FSU Machiavellian Take

[Chin Diesel]

FSU silently is hoping to get passed over by the CFP.

What? Hear me out.

Without Travis they aren't winning the national championship. Just isn't going to happen. So, they take the PR hit of getting screwed over as an undefeated P4 champion and put that out to their donors as the justification for bolting from the ACC. If an undefeated FSU can't get into the CFP, then there is no reason to stay in the ACC.

They'll be screaming and yelling in the press and whipping their supporters up in to a feeding frenzy all while working for an exit. They'll be talking to Clemson as well as proof that going forward they no longer control their destiny as an undefeated ACC champ.

 

[traitor71]

They already want out of the ACC, several teams do. The problem isn't justifying it, or being angry if they are left out of the playoff, it's the GOR.

 

[UCFBfan]

They already want out of the ACC, several teams do. The problem isn't justifying it, or being angry if they are left out of the playoff, it's the GOR.

You're right but if a one loss SEC team gets in over them they will have every donor in their history fighting whatever fight needs to be had to get out of a conference they just won, that was a P5 conference, and got snubbed an invite. In a ranking from ESPN, they projected FSU to be below Bama AND UGA

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Just posted a similar thread in realignment board before seeing this. Does it matter as much with a 12 team playoff starting next year?

 

[UCFBfan]

Just posted a similar thread in realignment board before seeing this. Does it matter as much with a 12 team playoff starting next year?

It might for seeding purposes

 

[cohenzone]

I think you need a new hobby, says I who is always reading the BY.

 

[billybud]

FSU played #14 with a True Freshman QB...and the defense smothered Louisville. In fact, in the second week in a row, against Florida and Louisville, FSU allowed negative yards in the 4th quarter. And that defense will be bolstered in the next game by having maybe FSU's best defensive lineman available (NCAA refused his Portal waiver, but he is eligible for the postseason).

With QB Tate Rodemaker back from his concussion protocol...FSU may be formidable in the post season bowl/CFP.

I do not think any CFP outcome has influence over FSU leaving the ACC. FSU would catch the first flight out...
....if the cost was not unbearable, the GOR could be dealt with, if there was an offer on the table...da, da, da-da..

 

[MilliniumPrince]

They can be as mad as they want. It doesn't matter. They signed the GOR willingly. If it could be broken, they would have done so already.

 

[Punkbo]

FSU silently is hoping to get passed over by the CFP.

What? Hear me out.

Without Travis they aren't winning the national championship. Just isn't going to happen. So, they take the PR hit of getting screwed over as an undefeated P4 champion and put that out to their donors as the justification for bolting from the ACC. If an undefeated FSU can't get into the CFP, then there is no reason to stay in the ACC.

They'll be screaming and yelling in the press and whipping their supporters up in to a feeding frenzy all while working for an exit. They'll be talking to Clemson as well as proof that going forward they no longer control their destiny as an undefeated ACC champ.

Yup. This is the best case scenario for UConn football. The ACC has a mass exodus and we get our regional football conference.

 

[BlueandOG]

Good theory. I agree and will add that FSU getting passed over is good for UCONN and our hope of landing in a P4 conference.

 

[ZooCougar]

FSU silently is hoping to get passed over by the CFP.

What? Hear me out.

Without Travis they aren't winning the national championship. Just isn't going to happen. So, they take the PR hit of getting screwed over as an undefeated P4 champion and put that out to their donors as the justification for bolting from the ACC. If an undefeated FSU can't get into the CFP, then there is no reason to stay in the ACC.

They'll be screaming and yelling in the press and whipping their supporters up in to a feeding frenzy all while working for an exit. They'll be talking to Clemson as well as proof that going forward they no longer control their destiny as an undefeated ACC champ.

A snub like this will energize the base enough to pay the money and get out.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Yup. This is the best case scenario for UConn football. The ACC has a mass exodus and we get our regional football conference.

Ok but if Clemson, FSU and Miami leave the ACC, then that is a terrible football conference no better than the AAC

 

[storrsroars]

Ok but if Clemson, FSU and Miami leave the ACC, then that is a terrible football conference no better than the AAC

C'mon, it's waaay better than the current AAC. Some old rivals, less travel, names everyone knows.

The B1G isn't coming calling.

