"The consequences of giving in to a narrative of the moment are destructive, far reaching, and permanent. Not just for Florida State, but college football as a whole."
"The argument of whether a team is the 'most deserving OR best' is a false equivalence. It renders the season up to yesterday irrelevant and significantly damages the legitimacy of the College Football Playoff. The 2023 Florida State Seminoles are the epitome of a total TEAM. To eliminate them from a chance to compete for a national championship is an unwarranted injustice that shows complete disregard and disrespect for their performance and accomplishments. It is unforgiveable."
"The fact that this team has continued to close out victories in dominant fashion facing our current quarterback situation should have ENHANCED our case to get a playoff berth EARNED on the field. Instead, the committee decided to elevate themselves and 'make history' today by departing from what makes this sport great by excluding an undefeated Power 5 conference champion for the first time since the advent of the BCS/CFP era that began 25 years ago. This ridiculous decision is a departure from the competitive expectations that have stood the test of time in college football."
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"Wins matter. Losses matter. Those that compete in the arena know this. Those on the committee who also competed in the sport and should have known this have forgotten it. Today, they changed the way success is assessed in college football, from a tangible metric - winning on the field - to an intangible, subjective one. Evidently, predicting the future matters more."
"For many of us, today's decision by the committee has forever damaged the credibility of the institution that is the College Football Playoff. And, saddest of all, it was self-inflicted. They chose predictive competitiveness over proven performance; subjectivity over fact. They have become a committee of prognosticators. They have abandoned their responsibility by discarding their purpose – to evaluate performance on the field."
"Our players, coaches, and fans - as well as all those who love this sport - deserve better. The committee failed college football today." [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
This should be easy but the committee will mess it up.
Sorry FSU - your quarterback is hurt. Moving along.
Sorry Georgia, you've been great for several years but you've been a little vulnerable at times this year, you aren't a conference champ and you have the same record as several other teams. You essentially have the same resume as Ohio State. Better luck next year.
Michigan, Washington, Alabama and Texas. It just seems too easy for them to **** it up.
You aren't going to have no SEC teams in. You aren't going to put UGA in over 'Bama. And if you put Bama in, you can't keep Texas out for Georgia when Texas beat 'Bama on the road.
This is just a no brainer to me. But we shall see...
Would have been cool to have a Big 10 vs Pac 12 matchup in the Rose Bowl for the final year of the Pac 12. I get why they didn't but it sucks that Washington gets sent to New Orleans instead. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
They're an undefeated team in a power 5 conference. The committee isn't and shouldn't come out and say "well we're not picking them because there QB is hurt even though they won the last 2 games he didn't play in and just beat a 10 win team. They didn't win by enough points."
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
A team that lost to a 3-9 Pitt and lost to a 7-5 UK just last week made the ACC conference championship and we're just gonna pretend that the ACC is the same as the SEC?
Again, not all P5 conferences are made equal.
Yet the ACC had a winning record this year against the SEC! [Reply]
