OT: CFP spot reserved for the SEC?

[Kolumbo]

cbs has
Michigan vs Texas
Washington vs Florida State

Liberty vs. Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl

Bowl projections: Texas gets College Football Playoff bid over Alabama with Michigan moving to No. 1

The playoff is all shook up after Alabama upset Georgia in the SEC Championship Game

www.cbssports.com

 

[UCMB88]

The announcers at the Florida game started talking about the number of 1st round picks on Georgia and Alabama? Is that a criteria? If future pro stars is the most important factor in deciding which teams deserves a championship, then that would explain why Kentucky basketball has won every national title since Calipari got to Lexington. Oh, wait.

I thought Joe Tessitore (whom I'm not a fan of) was in full SEC propaganda mode last night on the FSU broadcast.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Mich, Wash, and Bama.

Last spot FSU or Georgia. Who is the better team? Does anyone doubt who is the better team?

I do. I also seriously doubt anyone who thinks "does anybody doubt?" is a decision tool.

 

[mike012]

I see no way espn leaves Alabama out. They will have no issues sacrificing FSU.

 

[UCFBfan]

Is that poor reporter at FSU going to stay in that room when the brackets are announced?? Might be dangerous and not safe for TV when ESPN, I mean the committee, screws them.

 

[UCFBfan]

Let it all burn baby!!!

 

[shizzle787]

Wow! I am surprised. Once Texas was #3 though, I thought there was a chance this would happen.

 

[traitor71]

No one can deny that network television doesn't have anything to do with these things. But this is really a tough one. FSU won all their games and that should be enough, but everyone knows they aren't beating any good team with their backup quarterbacks. I don't think they are as good as any of these teams with Travis, much less without him.

 

[UCFBfan]

ESPN showed they don't care about the ACC when Booger went ballistic and gave a legit argument why FSU should have been in and how Bama need a prayer to beat Auburn, a team destroyed by NMSU (his words). Immediately, Reese sent it to the other guy who immediately said, what was the SOS for Alabama? Basically saying the ACC is trash and winning that program means nothing even though it's P5.

It's simply incredible.

 

[billybud]

FSU left out....

Michigan
Washington
Texas
Bama

 

[Chin Diesel]

ESPN and FSU have had a mini war all season. And FSU isn't getting much love from the ACC head shed after they told the world that they would love to bolt.

ESPN's main property, that they sell endlessly, is the SEC...whether fan paranoia or real, FSU folks believe that ESPN talking heads are scripted...

I don't think that a 13-0 P5 conference champ will be left out..but there is drumbeat from PO'd Alabama-Georgia fans and their ESPN sounding boards.

ESPN owns the ACC and bends them over when ever it suits Bristol's desires.

ACC is controlled by ESPN and is its ho.

 

[billybud]

Big problem...FSU has 10-11 going pro...

Why not skip a meaningless bowl after a let down?

 

[billybud]

BUT ESPN had FSU's SOS as #3...

Played more P5 bowl eligible teams than any other candidates...

 

[UCFBfan]

Big problem...FSU has 10-11 going pro...

Why not skip a meaningless bowl after a let down?

I hope they do. However, there might be a desire to win

 

[traitor71]

Big problem...FSU has 10-11 going pro...

Why not skip a meaningless bowl after a let down?

That is going to be every year for them if Norvell continues to try and use the portal as his main way of stocking a roster. That, and a 6th year QB got them to this season. It's a shame they didn't get a chance to play it all the way out.

 

[huskymedic]

Ouch…

 

[Zissou]

Mich, Wash, and Bama.

Last spot FSU or Georgia. Who is the better team? Does anyone doubt who is the better team?

Texas? Texas! Texas?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Ouch…

Well, you know that was typed up, spell checked, and run past legal before the announcement today.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Ouch…

He is right. CFB is a sham.

What bothers me is that these ADs only come out to complain about this failed system when it affects them. Most of the time they are on the winning side of this rigged CFB system

 

[buddy]

Maybe they can use this snub to get out of the ACC GOR and into the SEC or Big 12

 

[Tdaley]

Although FSU will probably be killed in the playoff, I just don't see how an undefeated P5 champion would be excluded by the committee. And, I don't see how the CFP can take Alabama over Texas due to Texas beating Alabama by 10 points @ Alabama. Thus, if FSU and Michigan win, SEC is out of the playoffs.

Apparently Not.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Perhaps being left out will be the final push FSU needs to leave ACC.

This was my first thought.

If FSU needed any further evidence that the ACC is the red-headed stepchild of the P5, this is it. A lot of folks on Tobacco Road getting hot under the collar today.

 

[gopher2]

Todays decision excluding FSU from the CFB playoffs advances the emergence of the P2.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Todays decision excluding FSU from the CFB playoffs advances the emergence of the P2.

It guarantees the death of the ACC and likely speeds it up

 

[UCFBfan]

Ouch…

He's right about how their defense has won them games and their team has risen above adversity of losing their top two QBs to win a conference championship. Their defense is stellar and could easily keep them in games. I'm reminded of the Ravens team that won the Superbowl led by Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. Trent Dilfer was a game manager and allowed the defense to win games and the offense to just not lose the game. No reason to think FSU couldn't do the same.