 

[champs99and04]

FSU had a better shot than people think. They won with their third string QB yesterday and likely would have won comfortably with the second string guy against a top 15 team. None of the other teams are juggernauts as anyone who's watched the last two weeks can probably tell.

 

[UCFBfan]

Ok but if Clemson, FSU and Miami leave the ACC, then that is a terrible football conference no better than the AAC

Sure as heck better than Indy status

 

[UConnTrumbull]

FSU had a better shot than people think. They won with their third string QB yesterday and likely would have won comfortably with the second string guy against a top 15 team. None of the other teams are juggernauts as anyone who's watched the last two weeks can probably tell.

I love the irony that FSU missed the playoff by barely beating Louisville who they handpicked a decade ago

 

[Zissou]

The ACC members agreed to a GOR to keep them together for a long term period. It seems effective. They were successful.

 

[ZooCougar]

If you mute him the Boneyard experience is greatly improved.

 

[gopher2]

So FSU gets royaly screwed by the CFB playoff committe. Will something good finally happen for us in CR? Or will Rule #1 prevail again?

 

[uconnfan68]

Ok but if Clemson, FSU and Miami leave the ACC, then that is a terrible football conference no better than the AAC

But it’s local.

 

[Sea Goat]

FSU silently is hoping to get passed over by the CFP.

What? Hear me out.

Without Travis they aren't winning the national championship. Just isn't going to happen. So, they take the PR hit of getting screwed over as an undefeated P4 champion and put that out to their donors as the justification for bolting from the ACC. If an undefeated FSU can't get into the CFP, then there is no reason to stay in the ACC.

They'll be screaming and yelling in the press and whipping their supporters up in to a feeding frenzy all while working for an exit. They'll be talking to Clemson as well as proof that going forward they no longer control their destiny as an undefeated ACC champ.

FSU and Clemson want out of the ACC.
The SEC has 16 to Big 10's 18. It is almost an invitation. the ACC - anything that diminishes it is fine with me!

 

[Chin Diesel]

They already want out of the ACC, several teams do. The problem isn't justifying it, or being angry if they are left out of the playoff, it's the GOR.

The need is to destroy the ACC as it is currently configured to make the GoR worthless. Convincing Clemson to leave is easy. They want to do it too.

You then convince the bottom feeders, they better be proactive or they'll be left behind as scraps. That leaves the middle part of the conference that isn't a threat to win anything but is good enough to get picked up by another P3 conference.

 

[History Geek]

The need is to destroy the ACC as it is currently configured to make the GoR worthless. Convincing Clemson to leave is easy. They want to do it too.

You then convince the bottom feeders, they better be proactive or they'll be left behind as scraps. That leaves the middle part of the conference that isn't a threat to win anything but is good enough to get picked up by another P3 conference.

I think that's the play if this happens sooner rather than later. The smaller private ACC schools better have been proactively working on their viability plans for when the ACC blows apart. They aren't going to land in the SEC/B1G/B12 like the larger state schools. However, if they have their plan in place, they will vote with the big boys to disband the conference and render the GOR moot.

That's actually how I think it's going to go down.

 

[businesslawyer]

FSU silently is hoping to get passed over by the CFP.

What? Hear me out.

Without Travis they aren't winning the national championship. Just isn't going to happen. So, they take the PR hit of getting screwed over as an undefeated P4 champion and put that out to their donors as the justification for bolting from the ACC. If an undefeated FSU can't get into the CFP, then there is no reason to stay in the ACC.

They'll be screaming and yelling in the press and whipping their supporters up in to a feeding frenzy all while working for an exit. They'll be talking to Clemson as well as proof that going forward they no longer control their destiny as an undefeated ACC champ.

First, FSU isn’t a person, it’s an institution. Exactly who do you think was hoping to get passed over? Not the players. Not the students.

More importantly, if an institution could have a hope, who cares what it is hoping. You think the Committee made a phone call and said “Hey, FSU, are you secretly hoping you’re left out so we have freedom not to pick you?”

 

[traitor71]

The need is to destroy the ACC as it is currently configured to make the GoR worthless. Convincing Clemson to leave is easy. They want to do it too.

You then convince the bottom feeders, they better be proactive or they'll be left behind as scraps. That leaves the middle part of the conference that isn't a threat to win anything but is good enough to get picked up by another P3 conference.

You have to convince enough of them to vote to break it up though, yes? So what can be the hook to get them to do so?