The downfall of college football

Dec. 6—Sports give that enviable opportunity where every team starts out on an even playing field, with the one goal of competing for the championship.

There’s always the chance that the best team doesn’t win the whole thing, but they at least had a shot at it.

Unless, you’re the 13-0 Florida State Seminoles.

By now, I’m sure most fans have heard about the final College Football Playoff rankings and about how the ACC Champion Seminoles were snubbed.

Yes, snubbed.

It’s not that FSU lost its starting quarterback in the second to last game. It’s not that they play in the ACC.

It’s the love affair ESPN has with the brand that is the SEC.

Nevermind the fact that the “weaker” ACC had a winning record against the SEC this season with a 6-4 record. Or the fact that this could be considered a “down” year for the SEC.

ESPN, it seems, wouldn’t dare to leave that conference out of the playoff picture.

The SEC has been the national champion 14 out of the 17 years the CFP has been in place. It would feel weird if the conference wasn’t represented in the games, I guess.

But, no one on the committee can put a valid argument as to why FSU was left out and how they placed teams after the final vote proves it.

Georgia fell from first to fifth, and they have just as valid an argument to be in the final four. They lost by three in the SEC Championship, and were the two-time defending national champion.

Why didn’t they fall to five and bump FSU down to six?

You can argue the ACC title if you want, but the smoking gun is Texas.

Explain to me this: the Seminoles defeated Louisville in the ACC Championship by double digits as did Texas in defeating Oklahoma State in the Big XII Championship.

Texas had one loss. Florida State had zero.

Explain how a team, ranked seventh, jumps FOUR spots to number three? They leapfrogged, idle Ohio State, Florida State…

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Author : Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Publish date : 2023-12-06 12:34:00

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