Michigan Alum Rich Eisen Reacts to Florida State's College Football Playoff Snub | Rich Eisen Show

[@wrathofoprah9557]

Its the intellectual dishonestly. The committee and ESPN blaming some college kids broke leg instead if just being honest and saying "Its the Money".

[@stevenburns8128]

Rewatch the ACC championship game and you'll see 2 dropped TD passes from FSU receivers.

[@byronsmith3152]

@@softjones3128 How do you know this? Th back up didn't even get a full game ffs. You have NO IDEA how he would have done in the playoffs.

[@RayearthIX]

"You know what's not football? People in a room telling 13-0 teams you can't play." That was the most true point made in this entire video, and its the last sentence.

[@Cosper79]

Liberty didn't make it in the CFP.

[@matthewbalser2235]

@@Cosper79not a power 5 conference.

[@tierlis422]

@@matthewbalser2235 you actually think the ACC is a power five conference?

[@scottoliver9594]

@@tierlis422They went 6-4 against the SEC this year. They have more bowl teams than the SEC this year and FSU beat both SEC teams they played by at least 2 scores. They held LSU, the best offense in the country to 24 points. Their worst offensive game of the year. So yea. It is a Power 5 conference. We all just need to admit the games don’t actually matter and it’s just a popularity contest. We should call it the college football invitational, not a playoff. At least that would be honest. Does anyone actually believe that if Bama lost their starting QB and was undefeated, that they would get left out of the playoffs? Not a chance in hell.

[@BossMan-vl5cd]

@@scottoliver9594cry more

[@mauricesmith3624]

Just call it what it is: the College Football Invitational. This is not a true playoff.

[@roberteanes7707]

SEC has to be in. No matter who they screw

[@Mmlujan]

@@softjones3128not just that the acc whined about the playoff this year so it’s on the head of the acc for throwing a fit. We would have had a 12 team this year

[@Matt-cr4vv]

It wasn’t a true playoff to begin with when there were only four teams. This is just the first time it’s been a big enough issue that people care

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

@@softjones3128 UM should be playing Tx, the 4th seed, genius.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

It’s a bit poetic though considering that the head of the ACC is a major reason the expansion got delayed. It’s also funny considering how much FSU has been throwing attacks at their conference.

[@rylian21]

The decision to take Alabama over FSU wasn't about selecting the best team. It was about ESPN protecting the SEC brand.

[@poyerdude]

Here's a list of the 13 members of the playoff committee and let me know which ones have the SEC bias: Boo Corrigan NC State Athletic Director, February 2024 Mitch Barnhart Kentucky Athletic Director, February 2024 Chris Ault Nevada Athletic Director, February 2026 Mark Harlan Utah Athletic Director, February 2026 Chet Gladchuk Navy Athletic Director, February 2025 Jim Grobe Former coach, February 2025 Warde Manuel Michigan Athletic Director, February 2025 David Sayler, Miami (OH) Athletic Director, February 2026 Will Shields Former Nebraska player, February 2024 Rod West Former Notre Dame player, February 2025 Gene Taylor Kansas State Athletic Director, February 2024 Joe Taylor Virginia Union Athletic Director, February 2024 Kelly Whiteside Former college football reporter for multiple outlets, February 2025 There's one member from an SEC program. Why would this group have an SEC bias?

[@xLCHe]

The arrogance of ESPN/ SEC apologists comes from a sense of entitlement never before seen in college football. It will take decades for college football to regain any credibility in sports. This is very similar to what has happened to the Olympics.

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

Don’t forget, the decision also involved putting a Big 12 1 loss Texas in ahead of FSU also. Tell me again how it’s about protecting the SEC?

[@pdxcorgidad]

​@jasonaveryDidn't realize winning previously means you automatically get in this year. Guess no matter what, KC is gonna be in the AFC Championship Game then.

[@butterbook]

@jasonavery And what conference won the other 4?

[@mat.356]

Thank you Rich… this is one for the ages 😞. Go Noles!

[@JangaLangaBanga]

The way I described Rich Eisen to my friend who doesn't care about sports is like having your uncle who's phenomenal at storytelling and the funniest science teacher at any given high school rolled into one.

[@Al-Rudigor]

His team cheats though.

[@rickjeezy4233]

​@Al-Rudigor say what you want...#1 and still in the hunt. This while head coach not on sideline for the 2 biggest games of the season. Also want to point out both osu and Rutgers provided Michigan's signs to Purdue before last year's bg 10 title game....where is the fake outrage from everyone about that?

[@_Doodle-bob]

@@Al-Rudigor my uncle cheats at board games but I still like him?

[@scottwbabcock]

@@Al-Rudigor Prove it

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Oh, and totally obnoxiously woke.

[@WispFigment]

For anyone wondering, someone did do the BCS model on the teams this year. It had FSU in the 4th spot

[@WispFigment]

Also on the other end, it had Alabama in at 3 and Texas out at 5

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

Of course it did. Because it wasn't bribed by the SEC.

[@reubentorres8718]

There's a reason they got rid of that model.. RTR

[@nathanielsmith5976]

@@WispFigment Which would make some sense.

[@ATLMike94]

The BCS also would have had Michigan and Washington playing in the national championship game. I feel like they are the only 2 teams that actually deserve to play in a national championship this year. All this playoff expansion isn't gonna solve anything. Someone will always be left out. Just more money for the NCAA

[@smp1965nc]

So beating the #14 team with your 3rd string QB looks worse than needing a 4th down miracle against Auburn (who got drilled by New Mexico State) with your starting QB the week before.

[@samuelbaker3252]

Facts!!!

[@volusiasorange]

and beating last place arkansas at home by a field goal, and struggling to get a first down against south florida, etc etc etc total joke and sham

[@blacksand5882]

That just shows the committee doesn’t know what they’re doing cuz there’s no way Louisville is in the top 20 fsu should’ve never been top 8 even with ya boy Travis

[@jakeparker8839]

Yes. The iron bowl could be between 11-0 bama and 0-11 auburn and it would be must see tv and a close game. They also beat georgia who hadn’t lost in 2 years. Nobody wanted to see fsu get run off the field. 3 yards per play against louisvilles defense what do you think michigan would’ve done to them?

[@ryderfisk3450]

@@jakeparker8839 yeah and just like rich said, how’s a team with eli manning gonna beat a team with Tom Brady and Randy Moss that’s undefeated? It’ll never happen. How’s an eagles team that loses their MVP candidate late in the season gonna beat the pats? How’s Ohio state gonna win with a 3rd stringer? It cracks me up now that the rankings are out people are straight up saying they know the future. Like it’s a solidified 100% fact and that they had absolutely no shot. AUBURN came one bonehead play away from beating them and FSU is a far better team. ARKANSAS almost beat them and that is a terrible team. Anyone who is a true football fan should be disgusted.

[@Los150]

Well said, Rich! Is there zero integrity left in college football??

[@danasmith3288]

Well, . . . Yes!

[@byronsmith3152]

Nope. They literally just threw it out of the window to line their pockets.

[@chromiumdragon8190]

Another sport in the process of being ruined by greed… The committee just stole FSU’s chance at the greatest Cinderella story ever. Also, the decision to have 12 teams in the playoffs, instead of 8, means most of the individual player records will be held by players on 2nd tier teams, as they all get an extra game over the top tier teams. Bad decision after bad decision by the modern NCAA.

