It appears that half the planet and the U.S. Congress believes FSU got railroaded out of the College Football Playoff.
The truth is that the CFB selection committee just gave the Seminoles one of the greatest opportunities in football history.
They can not only proclaim themselves national football champions. If FSU beats Georgia in the Orange Bowl, it will be embraced as the people’s champion. A martyred team that successfully stuck a big finger in the eye of the corrupt football establishment.
That would sure beat getting bounced out of the playoffs in one forgettable game.
I know, I know. There’s a chance FSU would have first beaten Michigan and whoever won the other semifinal between Washington and Texas. There’s also a chance I’ll become Taylor Swift’s next boy toy.
Let’s face it, without Jordan Travis FSU is a glorified version of Iowa. Michigan likely would have won a dull exhibition of defensive football, and the 2023 Seminoles would have become a historical footnote.
At best, they’d be remembered as a very good team whose great aspirations were derailed by one unfortunate injury. At worst, they’d be remembered as a CFP charity case that lost to a Michigan team that would have been smoked by Alabama.
Now both fates are off the table. What remains is even better.
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For one thing, the NCAA doesn’t officially declare one team the national champion. Over the years, that honor has been decided by polls, bowls, the BCS, the CFP and other “selectors.”
One is the Colley Matrix, a mathematical ranking system devised by Dr. Wesley Colley, an astrophysicist based in Huntsville, Ala. It ranked UCF No. 1 at the end of the 2017 season,…
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Author : The Gainesville Sun
Publish date : 2023-12-06 09:04:41
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