In the event that they’re going to close you out, then don’t present up.
After profitable each sport on their schedule, the Florida State Seminoles have been neglected within the chilly. The undefeated champions from the Atlantic Coast Convention have been bumped from No. 4 to No. 5, making historical past as the primary champs from a Energy 5 convention with no blemish on their resume to not make the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
They have been presupposed to be enjoying No. 1 Michigan within the Rose Bowl. They’re now scheduled to play No. 6 Georgia within the Capital One Orange Bowl. Florida State didn’t simply get robbed, they’d the rug pulled from beneath them — and all of us noticed it coming.
Don’t get mad, FSU. Get even. Boycott the Orange Bowl in case you actually need to change the sport.
“This is a travesty to the sport,” said ESPN’s Booger McFarland. “Because we go out there on the field and we play the game, and regardless of whether it looks good at the QB position . . . the name of the game is to win. The fact that this committee could take a Power 5 conference champion that’s undefeated and [leave them out] based on the eye test has me bothered right now.”
Florida State wouldn’t be on this state of affairs if they’d depth at quarterback like Ohio State did in 2014. In case you forgot, the Buckeyes misplaced beginning quarterback Braxton Miller in preseason as a consequence of an harm. They’d go on to lose backup quarterback J.T. Barrett within the regular-season finale in opposition to Michigan. Third-string quarterback Cardale Jones led Ohio State to a 59-0 win over Wisconsin within the Massive Ten Championship Sport to show to the committee that they have been adequate regardless of a number of accidents to a very powerful place on the sphere, as they went on to win a nationwide championship because the No. 4 seed.
Florida State’s freshman third-string quarterback, Brock Glen, was 8-for-21 for 55 yards on Saturday in a 16-6 win over Louisville. What occurred in 2014 wasn’t taking place in 2023.
The state of affairs proved simply how necessary semantics are. After years of selecting the 4 most deserving groups as an alternative of choosing the “four best teams” as they claimed, the Faculty Soccer Playoff Choice Committee waited till the ultimate 12 months of the four-team playoff to lastly do what they have been presupposed to have been doing from the start — which left the Seminoles on the skin wanting in.
“A lot of people will have big issues with this,” said ESPN’s Greg McElroy. “They’ll ask, ‘why do we play the games?’ But the committee actually did the thing that they’ve talked about for the last 10 years. They took a step back, they acknowledged injury and they put in the four best teams. And that is not an easy thing to do, so I want to tip my hat to the committee.”
Florida State isn’t simply taking “issue” with this, they’re pissed. And so are numerous different individuals.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips known as the transfer “unfathomable.” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis posted on social media about how the committee had “ignored” FSU’s outcomes. FSU Athletic Director Michael Alford known as it “unforgivable.” Head Coach Mike Norvell stated he was “disgusted and infuriated.” Injured beginning quarterback Jordan Travis said he wished his “leg broke earlier in the season so y’all could see this team is much more than the quarterback.” Lawmakers within the state are even discussing legislation and the creation of a bill in protest.
However, it received’t matter. After all of us noticed the best way that FSU performed with no succesful quarterback, it was a wrap. Particularly when it was reported that some oddsmakers would have had Michigan as a 13-point favourite over FSU. The Wolverines are only a 2-point favorite over the Crimson Tide.
“The fact that Rodemaker (FSU’s second-string QB) was not there, we did have limited access visually on the job that he did, 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,” stated CFP Chair Boo Corrigan when requested by The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach about what modified.
Everyone knows that life, and school soccer, isn’t honest. However what we don’t all need to settle for is that generally your finest isn’t adequate. That’s what occurred right here with Florida State. Nevertheless, there’s additionally one other life lesson this case reminds us of, which is that folks will solely do to you what you permit them to. So since school soccer screwed Florida State, FSU ought to screw school soccer proper again by not exhibiting up in Miami for the Orange Bowl. Two wrongs don’t make a proper, however they will make you’re feeling higher.