[@chandlerhammond5305]

That final sentence from rich says it all

[@heathbooth609]

Yep.

[@dennisolsosn9321]

It took Texas overtime at home to beat Kansas State. Comon on.

[@joshuamccall8043]

@@dennisolsosn9321 Not only that but TCU, and Houston could have beat UT.

[@kharilane1340]

​@@joshuamccall8043but. they. didn't!!!

[@joshuamccall8043]

@@kharilane1340 Houston got screwed on that ball placement and TCU was coming back. I understand UT won but it is what it is.

[@jakehutchison5761]

They violated the sanctity of the sport for money and everybody knows it. This was a game about winning and losing on the field now everyone knows its about vegas odds, money, and brands.

[@joellahrman4557]

I'm not sure that "sanctity" is a word we should be applying to NCAA sports.

[@jtimko2196]

They played a cupcake schedule. You want Liberty in too? Cry more.

[@jakehutchison5761]

@@joellahrman4557 of the sport not of the NCAA. I didn't think they would actually violate what happens on the field in this way.

[@stuarth4296]

@@jtimko2196 they beat 4 top 20---at the time they played.

[@thatkittenfam7797]

Cupcake schedule? LSU, Clemson, Miami, Louisville, Florida. Did you see Michigans schedule?@@jtimko2196

[@markcook3570]

As a Loooong time Canes fan, a serious hat tip to the Noles Nation...Winning doesn't matter any more....You got robbed...

[@ClarkeBowmanPhotography]

Thank you. Lots of UF fans taking victory laps on this and that's not right. It happened to us, it can happen to you or them or anyone else. As an FSU fan, sure, I want UF and UM to lose, but I want it to be fair. I would never want to see THIS happen to another team. And now the precedent is set that the committee can do this. Robbery in plain sight. And if they did it once they will only do it again. Something egregious like this will happen again in the future, and there will be a great 11-2 or 10-3 team snuffed out of the #11 or #12 playoff spot for a big name 9-4 SEC team. It will happen. Wins no longer matter. The playoff is now an invitational, only if your ratings > other team's ratings. We're also now subconsciously telling players to injure star players since it means they drop in rankings. We're also now telling players that there's no point in going undefeated since you still won't get in, so more star players are going to sit out. CFB will never be the same again.

[@falseprophet1024]

Yeah. I knew FSU was getting fucked this year, but I was still pretty shocked they actually did it..

[@clottadams5028]

This was put into motion when FSU threatened to leave the ACC back in August. They wanted out, but the SEC said "No thanks, we have that TV market", the BIG 10 wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole, and they didn't want to join the BIG 12 because that's a worse situation than the ACC. Their own conference is pissed at them, they're the second or third fiddle in their state, and you had the weight of the SEC working against them. Heck, the chair of the CFP committee, Boo Corrigan, is the AD at NC State, and he didn't push for them, he swayed it to Bama. This is more of "everyone hates FSU" more than "everyone loves Alabama".

[@falseprophet1024]

​@@clottadams5028 Its probably more: "we hate florida state, and we love bama" those 2 things arent mutually exclusive..

[@AlexM-uo9gk]

From a 'Cane/305 lifer since 1984...'Noles' 11-0 is a mirage, squeaked by half their games with Travis imagine now. There's at least 4 other teams left out way more deserving of a CFP spot.

[@LoCoVANole]

I’ve heard many argue that excluding FSU was the path of least resistance, and it generally makes sense. However, it’s the only option that requires obliterating a fundamental principle of competitive sports - the games matter, and wins/losses matter. Excluding FSU is the only option that guts the integrity of the game and fan confidence in why we all follow sports in the first instance - to let the players and team performance determine who wins. In the end, the committee did not take the path of “least resistance,” but opted instead to commit sacrilege.

[@SleepyRainTrain]

A little dramatic but I get your point.

[@jamesknopp7494]

College Football committee made the right decision leaving Florida State out. There's no way FSU is a top 4 team with their third string QB....Remember when Cincinnati got into the playoff because they were "uNdEfEaTeD" and it was a great story... How did that work out? They got boat raced by Alabama. The same thing would happen with FSU this year, and that game would be an automatic win for the other team. These 4 teams make for great games and a great playoff race where every team is evenly matched and anyone can win it. Stop Crying!!!!

[@GhostofGomezDawkins]

Well said

[@thenightowls2804]

Not quite. You can read the committee's bylaws. They say nothing about record. Its simply who's the best team. Bama is better than FSU

[@heidimark]

@@jamesknopp7494 Remember when Ohio State had to use their third-string quarterback for the last few weeks of the season and ended up winning the national championship against Oregon?

[@thomasaustin316]

And Alabama needed a miracle touchdown to beat Auburn.

[@phillipcmiller99]

What did FSU need to beat Boston College and Clemson?

[@kevinrilke]

Did Florida State lose? No.

[@phillipcmiller99]

@@kevinrilke did FSU play Texas on Sept 9?

[@chadw1736]

@@phillipcmiller99 not a miracle like that. also fsu was on the road both those games too, unlike alabama's loss

[@richardtravick5794]

And struggled against USF!

[@johnbishop-b3p]

"There are three undefeated Power Five conference champs. In a system built purely to reward the strongest resumés, those three teams-Michigan, Washington, and Florida State-would definitely make the field. The question would be whether the fourth team is Alabama, Georgia, or Texas. Alabama beat Georgia in Saturday’s SEC title game, and Big 12 champion Texas beat Bama 34-24 in Tuscaloosa on September 9. By this logic, the calculus could have been simple: The three undefeated Power Five champs take the first three spots, and one-loss Power Five champ Texas gets the fourth."

[@tdup191]

Lol but ppl think it's impossibility to leave an SEC team out even tho the conference wasn't tht good this year as previous years. History shouldn't matter in current rankings

[@stuarth4296]

Saint Saban said NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@BHox01]

​@@tdup191 sec lobbyists made it impossible, yeah

[@KingGregory27]

It was so clear what they should’ve done, anyone who disagrees with this logic is an SEC hack

[@tonyg76]

Nah. Washington, Alabama, Texas, and Georgia should have made it. Michigans' win having a cheating asterisk next to them.

[@ChrisPayneHBTW]

Brockman saying bad break is a slap in the face to all team sports, FSU earned the right to compete for a championship

[@patrickkirkham]

It’s not like it’s the first time an undefeated team doesn’t make playoffs

[@Deanbnaed]

Earned how exactly? What rule states that the worst p5 champion needs to be in the cfp. Earned-deserved… Alabama is the better team, they didn’t earn a spot beating Georgia? Texas didn’t deserve a spot? 5 conferences 4 spots and the team that would be 2 touchdown underdogs to anyone in the top 8 didn’t make it

[@falseprophet1024]

​​@@Deanbnaed AP polls say FSU, #4, is better than Bama, #5.. Edit: Strength of Record says FSU, #3, is better than Bama, #4, and Texas, #5. Im a life long canes fan, and even I recognize FSU got fucked..

[@NWstockoperator]

​@@DeanbnaedAlabama was a loser of a game and fsu is undefeated. I'm not sure what you're confused about

[@NWstockoperator]

​@markkoolAidAlabama fans are equating any teams being undefeated to FSU

[@ootvtoo6677]

Jordan Travis should be the Heisman according to the committee

[@RayearthIX]

Right? If he's so valuable that his injury is the reason an undefeated FSU is left out of the playoff, he's clearly the most valuable player in the entire county.

[@GeorgeCaulfield1]

Heisman goes to most outstanding, not most valuable

[@13JacksonMr]

​@@GeorgeCaulfield1he was the most outstanding. He was so outstanding, that him having that leg injury cost FSU a playoff spot according to the committee

[@TheAlexZorba]

I dont know about the Heisman but he is easily the most influential player in all of sports. He dictates what espn dictates to their committee of "men"

[@TheGhostofTomMetzger]

Defense wins championships and FSU has a outstanding Defense.

[@Jaems_Scott]

In today's college football, with the new clock rules, Time Management wins games. Iowa proved that it takes more than defense to win a championship. Still, being undefeated in the Power5 system should be the criteria. The nonsense being spouted about there being 5 Conferences and only 4 spots falls short, when there were only 3 Power5 undefeated teams.

[@Powdered_Water7]

😂😅😂😅 Yeah.... You are absolutely right. That FSU defense is FREAKING SPECTACULAR. ! So spectacular; they got beat like a rented mule 100 times over today. Goes to show...when you get, so-called snubbed by the mindless idiotic CFP committee, your coach should hold his tongue, and not run off at the mouth as if he has an esophagus with uncomfortable diarrhea. FSU didn't belong in the game today, and they certainly had NO business being selected into the CFP.

[@Jaems_Scott]

@@Powdered_Water7 = It also shows that casuals who do not realize their were numerous opt outs from a team, that a record from the regular season, is not the same as playing the team with those starters in the game --- True, florida state did not belong in the game today. But because too many of their regular season players weren't in it. Which is one of the reasons that the playoff is killing the Non-Tournament Bowls. Opt outs and pregame transfers. There are clues out there in the world. Maybe one day you'll accidentally stumble over one and realize it.

[@jrh4lo]

@@Jaems_Scott and when Georgia put in their walk ons, 3rd and 4th string the beating continued.

[@Jaems_Scott]

@@jrh4lo = Putting their 3 stringers into the game at the mid point of the 3rd quarter, with a 49-3 point lead, is not the same thing as starting 3rd stringers and playing vs 3rd stringers all game long. Georgia was bringing in their 3rd stringers with fresh legs, and plenty of people to rotate in. FSU didn't have that luxury ---- Again, clues are there for all to see. If you choose not to look at them, don't consider it a logical assessment.

[@richrod7056]

Possibly Eisen's best take EVER!

[@emiliodiaz8082]

At least Rich is honest in that ratings and revenue is what matters to the CFB committee; it is NOT about competition and the true spirit of the sport.

[@NeilTruick]

The exact reason why I can't be bothered with college football.

[@weasel7227]

This playoffs is almost certainly more competitive with bama in vs Florida State in. People are so dishonest when they say anything about revenue. The only argument is whether it's right to decide based on most deserving and best. If they choose best, then they made the right choice.

[@therolando608]

This is absolutely about competition. FSU with their backup QBs has fallen off a cliff. The total offensive yards per game when Travis started averaged 450. The last two games averaged 220.

[@waffles4393]

It is about competition. That is why FSU and Liberty did not make the playoffs. They are not competitive.

[@cellamuert]

well even then, he said nothing compares to big 10 ratings. so they can't even do that right

[@mikefisher474]

Everyone always 'knows' who the best teams are. All I heard for 4 weeks is that Oregon was the best team around and would trounce Washington. You play the games, you don't just pick. And no, the BCS was not always right. One year Nebraska went after losing by 30+ to Colorado and then got killed in the final.

[@shayhicks7682]

Oregon got screwed that year

[@otaviofrnazario]

they lost by 30+ to Colorado and were awarded with a Miami loaded of future HOF players at the Rose Bowl for the National Championship. In 2003 Oklahoma was demolished by Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game and they put Oklahoma over USC to play LSU in the Sugar Bowl for the Crystal Ball

[@MikeP_]

My impression is that the selection committee did look for reasons to keep Florida State out rather than look at what they have done this season that merits selection. It doesn't make sense to look at the offensive struggles in the ACC Championship game without at least giving serious consideration that the quarterback of that offense would not even be the quarterback playing in the playoffs. And Rich pointed out that the ACC beat the SEC head-to-head this season. This has to count for something. I hate what the selection committee did, because it discredits the entire selections process. There are so many recent stories of back-up quarterbacks leading their teams to success, and Florida State's would have been backed up by a tremendous defense. It sucks.

[@JK-br1mu]

It makes sense to take into account that current FSU is trash without their starting QB, and that they would make for dull TV if you let them in.

[@taekwonjohnson2878]

Give some examples of success in college of the backup QBs leading to success (in the playoffs besides Ohio St). Ohio St won 59-0 and left no doubt. Name them....

[@doug.navarone2037]

@@taekwonjohnson2878Alabama I think 2018, Clemson 2021 or I forgot

[@jcrbama]

They did look at FSU’s merits and there aren’t many. Their best win is against a team that finished 5th in the SEC. They have two wins against teams that are ranked. Every other team vying to get in played another top 6 team to get there. As much a Rich went on here about the SEC being down, when all the games were played the SEC has 5 of the top 15 teams and has three teams playing in the NY 6 bowls. Looking at the ACC vs. SEC record you have to look at the matchups, beating teams at the bottom of the conference really doesn’t mean much. There is one, only one example of a backup looking good in this scenario as well, that OSU in 2014. FSU has looked really awful since Travis went down, and they have been fortunate to have an insanely soft schedule that allowed them to finish with wins.

[@clottadams5028]

FSU has not been well liked by the rest of college football. They were irrelevant before Bobby Bowden started coaching them and they've been a rogue program ever since. They're definitely not a blue blood like Bama, Michigan, and Texas, that's for sure, and they got treated as such.

[@lordrayden3045]

Can’t have the SEC being sad now can we…….

[@Jjbarrea124]

Sec has stomped the throats of other conferences for 20 years. Just stop

[@lordrayden3045]

@@Jjbarrea124 Yeah no And fact remains this year they didn’t earn it But keep making excuses

[@smitty810]

2 thoughts. Back in the day it would be just be Mich vs Wash for championship and no one would have a problem. If your going to have a playoff you can't use a committee, has to be result based. I like how FCS does it.

[@drewrockwell8000]

so the fcs where it would be having all sec teams in the finals look at who has won those titles last 10 years

[@jay_r8der82]

It would be cool if the '13 and '14 FSU team didn't go thru the same issues with the media. They did FSU an injustice

[@jamesfierro94]

Jameis' Lobster Gate

[@cgiii2440]

It was crab legs lol

[@SurferRC]

They did though remeber “game control” 🤡😂🤦🏼‍♂️

[@brandondeuber3903]

Thank you Rich for having the rational response to this. The committee has proven that the results on the field matter less than the conference patch on your jersey. This is the nail in the coffin for the Power 5 and the super conferences are coming. You can thank the committee, ESPN and all the money exchanging hands for this bastardization of college football. The sport we love is dead, and it died yesterday at 12:30 Eastern time.

[@taekwonjohnson2878]

Results on the field does matter....FSU looked inept on the field Saturday.

[@alfcmccoy]

​@taekwonjohnson2878 you obviously didn't watch the game or watched it with bias glasses on. FSU beat a pretty good Louisville team and great defense with a 3rd string QB and an amazing lights out defense.

[@tierlis422]

With the ACC teams, FSU should have been slaughtered them. They didn't. Boston College? They didn't even play some of the best teams in the conference.

[@brandondeuber3903]

@@alfcmccoy and that's the crazy part, that doesn't even matter. The only thing that matters is that they won the game. They won every game and earned that spot, the committee took it away from them.

[@falseprophet1024]

​@@taekwonjohnson2878 Do you actually think that Texas, Washington, and Michigan would all be favorites to beat Georgia?

[@lastpme]

If a team goes undefeated and wins a power 5 conference should be in. When the Patriots lost Bledsoe and a six round quarterback from Michigan took over and the offense didn’t score a lot beat the greatest show on tuff. Just because FSU is using its third string quarterback should not be punished. The committee punished a team that still won because it lost two quarterbacks. If anything the team’s ability to win shows how good of a team it is and deserved a shot at a National Title. This is about ratings which is sad.

[@TILLEYJS]

Remember that time Ohio State got crushed by Alabama in the national championship game with just some backup quarterback..... Yeah. Me never.

[@Native5]

​@@TILLEYJSBullshit! It wasn't a crush. Ohio got an interception return to beat Alabama by 7. Alabama had several players playing with injuries because the SEC is tough. Big 10 wasn't tough. If it was Ohio State would have injuries every year.

[@troyturner173]

Calm down, sparky-I don't have a dog in the fight, and it sucks to be FSU right now. But, how are you going to penalize BAMA for pulling off the biggest win of the year?-If UGA hangs on to win, FSU is in

[@bravefreedom8283]

@@Native5 Alabama was picked to beat OSU and got beat in the south. Stop with the excuse.s Cardale Jones was a 3rd string QB and he pissed on Alabama. They ran on Bama passed on Bama and D'ed up on Bama. Michigan will shut Milroe down and he is prone to throw interceptions because he is a run first QB

[@stevenburns8128]

You apparently haven't seen the Buckeyes weekly injury report. Everyone has injuries to deal with not just the almighty SEC.

[@DC-Deezy]

The 2004 auburn tigers were left out finishing undefeated with a stacked roster. This has happened before and fsu was not the first and they beat a monster of a schedule.

[@underpant]

Yes, just because Auburn was screwed twenty years ago doesn't mean that justifies the screw job on FSU.

[@DC-Deezy]

​​@@underpant FSU did not beat the number 1 team the tide did and they should get in for that. It's never good for a team to be left out but there was a reason. Everyone had two years to beat uga and it took the tide to do it.

[@edwardfala7723]

​@DC-pj9he So you beat UGA and that is an auto invite? Even if they had 2 loses by your logic. This UGA team wasn't close to as good as the last 2 champs. They beat GaTech by 8 points 13 days ago. Silly logic all around.

[@edwardfala7723]

Also, if there was a playoff in 04, Auburn would have been in as the 3 seed, so your argument is a strawman.

[@Jaems_Scott]

@@edwardfala7723 = Well, there's that ... but also, FSU is being left out behind two 1 loss teams. Auburn was left out of the BCS Sugar Bowl behind two undefeated teams, USC & Oklahoma. So his argument is invalidated by sense of criteria.

[@SeminoleWind]

This is phenomenal conversation. Thanks for being the voice of reason Rich, and for your empathy! Let's bury the Dawgs 'Noles --;->>

[@bryantvia4478]

they should boycott the game. i am. as much as it hurts to not support my team ive been rooting for since i was 8, theyll not get my time and money

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Giving FSU UGA was doing you all dirty. Its completely set-up to make it look like you donte belong in the CFP and they are using the season-long #1 ranked team to do it. Its clear what the CFP is doing here. They wanted FSU out, so they can have their Texas v Bama re-match.

[@Silverfox1982]

@@bryantvia4478so…ur punishing ur own team?😂

[@Andrewlang90]

@@Silverfox1982They already got punished once by the Olympic judg…er, I mean, “playoff committee”, what’s one more game?

[@TheMCJ2011]

Lmao not happening. Congrats on going 13-0 tho

[@SuperWarJam]

FSU alum and an Eagles fan here - brutal weekend.

[@jeffmiller7575]

Same here, brother! Born and raised in SE PA and went to college in Tallahassee. Yes, this weekend was a disaster! Unreal.

[@quiara25]

Ouch!

[@brownietime902]

That Committee focused on how to keep FSU out opposed to being 13-0 to keep them in. My Family FSU Grads did not take this well.

[@evanmaguire2280]

December 30th will determine if they were right or not 👍

[@seminolewarrior1626]

​@evanmaguire2280 no, it won't. Because NFL bound players on both sides will sit out. Bowl games outside of the playoff are nothing more than exhibition games. Would you risk your future on getting a bowl oranges?

[@bellpaleale]

If the reason was because FSU's QB goes down, then why not just announce the playoff teams at that point? One of my friends called said this is not a college football playoff, it's an invitational.

[@idawg7332]

Exactly, FSU just should have quit in that game after travis went down and forfeited against UF and Louisville. Tate Rodemaker certainly would have been better off, he wouldn't have taken that hit to the head against UF

[@lawsonrg01]

Always has been

[@jefferybarefield6372]

Its a TV show

[@jonathanhouser8194]

It is.

[@chrisberdis6228]

Rigged

[@johnmcho]

The most toxic thing about college football is the game we all play in our heads where we think we can predict who will win a game with such absolute certainty.

[@KingGregory27]

Especially at neutral sites. Just because you beat a great team at home doesn’t meant you can do the same elsewhere

[@StevenNeidlein]

Yeah like Bama over michigan

[@toddjohnson271]

Did anyone pick Texas to beat Bama in Tuscaloosa?

[@byronsmith3152]

@@toddjohnson271 Texas fans. LOL.

[@gregwren691]

Hey Oregon...

[@joelwright4317]

If you’re on the Committee, whose wrath would you rather face? FSU? Or the entire SEC apparatus + ESPN? There was no way in hell the committee was ever going to leave out the SEC in a four team playoff tournament.

[@MrSquaky]

couldn't they have just included both Bama (SEC) and FSU and then left out Texas.

[@ChrisWrightDVM]

Correct, of the 3 difficult choices... they picked the path of least resistance, meaning, the one that would give them the least outrage, and least financial blow. That is true. However, if they went with screwing Bama, or TX, at least those programs (fans/coaches/players) could eventually move on by realizing they had full control of the true spirit of football, their own destiny was in their control... they COULD HAVE beaten the teams they lost to, and didn't... on the field. They can at least understand that. By killing FSU, you kill the very soul of college football and competitive sport. A 13-0, conference champion, who went out of their way to play 2 traditional powerhouse SEC schools to bolster the resume, beat them... and shared a common opponent with Bama, and put more points on them while allowing less points to be scored. They not only won all these games, they won the common opponent column too... and... any other school (especially if it was GA or Bama)... who be PRAISED for winning with a backup, praised for winning a championship game with their 3rd string, PRAISED FOR HAVING AN AMAZING DEFENSE for such a low scoring conference championship game. But not FSU... they only point out the negatives.

