committee” was fine letting previous school’s in, when THEY were using a backup quarterback, but suddenly it becomes an issue?
Bullchit.
Furthermore, FSU beat the 14 ranked team with their third stringer, and their second stringer is set to come back.
This was strictly a $$$ decision, and a historical SEC bias driven result……historical, because THIS year, they weren’t all that!

Just for chits and giggles, just “switch” positions with FSU and Alabama.
Make Alabama undefeated, but down to third string quarterback, and they win against the 14 ranked team last game of the season.
And FSU is the one loss team, that needed a hail mary the previous week, and wins a close one against Georgia.

Who is the committee going to pick?
Exactly, because they are undefeated afterall….

FSU got fuqed, plain and simple.

KingoftheCove wrote:

but...but...ya cain't have a college football champeenship widdout an SEC team...plain and simple...

delta1 wrote:

Well... what he said is true, so he's not wrong.

What you said is accurate, so neither are you. Both things can be true.

I still think dropping UGA was a crime.

MACS wrote:

UGA is better than Texas and Alabama

comparing the teams statistically, comparing their offensive and defensive rankings, UGA is the best one loss team, Texas is second and both are superior to FSU

delta1 wrote:

Wrong.
The major sin was the fact that the “committee” was fine letting previous school’s in, when THEY were using a backup quarterback, but suddenly it becomes an issue?
Bullchit.
Furthermore, FSU beat the 14 ranked team with their third stringer, and their second stringer is set to come back.
This was strictly a $$$ decision, and a historical SEC bias driven result……historical, because THIS year, they weren’t all that!

Just for chits and giggles, just “switch” positions with FSU and Alabama.
Make Alabama undefeated, but down to third string quarterback, and they win against the 14 ranked team last game of the season.
And FSU is the one loss team, that needed a hail mary the previous week, and wins a close one against Georgia.

Who is the committee going to pick?
Exactly, because they are undefeated afterall….

FSU got fuqed, plain and simple.

KingoftheCove wrote:

I will have to retract #68.

Burner02 wrote:

Florida's attorney general is taking steps toward a lawsuit over college football playoffs

AP
Florida State coach Mike Norvell lifts the trophy after the team's win over Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Charlotte, NC.
In a step toward a potential lawsuit, Attorney General Ashley Moody on Tuesday demanded wide-ranging information from the College Football Playoff Selection Committee about Florida State University’s exclusion from the upcoming four-team playoff.

“In Florida, merit matters. FSU proved that they deserved to be in the playoffs,” Moody told The News Service of Florida. “If the selection committee believes that is not the case, and there was truth in that deliberative process and they truly followed their protocols, then we expect them to be cooperative and provide us all of this information.”

The demand, known as an antitrust civil investigative demand, is a way to gather information ahead of a possible lawsuit.

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The document said it is part of an investigation to determine if antitrust violations have occurred through “the nature of possible contracts, conspiracies in restraint of trade or monopolization of trade and commerce relating to anticompetitive effects of the College Football Playoff.”

The FSU football team went undefeated and won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship this fall, but the playoff committee selected Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama to compete for the national championship.

Moody’s request seeks information about such things as votes and vote tallies by committee members during closed-door deliberations; statements relating to the deliberations, including media talking points and interview notes; and committee ethics and conflict-of-interest standards.

In a proposed budget released last seek, Gov. Ron DeSantis included $1 million for any legal action related to FSU being left out of the playoff.

Chris Spencer, director of the governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that DeSantis believes FSU was “wronged” and that there is economic harm to the school.

The football team and involvement in playoff “drives a lot of focus on recruitment for students,” Spencer said. “It also drives other non-athletic related donations that end up supporting the institution and defrays the amount of investment the state has to commit towards these institutions.”


Poor sportsmanship.

rfenst wrote:

Waiting for after Christmas sales to get myself an FSU hoodie.

8trackdisco wrote:

Hmmmm... given my proximity to FSU I could prolly get ya one at the local Ross on the cheap.

MACS wrote: