gtb1943
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The more you devalue what happens on the field, the more of a farce it becomes. I remember way back in 1977 Lou Holtz suspended several key players before the Oklahoma bowl game. Under this scenario so many want, they would have not been chosen for that bowl because of this had the suspensions happened before. Yet Minnesota kicked the crap out of Oklahoma in that game.FSU was robbed.
They were undefeated and found a way to win the ACC CG with the 3rd string QB.
They then had 20 players opt out of the bowl game in which they were blasted to smithereens.
Make no mistake this would have never happened had the SEC champion not lost a home non-conf game. But the powers that be couldn't promote Georgia over Bama and wasn't going to present a CFP without an SEC school.
So FSU got jobbed.
With a 3rd string QB were they a top 4 team? Probably not. But if you don't credit an undefeated P4 season than stop even bothering to host games and just name your 8-12 teams and skip the season.
Had that been Bama who was undefeated and down to QB3 they would have been a 1 seed.
fact is FSU ON THE FIELD deserved a slot. Ignoring results on the field is unforgiveable. Look at all the upsets over the years; teams given no chance and winning.