[@imprintz]

I get it, but i still feel sorry for the rest of those kids in Florida. Everyone one worked their asses off not just the QB

[@falseprophet1024]

I dont. If bama was undefeated and lost their qb, theyd still be in..

[@Deanbnaed]

@@falseprophet1024yea, they had the 5th hardest schedule. If they beat Georgia with a backup they would’ve gotten in. That point is stupid.

[@falseprophet1024]

@@Deanbnaed FSU won their games with a back-up, though.. If Milrose got hurt at the end of the georgia game, but they won, they'd still put bama in, even if it was their backup that was gonna play in the CFP.. my point still stands..

[@blakty2]

@@falseprophet1024And Alabama had the 5th hardest schedule…what are you missing?

[@Deanbnaed]

@@falseprophet1024 they won their games with the back up but brother, their offense was horrendous. I feel bad for the kids, coaches, staff, etc but that fsu team is not on the level of Alabama or Texas or anyone else in the top 8 even. We need the 12 team playoff, then no one can complain a 3 loss team didn’t get a spot.

[@bertramguilfoyle4358]

Once again, Alabama gets handed a lifetime achievement award. If the CFP picked the NFL playoff teams, the Pats would get in this year

[@stingrey1571]

if the sports media used the same system in the nfl. it would be dallas, steelers, giants, and niners in the final 4 year year.

[@waffles4393]

Alabama didn't get handed anything. They beat the #1 team in the country. They earned their playoff spot.

[@BradJohannsen]

They ended Georgia's run. That's not a handout. They earned it.

[@crabsarnt4sale]

@@waffles4393 12-1. Didn't earn anything.

[@justinrenaud4818]

They didn’t get handed anything lol

[@SciJay]

“FSU got a bad break” Excuse me? No FSU did not get a bad break, a bad break would be a referee missing an important call in a game you lost. FSU got screwed and the committee robbed them of their season long achievement to put an SEC team into the college playoffs because everybody knows why.

[@vart7767]

no they didn't: play good teams and you prevail

[@jlcarter04]

@@vart7767 like Auburn whom Bama barely beat? Or how about Arkansas? Or TX A&M? or South Florida? Powerhouses those teams are..... all of em....

[@Balvenie21]

Facts FSU got screwed bad.

[@theanthonyv]

He was talking about losing their quarterback

[@holdendavid9025]

Nope

[@scottca9780]

I think Rich is overlooking Alabama's clutch win against the impressive Chattanooga.

[@derekeady3119]

As far as The Dawgs and Seminols are concerned, if I were the governors of GA and FL, I'd formally announce from both State Houses that both state governments (FL and GA) have agreed that the winner of this game will be declared the 2023 national chapions. Both states will recognize the winner and honor the players of the winning team as the 2023 College Football National Champions. In the winner's state there would be a parade and a day of recognition. What could the playoff committee do? What could the NCAA do?

[@byronsmith3152]

LOL. I would see if my boys even wanted to play int he game. What is the point now? You are only making money for the very people that screwed you over. If I am FSU's HC and the boys said coach, we just do not care, I would kneel down every play with all back ups playing as a big FU to the NCAA.

[@jakethethird1584]

Ignore it. The governors have no authority for that to be legitimate.

[@therealsun86]

I’m glad that next year they’re going to the 12 team playoff

[@stingrey1571]

a 12 team playoff wont solve this. the media and committee are going to use the new format as an excuse to get big name schools in. dont be surprised a 9-3 notre dame gets in over a 11-1 lesser known school. regardless of record USC is a lock no matter what next year.

[@rad608]

The rankings will be manipulated to get the tournament they want!

[@drayiii980]

It's going to suck even more

[@nordy259]

This won't happen next year but what I'd like to see is 1. Re balance the 4 power conferences with 18 teams each 2. Top 3 from each conference goes to the playoffs 3. Top seed gets a bye like it's going to be next year 4. First round is 2nd place from one conference playing 3rd place from another. Eliminate the committee all together so you have nobody ti blame but yourself if you don't get in.

[@Cakebattered]

Everyone said that about the 4 team playoff, yet here we are hoping a 12 team playoff will fix things. It's not a playoff, it's an invitational.

[@sharkzillah401]

I don't think any of you want to live in a world where your team can go undefeated and miss the playoffs.

[@MrAitraining]

In college FB if you play the 50th hardest schedule, being undefeated doesn't equal entitlement.

[@Gadfly247]

Liberty University went undefeated also. But then again, like FSU their strength of schedule was south of whimpy!😂😂😂😂

[@shep1582]

@@MrAitraining FSU beat LSU and Florida and four top 25 teams, I don't like FSU but your bias is showing. They earned the spot playing teams out of their conference. You hate them ok with me, but people are so disingenuous.

[@thatkittenfam7797]

Michigan had 2 tough games, look at their other 10 games@@MrAitraining

[@michaelday1700]

What about michigan stealing signals. It is all about money. Look at last year TCU won there conference and Georgia destroyed them. You should not be able to jump from 8 to 4 in the country. Money and ratings

[@Splenda64_inc.]

FSU should just claim a title like UCF did.

[@ld4974]

And they would be ignored, just like UFC is ignored.

[@Splenda64_inc.]

@@ld4974 Pretty sure that the NCAA recognized the title claim.

[@ld4974]

@@Splenda64_inc. It's easy enough to use the Google machine: The NCAA's official record book lists UCF under the "Final National Poll Leaders" section, but the NCAA reserves the term "National Champions" for teams selected as champions by one of the four Consensus Polls (AP, USA Today/Coaches, National Football Foundation, and Football Writers Association of America) or winners of the BCS or College Football Playoff; and places a disclaimer next to UCF's name which says that since 2014, "the College Football Playoff [has been] used to determine national champions in FBS".

[@SuperWarJam]

FSU fan here - I see alot of people suggesting this. It gives off big loser energy - Norvell and FSU admin will never do this.

[@rodneyspeer5197]

if they beat ga they should that would be their way to prove they deserved it

[@MrCtsSteve]

Ive got faith in Michigan. Been a fan since 77-78 ...Go Blue

[@danasmith3288]

Michigan fan since the '60's. Remember Saban beat Michigan while he was the head coach at MSU. Never underestimate Saban.

[@witchdoctor1]

"John Cooper on Third Base" man that sent my sided into orbit. Love your content, Rich, and GO BLUE!

[@rudewalrus5636]

"That's football;" "That's the breaks." You say that to Georgia, saying 'they lost the game;' well we should be saying that to Alabama too - since they lost that game (at home) to Texas. SEC should be out. You don't leave out a Power 5 undefeated Champion that did everything asked of it.

[@Native5]

Who would beat them in the playoffs? Not Florida State.

[@lukebryant5017]

@@Native5everyone said Michigan would obliterate TCU first round lol

[@chriscarlson3700]

The problem with D1 college football is that the national champion has always been decided by a system based on opinion and speculation, whether it’s the polls, the BCS or the CFP. Every other level of college football has a true playoff system, but D1 refuses. So it’ll always be “old men in a room” deciding who stays and who goes, and that sucks.

[@russellayers3408]

So basically what this committee is saying is that winning ultimately does not matter as long as there is a better team than you. Why even bother playing for a championship in that case? Especially if the network that runs your playoffs has a contract with one of your conference rivals and they can just put them in over you and others.

[@Mmlujan]

Non of this matters with a 12 team which would be here if it wasn’t for the bitching of the head of the acc whining about it

[@sackman72]

Winning absolutely matters. Going out winning against the #1 team is why Alabama is in.

[@jmiyagi12345]

Why did it take a bunch of 1 loss teams to get Cincinnati in a few years back. Winning matters, right? Oh, you mean who you beat matters? A mediocre LSU and a dumpster fire UF is part of the reason why FSU is out, too. “But they beat the SEC head to head!” Easily accomplished by playing Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, too, but no team would get credit for that.

[@russellayers3408]

@@sackman72 obviously that's not the case if your keeping an undefeated power 5 champion out and keeping two 1 loss teams. Winning does not matter, HOW you win and WHO you beat matters

[@C2DP27]

Speaking of the 2010 BCS national championship, Colt McCoy got hurt in the first quarter of that game so instantly Texas was ineligible, Alabama’s win no longer counts! 😂

[@user-qr4ey3xv4j]

I am saying this on about every video I find talking about this. Just wondering how a team wins with their 3rd string QB and that doesn't count for anything. That is a credit to the TEAM AS A WHOLE, including coaches, which is what football is about. Shows the team is not just one position. Also, name me a sport that doesn't go by record first?

[@calvinhobbes6118]

CFP bureaucrats dont understand, nor do they care about these facts.

[@byronsmith3152]

BINGO. And as Rich pointed out, there are a few teams that won it all with their back up QB.

[@larryd9549]

When 1-loss Alabama won the SEC, you wondered which OTHER P5 Champion was going to get hosed.

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Tony Pettiti ran the fastest 40 time in Lucas Oil Stadium history getting off the stage during the trophy ceremony. Coward.

[@mickey34jb]

Harbaugh should have been on the stage to look him in the eye but passed.....Harbaugh is the true coward

[@NickTarterOKC]

I'm not an FSU fan, but I am angry on their behalf. I am so over college football with all of the corruption and stupidity. I might not even watch the playoff games this year. It's dumb.

[@mikeswain5921]

Agreed. I'm not an FSU fan either, but I feel real bad for the players and their community/fans. This is isn't about the game. It's football politics. It's a f**kin' joke.

[@quantumpotential7639]

Was it dumb to have watched ALL of the games fed to us leading up to this debacle? 🤔

[@taekwonjohnson2878]

All schedules are not created equal. 55th Strength of Schedule vs Bama 5th Strength of Schedule

[@harrisfreedman5785]

​@@taekwonjohnson2878 FSU is better than Alabama. Only time will prove it.

[@lukebryant5017]

@@taekwonjohnson2878then put uga in over Texas

[@121080hulk]

Wild cards get in for a reason . Wins' losses dont matter, got it 💯.

[@bradg.5253]

I believe if Georgia would have beat Bama, FSU would have been in the CFP because there would have been four undefeated teams in the CFP. When Bama beat Georgia, and Texas beat Bama on the road earlier in the year, I had a feeling FSU was going to be left out.

[@byronsmith3152]

Well yeah because they would have their SEC team in the playoffs. It is all about ratings. Hard for ESPN to make money when the teams they pay for are not in the playoffs.

[@user-gh3pz7do4o]

Not a fan of FSU but they should have gotten in being undefeated and won conference championship. Alabama is not the greatest team too. They just beat Aurburn on a last second throw a few weeks ago.

[@rayontita1912]

Brockman saying “you can’t roll the dice and say this could happen” is wild because that’s what the committee is saying. The games don’t matter. Might as well let Daniel Jeremiah pick the 4 teams with the most NFL prospects and put them in the playoffs. What’s the point of playing the games?

[@polo4941]

But he also said that fsu would get stomped. So he contradicted himself and didn’t even realize it

[@ryankrause4880]

If the Chiefs win the AFC Championship Game but Patrick Mahomes breaks his ankle with 5 minutes to go, do they not allow the Chiefs to go to the Superbowl?

[@lb6643]

Right

[@dsteph1067]

This is why I am and will continue to be a fan of the NFL.Something like that would never happen in the NFL .😂😂😂

[@sparkyguitar0058]

They're allowed but just won't go anywhere w/o MA Auto.

[@shadowdawg04]

A little early to be drunk son... I mean damn!

[@Veaseify]

False equivalence...nobody votes for the superbowl teams.

[@djlee_exe]

Rich hit that "EARNED" with his whole chest and I loved it.

[@slysmall]

Absolutely. 😤

[@stevepyle5080]

Thanks Rich. You're 100% correct. I wonder how you're buddy can say if Florida State were to make it in the playoffs that it would be a 40 point underdog, and they would get hammered. How the hell does he know what Florida State would do. Is he a damn swami?

[@brett8078]

So winning all your games matters for Liberty over Tulane for ny 6 bowl? But for FSU winning all of their games and alabama losing 1 it doesn't matter????

[@emaculatej650]

Yes. That's exactly what it means.

[@benwilson6559]

Yeah pretty much

[@etherow1667]

They use whatever logic that will fit their narrative 🙃

[@SciJay]

@greglbennettAlabama beat Auburn on a prayer. Struggled against USF and Arkansas. Terrible teams, don’t want to hear it.

[@ericj425]

@greglbennett FSU beat 3 top 20 teams AND they went undefeated, they didnt lose a game like Bama did. FSU deserves and EARNED it more than Bama- to think otherwise is homerism and delusional.

[@jensummers6273]

Exactly! The Carson wentz & Nick foles analogy is a perfect

[@Veaseify]

There are never going to be 12 college football teams with realistic shots at winning a championship but the first 5 v12 blowout will still make money for the NCAA and that all that matters.

[@tomsumner2363]

Hey Rich life time Nole here , we got screwed. Thanks for talking the TRUTH! good luck and Go Blue...and get Jerry Cantrell back on the show, he said you were mad at him because he beat you in the football pool when I met him in March.

[@PatrickCox-o1k]

50 years ago. Big 10 chose Ohio State instead of Michigan for the rose bowl. The same circumstances. Incredible.

[@SmittyAZ]

Michigan was going to absolutely beat the pants off of TCU!

[@Keithwilsonjr757]

What

[@robsmith4864]

Lol facts

[@dougbodenhamer9391]

No way tcu can beat michigan......NO FING WAY! But.......alas......

[@SmittyAZ]

@@Keithwilsonjr757 Last year's final four.

[@UHaulShorts]

did dey?

[@TT-dv9er]

Congratulations Michigan. You don't get Iowa version 2. You earned Alabama.

[@ld4974]

They'll beat Alabama.

[@JMichael-xc7uu]

Not great- FSU was ripped off and with that FSU defense rated almost as high as Michigans would of been a tougher task than Bama

[@vytasrauckis6703]

Yeah, Michigan won't give up a 4th and 31.

[@1TotalJabroni]

Yall are wild for thinking Michigan will beat Bama. They CAN, but Michigan has yet to show up for their playoff appearances, and there is no precedent set for the Big Ten defeating the SEC's elite. I'm happy Michigan won't have to face Georgia, but Bama can 100% match up well with Michigan in every position. If Harbaugh doesn't figure out how to utilize this 4+ week break, Bama could run right through Michigan.

[@dompolidori5313]

⁠@greglbennettDefine “when it really matters.” Does the Big10 championship not matter? Does playing rival Msu and PSU not matter? Does beating “#1 team in the country” osu not matter? You pessimists need to have a better grasp on reality that bowl games in our sport are NOT and never have been everything. 2021 Osu winning the rose bowl did not matter. Last year Psu winning the rose bowl did not matter. Michigan continued to be dominant over them because they’ve BEATEN them HEAD TO HEAD. That’s football. Michigan matches up well against Bama and they’re going to surprise you. But sadly you’ll still never give them credit because you’re a hater.

[@KidHorn7001]

Bama beating UG screwed FSU. They had to get bama in and could only do it if they also got UT in.

[@Cakebattered]

Had Auburn won, the committee would have added Georgia over FSU anyway. FSU didn't stand a chance.

[@matthook5967]

I don’t think so, Georgia would be in and I believe Texas would have missed out. They really wanted bama in after that win (SEC Champuonship more important then every other one apparently)and they couldn’t do that without putting Texas in because they beat them, just a travesty that not 1 but 2 teams with a loss made it in over a perfect record

[@BryanTeresi-p8c]

@@matthook5967 Agreed... see I could even get the logic of Bama being in over FSU for beating an undefeated #1 team, more impressive than any of FSU's wins. But jumping Texas over FSU makes no sense. Beating a 9-3 team by 4 scores vs beating a higher ranked 10-2 team by 2 scores does not warrant that jump. Yes Texas's win over Bama is the best in the country, but that was already largely accounted for in the ranking (if made better b/c Bama beat Georgia). Honestly what should have happened this year is an emergency altering of the structure to a 6-team playoff. If you're going to use a committee to select the teams, you might as well use the committee to select the structure so you can best fit the teams that are deserving. Also it's a load of crap that Alabama and Texas are certainly better than FSU even with the injured QB. Both have played several close games against middling competition.

[@mervyngreene6687]

​@@CakebatteredI think you have a very good point. Georgia would have dropped to number (three or) four. And, Texas MIGHT have jumped over FSU.

[@golden8378]

Question: When Michigan loses to Bama in the first round of the CFP, and later has their 2023 season vacated, will FSU get an honorable mention?

[@therealbiblio3826]

You want to blame? Blame the three conferences-one of which was the ACC-that refused to go to the 12 team playoff THIS year.

[@bglover9563]

It should have been 1. Washington, 2. Michigan, 3. FSU and 4. Texas

[@Okinanam69]

That was my selection Saturday evening after all the games were played. No one could have questioned that, because such selection is very logical and not subjective and not made by idiots, like those in CFP committees. In March Madness if a team loses, it is OUT! It does not matter if it was Duke or North Carolina!

[@ihatetheantichrist9545]

This is the only sensible choice

[@alvinross1955]

Only thing is Michigan had no business participating in any post season activities this year. So it should have been Washington, FSU, Texas and Alabam.

[@bglover9563]

@alvinross1955 Why not? Because they have been accused of something that hasn't been proven. Allegations are not the same as guilt. Come on, let's be real.

[@davewilliams639]

Man this is tough to take, being from Ann Arbor I'm happy for U of M, but my granddaughter is attending 13-0 FSU! Dang!!

[@wompa70]

The saying isn’t, “That’s football.” Instead it’s, “That’s why you play the games.” FSU played and won all of theirs. If Georgia hadn’t screwed the pooch they’d be in and, I think, FSU instead of Texas. It would have been all four undefeateds.

[@rogeryoung3823]

The first year of the CFP 4-team set up, they took a team that was on its third string quarterback after the conference championship who went on to win the whole thing. OSU and Cardale Jones.

[@limitedbom2206]

Yea there's a huge difference. FSU this year played rank #16 Louisville and won 16-6. That ohio state team with the 3rd string QB played rank #13 Wisconsin in the Big 10 championship and smashed them 59-0. You tell me which of those teams looked like a playoff caliber team. You're comparing apples to oranges.

[@byronsmith3152]

@@limitedbom2206 Wrong. The comparison is dead on. You are ASSUMING that Wisconsin team was better than the Louisville team. Your opinion is not fact. Facts are the comparison of the situation.

[@limitedbom2206]

@@byronsmith3152 ok, then I’d flordia good? Because they only won 24-15 against them. FSU offense is struggling. Tell me you’re sorry.

[@byronsmith3152]

@@limitedbom2206 What are you even talking about? It is a fact what was stated from the OP. It is opinion to say the difference in score matters or the team they beat matters.

[@limitedbom2206]

@@byronsmith3152 But that's where you're wrong. The committee has said a couple of ways they select teams is off strength of opponents (so the team they beat does matter), and the committee said one way the judge teams is off "unavailability of key players and coaches that may have affected a team's performance during the season or likely will affect its postseason performance". So the fact FSU went from scoring 40+ points all the time down to only being able to score one single touchdown shows a HUGE impact was made by the missing QB. OSU didn't miss a beat, they had their 2nd highest scoring game of the entire season, and they shut them out. There was 0 impact of needing to use a backup qb on osu in 2014, FSU lost out because of an injury and they could not compete in the playoffs because of it.

[@msseminoles21]

Thank you Rich

[@ajw9151]

I don't think Bama did enough. This year, you needed to go undefeated...bama didn't do that. FSU did everything they could... despite losing their QB. SEC recency bias helped drive the decision.

[@clottadams5028]

You didn't watch the games. Bama has the biggest, most athletic OL in FBS. They're better than every team,and they'll win their 19th NC.

[@dakodagayne9334]

​@@clottadams5028people sleep on Bama. Everyone was trashing them at beginning of season. They literally get better every game. They're gonna blister michigan.

[@ajw9151]

@clottadams5028 oh I watched....big athletic line, gonna be a tough test for MI OL. But the same can be said the other way. MI has more experience.... QB and skill players I would say are slightly better at MI... for the first time ever actually.... Defense is generally better. Bama has Milroe, always super athletic, taking shots down field... and Sabans the great equalizer. And Jimmy Harb can't win a bowl game. So we'll see. If MI plays as good as they did against OSU... you got a problem.

[@dakodagayne9334]

@ajw9151 lol keep dreaming. Strength of schedule 55 and Alabama is 5. They choked last 3 years. Got absolutely destroyed by tcu and georgia destroyed tcu.

[@dakodagayne9334]

@ajw9151 you would say defense is better when they play lower rated teams. Easy to make a team look amazing.

[@enshk79]

FSU WENT UNDEFEATED. Texas and Alabama did not. Case closed.

[@Gadfly247]

Phthpppt!😂😂😂

[@enshk79]

@@Gadfly247 FSU is in a power 5 conference. The decision should have been extremely easy. Going undefeated in an explicitly stated legitimate conference takes priority over everything EXCEPT other undefeated teams, then you start looking at other metrics.

[@adamfunkhouser8054]

This year makes the perfect case for the expanded playoff. The NCAA is a f'n joke. Pat McAfee hit the nail on the head.

[@thehappiestgilmore2977]

If it were up to the SEC it would be a 12 team playoff this year. The ACC did this to themselves.

[@adrianvasquez254]

What did DOUCHAfee say?

[@harryburnett4928]

@@thehappiestgilmore2977why does not one talk about this, it was literally the acc who didn’t want to expand it

[@thehappiestgilmore2977]

@@harryburnett4928 They also don’t want to talk about the Michigan cheating scandal…🤫

[@EMyers1981]

Did Chris Brockman just say the BCS always got it right? Really? Hey Chris, you have a few calls holding for you... Miami on line 2000 Oregon on line 2001 USC on line 2003 Auburn on line 2004 Please explain to them how the BCS always got it right. 🤦

[@VinnieBoucher_II]

Chis Brockman asked about the BCS poll because, in his words "they always got it right", so here it is 1. Michigan 2. Washington 3. Alabama 4. FSU

[@JCWGTR]

Thank you Rich for bringing a sincere narrative to this mess with FSU. GO NOLES!

[@MarcusMarm]

If bad breaks are part of sports, then Bama losing is a "bad break."

[@jimmylegs06]

TCU screwed this up for everyone. IF the committee thinks you're a lesser team despite the record, you're out It could potentially make for bad TV

[@lukebryant5017]

No, an sec team being on the bubble is what screwed it up. If they were picking the best 4 uga would be in over Texas, has nothing to do with it.

[@Mmlujan]

Doesn’t matter after this year

[@UHaulShorts]

last year?

[@falseprophet1024]

​@@UHaulShorts Who will pick the 16 teams next year?

[@willr2862]

Wat? TCU beat Michigan in the semifinal last year, so I don’t get why people keep bringing them up as undeserving of a bid.

[@punkjp2000]

This was the easiest year ever and they still fucked it up. You have 5 conference champs. 3 of them are undefeated, so they get in. The last 2 played head to head so the winner is in. You get Michigan, Washington, Florida State and Texas.

[@DKing-3358]

The SEC only plays 8 conference games. Everyone who believes the ACC is so weak, lobby the SEC to schedule the 4 non conference openings to play the ACC. Let it be settled on the field. After all, most of you SEC people believe the ACC is not a power 5 team. Shouldn't be worried at all.

[@40ronin1]

Rich wanted the easy game for Michigan. The dude is on something

[@quentincampbell612]

So, you're saying that the FSU defense isn't legit?

[@clottadams5028]

​@@quentincampbell612Didn't look so hot against Boston College and Clemson. If Dabo Sweeney had a place kicker that was decent, Tigers beat the Seminoles in Death Valley.

[@quentincampbell612]

@@clottadams5028 ok,and how does that impact whether or not Florida State should be in the playoffs?

[@quentincampbell612]

@@clottadams5028 ok,and how does that impact whether or not Florida State should be in the playoffs?

[@CalebsCars]

@@quentincampbell612nah FSU will get dog walked by Georgia

[@slow88LX]

Cheating > honesty Losing > winning -The Playoff Committee

[@gavinsloane6282]

I would like to amend your math symbols: One loss+ more revenue (bigger market) > undefeated + less renenue( smaller market) 🤔🤑💸

[@RsxancheZ]

Michigan did get very quiet once they knew it was Alabama

[@Gadfly247]

I heard crying and I live several states away!

[@polo4941]

Because everyone was shocked fsu got played. Trust me, nobody is scared of bama

[@RsxancheZ]

@@Gadfly247 🤣

[@RickeyWilkersonVoices]

I am a Georgia and SEC fan and I believe that FSU could have beat Louisville 100-0 but the playoff committee wasn't going to leave the SEC out even though they should have.1)Michigan 2)Washington 3)Florida State 4)Texas should have been the four in this year

[@fsu5452]

FSU 2023 Rankings - Coaches: 3 - AP: 4 - BCS: 4 - SEC + TV executives: 5

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

They should end their season and declare themselves national champions.

[@FuhQandThem]

😂we can't do that but that sounds amazing! 😂

[@DabsDad]

why? That wont change anything and makes them look petty

[@US_Highway14]

Yeah! That'll show the CFP committee.

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

@@DabsDad No, it makes them look like they have integrity.

[@jayp4114]

Remember the San Fran 49ers playing with their 3rd string QB against the Philly Eagles, in the NFC Championship? The comparison. Is no different.

[@BaderAaron]

It's pretty different in the sense that FSU actually has a couple of QBs on their roster that can take a snap. The example to make is the 2017 Eagles. What if the NFL said in week 17 that the Eagles had to sit the playoffs out because their MVP candidate QB Carson Wentz got hurt?

[@George-kz5hb]

Did San Fransisco get pulled from the playoffs and have the Packers substituted instead? I mean, their first string QB was healthy, and it seems a shame to not have them in the NFC championship game for a second year in a row. In all seriousness, I get what you are trying to say, but the way to show the impact of a QB’s absence is for other teams to beat them. That didn’t happen. It required outside intervention to ensure FSU didn’t get their chance at the title.

[@raoulduke3770]

Ohio state won a National Championship with their 3rd string Qb in 2014 I believe

[@tonyc8752]

Ohio State won 59-0 with their third string in the Big Ten championship. Florida State passed for 55 yards. They looked mediocre for two straight weeks. Big difference. FSU stood zero chance to get past any of the top 6 teams

[@raoulduke3770]

@@tonyc8752 so whoever “looks” best wins? Ok then…

[@davidcortes7235]

I think the groans were more that FSU got left out and Bama got in. NOT that they are worried or scared at all. False narrative as far as I'm concerned.

[@allobove7798]

Context: ACC vs SEC 6-4. Vanderbilt and South Caroling 3 wins. FSU beat #4 in SEC, beat Florida 5-7 (barely). That's 4 wins. Kentucky #8 in SEC beat Louisville ACC runner up 38-31 a week ago. Please, context matters.

[@alvatrous]

3:30 I love the brief channeling of pat mcafee

[@robsmith4864]

This was gonna happen sooner or later. 5 power conf n 4 cfp spots

[@rayelee1301]

The "best" had a losing record against the ACC this season

[@jamesedgar3442]

The message from this selection is obvious: It's not enough to win. You have to win and score a lot of points. If I'm Mike Norvell, I'm turning into Steve Spurrier 2.0. Next year, when FSU is up 49-0 at halftime against Pitt, my starters are staying in for the second half and I'm calling 40-yard pass plays. And if anyone complains, I'm pointing them to this decision.

[@floridaguy5637]

But that puts players at the risk of injury...so if someone gets hurt in a route...another reason to get left out...its a catch 22.

[@willellis502]

I have never saw so many analysts on live TV go out the way to say an SEC HAS to be in regardless. They have literally said this on air daily, “You cant leave the SEC out” “Nick Saban the best coach and been the standard for a decade” “Bama has been the standard for 25 years…” none of that has nothing to do with THIS year

[@lakerskid2013]

But then if you bring up anybody else, then all of a sudden they flip the narrative into “Well past years don’t matter.” So there’s a lot of hypocrisy going on

[@willellis502]

@@lakerskid2013 all day long. They legit scared of the SEC, the conference President and Nick Saban.

[@dwoolf7019]

Rich's co-host that said that the BCS system was better and got it right is crazy. That system was worse.