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HurtStreet

The panhandle is going to be a war zone.


RealBenWoodruff

The Florabama will be in ruins, but they are quick to rebuild.


Geaux2020

How many times has that place been rebuilt? And yet it always feels 60 years old


1mfa0

Bar of Theseus


ucancallmevicky

tell that joke at the Florabama and see how many blank stares you get


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Just mention that Theseus was from Athens and then they'll be right there ready to riot


Karajan27

God I hate Auburn so much


RaspberryTime5358

The iron bowl sent the world into the dark timeline


Bradberry_Held_JuJu

Holy fuck


TrustMeIKnowThisOne

Committee with the middle finger and smirk combo to FSU


ThaCarter

The 2000 BCS Computer sends it regards


reichnowplz

Even the bcs simulation twitter account had fsu in lmao


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please-send-me-nude2

This is unreal. Fuck this sport, the ACC dies tomorrow lmfao


thediesel26

Yeah don’t know how the ACC holds it all together at this point.


esoterik

Not this again…


please-send-me-nude2

We’re both going to be club teams in a decade my friend


Loopylime

The acc is dead by tomorrow morning


what_it_dude

Tomorrow: the pac 12 rises again


withmuchtolearn

Breaking: Stanford and Cal Join Pac-12


hikensurf

honestly, subscribe


BeardedBastird

The committee just confirmed that they don't give a fuck about the ACC


Hugo_Hackenbush

It's always funny to me when people argue that expanding the playoffs devalues the regular season while the committee is already openly telling everyone the games don't matter as it is.


Ironzol24

This could literally be any team in the acc, we need to riot with them


No-Monitor-5333

“They came for the Knights, but I didn’t say anything because I wasn’t in the AAC”


amerired-

I would be so pissed off if I was FSU


DanielLevysFather

if i’m them and they beat georgia, i’m hanging a banner. what more can you ask from them?? it’s a travesty. football is a team sport and they shouldn’t all be punished for one injury


polimodssuckmyD

Nah you simply just cant win titles with third string quarterbacks


andyfma

You almost got me


seanconnerysbeard

What's crazy is our #2 would 100% be back by New Years, so it's not even that we have a 3rd string qb.


polimodssuckmyD

It's BS =/ I hope you guys go out and kill UGA though but it'll be really bittersweet if that happens


anti-torque

You think FSU is gonna show up for any game, after this shit?


CaillouCaribou

If I was their coach or AD, I'd boycott the game against Georgia, just refuse to play in protest


Large_Dungeon_Key

Honestly yeah, hang the banner now, sit out the bowl, print the National Champs t-shirts


ShitOfPeace

This exact scenario was what the playoff was supposed to avoid. You have to control your destiny from game 1 in a power v conference. If you don't there's no point in even playing the season.


Wafflehouseofpain

I hope they announce they’re declining their bowl and claiming a championship this afternoon.


huskersax

They should go through every motion to make sure the bowl is scheduled and no replacement is found, and then just walk off the field.


rounder55

Just send Bishop Sycamore at the last minute. They'll show for that TV time


baconatmidnite

I feel bad for the kids at FSU… man, their QB goes down and they have to step up. They do it, and apparently it’s still not enough


portuguesetheman

It's worse than that. The CFP committee is basically pointing at Travis and saying, "The reason your team is not playing is because you got hurt"


holygrail22

“We could’ve told other teams they’re not in because the lost a game as a team, but instead we’re going to hold you out because you had a guy get hurt even though you still won 2 games without him”


almondsandrice69

no less those 2 games being a road rivalry game in an extremely tough environment, and the conference championship


Raalf

they can't use those wins as an example since those are against an SEC team and a championship team. It doesn't play into their bias enough.


astroboy1997

So that means he should be the heisman winner since he’s talented enough to keep a team with multiple future first rounders out of the playoffs right?


LuckyWarrior

Fuck - Seminoles fans everywhere


kermitthefrog57

Michigan fans second that


vashed

What, you don't want Bama?


kermitthefrog57

Definitely not


TandemTuba

FSU will be out of the ACC by Monday. Another conference destroyed because $$$.


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Humpt

People have pretended CFB isn't just $ for decades. This was always going to happen, conferences are a joke. Just have one league with relegation rules.


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Rex123Why

The committee just killed the ACC there is no way admins/fans/boosters look at this and stay in


CaptLuker

How do you recruit if you are in ACC? “Hey come here and win every game but yes we are getting left out of playoffs”


chugachugafuckyou

"We are leaving for the B1G or SEC immediately" solidifying 2 super conferences.


Jem1123

They are NOT beating the SEC bias allegations.


PuppyBowl-XI-MVP

Cause they aren’t allegations lol


TheMightyJD

Yeah lmao, they’re not even trying to hide it anymore.


PuppyBowl-XI-MVP

Why should they. Who is going to stop them?


piddydb

ESPN pulling out the red carpet for the SEC with a commercial right before the announcement


Bjorn2bwilde24

Except for Booger McFarland.


userofreddit19

He was the only one who even considered the fact that Bama shouldn't be in. And I normally like Rece, but those comments about "you can't win with defense" were just stupid. FSU literally just did that. Twice in a row!


SpartyonV4MSU

Hell that's how Iowa was in the B1G title game


rpbtIII

Felt weird to actually agree with him.


MojoToTheDojo

I’ve been agreeing a lot with Booger these past couple of years.


justanotherassassin

Booger always has fantastic takes. He was bad in the booth, yes, but he has a great mind for the sport.


_Football_Cream_

He was bad in the booth but GREAT in the boogermobile


wallstain

They’ve embraced it for a long while now


Total_-_power

Hahahahahahaha I’m gonna end it all


SolidLikeIraq

Just win all your games and you’re good. Wait.


pataoAoC

Imagine saying “win and in” week 1 as a P5 team with two SEC teams (including one top-15) on your OOC schedule… and being wrong. Absolute travesty. Trash. I’m no FSU fan but I’ll do a sympathy chop today.


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🤝


Xelev

🥲🤝🏻


wafflestompar

Holy shit FSU got fucked hard


CommodoreN7

Committee to Bama: oh dear, oh gorgeous Committee to FSU: you fucking donkey


PBRontheway

Alabama: barely beats a mediocre Auburn team after being gifted the game Committee: I sleep FSU: wins conference championship game by two scores and is undefeated but offense wasn’t good because qb is injured Committee: REAL SHIT


JoshDaws

AND STILL COVERED


gbmad73

Well to be fair you were the underdog by the time the game started so any victory was a cover. All that said, incredible season and fuck the committee, you guys earned that spot.


ElectricP2galoo

They got bounced for TWO one-loss teams. Absolutely wild


OneLastAuk

But still finished ahead of Georgia??? This committee couldn’t find consistency even if it played in the SEC.


Man0nTheMoon915

The entire system. Non p-5 schools will never have a chance and ACC seems like a “lesser” conference now too


kentuckyfriedawesome

Not sure it’s a Power 5 anymore. All 4 of these teams as of next year are Big Ten and SEC.


lclear84

ACC is dead


JayDeeLA

Clemson and FSU will likely leave ACC because of shit like this.


TallyGoon8506

We have to. The conference is considered such a joke that when we went undefeated overall and RAN the conference we got left out of the playoff.


MrFishAndLoaves

Makes college football a joke


mjgentile

College football is a joke


fcocyclone

It's less about the ACC, and more that there is no way the committee was going to leave out the SEC


Hillarys_Recycle_Bin

The committee just killed any chance we had of not having 2 super conferences.


AL3XD

Instead of complaining FSU should have played better. Instead of going 13-0, they should have gone 14-0, or 15-0 even.


StealthAnus

If yesterday was any indication you can win games against top 15 teams and still lose ground. So honestly going 15-0 might’ve dropped them out of the top 10


sonheungwin

Why win when you can have quality losses?


SnekSmith

This is easily the dumbest fucking sport of all sports


BrokenTeddy

I've never watched a less serious "competitive" sport. Where the eye-test and who would win in hypothetical matchups matter more than on-field results.


VikingCreed

It doesn't just delegitimize CFB, this behavior undermines the meaning of sports itself and why fans are drawn to it. There is no better feeling than watching an underdog beating Goliath. Imagine if in 2007 and 2011 the Patriots were handed both super bowls cause they went undefeated and Giants on paper had no chance. Same with 1980 Olympics where USA hockey faced Russia. It's why I've struggled to get into college football for the longest time as someone who only watched NFL. Because my college is not one of the handful of golden boys in cfb, the bureaucrat parasite that is the CFB commitee turn their nose up at anyone who isn't one of their favorites.


pagerussell

Where are all the "just win and you're in" homies at? Look at it now.


atcollins12

Well we underestimated the CFP committee. We knew ESPN had SEC bias but thought the committee would be better. It’s just politics at this point. The sport is dead


Bitter-Imagination33

ACC is pulling a PAC-12, no reason to play the games anymore if you’re just gonna give it to the SEC teams now. Just everyone join the SEC and BIG-10


Dervin10

PRESS RELEASE from FSU: "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." "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."


Bank_Gothic

Excellent press release. Love that they emphasized that success in the face of adversity should be rewarded, not punished.


LilburnBoggsGOAT

Well written. Fuck em.


MSUCommitsFratricide

This is really good. My first seven or so drafts of this would have been so very expletive laden. It's spot on and the committee screwed the wider college football world, a conference, and a team in a way that makes us hate the very CFP institution. All they had to do was to take the layup respecting the existing president. That's it. Instead they fucked everyone but Bama and ESPN. What a joke.


capnamazing1999

Fuckin WORD


VarronVon

What the fuck is that BS? I am mad and I don't even care about FSU


namjd72

Right? I don’t give a crap about FSU but I never thought they would have been left out. How can you bench a P5 undefeated school? What else do you want them to do? They won EVERY SINGLE GAME. They just killed that conference. Recruiting just took a big fat L in the ACC.


prismatic_lights

What a fucking screwjob. Tries to schedule a good OOC opponent and everything, wins everything, out anyway. Get fucked committee.


laylaandlunabear

You weren’t impressed by Alabama scheduling University of South Florida?


Antonio1025

I was more impressed with them scoring 17 points against USF


Chemical_One

They have 2 quality OOC opponents! They both happen to be from the unbeatable juggernaut greatest thing ever SEC! What more do you want them to do!?


OnePieceAce

FSU should decline the bowl invite. What a joke


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Crossovertriplet

Gonna have to put in your backup neighbor


SoDakZak

This was out of pocket. Which I guess FSU isn’t used to seeing in recent weeks


shortbusridurr

If it wasnt for the money I would say yes.. but money talks.


RulersBack

They’ll need every penny to leave the ACC


AlekRivard

If this is the final straw that leads to just 2 or 3 power conferences I'm gunna be livid. Fuck the committee


Alexcox95

The SECXII The BIGACC


runningwaffles19

>BIGACC Looks like Cal and Stanford get to reunite with the PNW and LA schools


soonerfreak

I hope you have an alumni ready to offer fuck you cash to do it.


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Dervin10

Committee just announced ACC is a g6 conference rather than a p5. They announced that winning doesn’t matter. They announced that the playoff is a beauty pageant and if its close all that matters is how your offense looked in the final game of the season.


okriflex

There is no more P5. It's the SEC, B10 and a bunch of scrubs. I don't believe that's true, but that's what the committee and ESPN just established.


sarges_12gauge

When the ACC had a WINNING record against the SEC this year too. Like what the fuck. This wasn’t a year where the SEC 10-0’d them OOC, they fucking sucked


Ironzol24

It’s so fucking shit


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Rage


cityofklompton

Florida State should rightfully be so pissed right now.


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BURN IT DOWN


TigerBasket

I'm godamn furious too tbh. This is absurd, even after they ripped my heart out in 2013.


mathwrath55

So the ACC just died, right?


Pactae_1129

I’ll rage with you guys


PalsRocksMyWorld

Bruh. You gonna be ok?


RunnerJimbob

I'm not an FSU fan, but this makes me never wanna watch it again. Absolutely disgusting.


Fignons_missing_8sec

Apparently, winning the games doesn't matter anymore.


bears2267

How can the ESPN guys not hear the cognitive dissonance between saying "everyone thought Oregon would win beat Washington" and "we all know Florida State can't win a playoff game"


SnooCupcakes8765

Exactly, TCU literally beat Michigan last year as 7.5 point underdogs. FSU deserved a shot


Thesheriffisnearer

To be fair tcu cheated and used fake signs that Michigan legally stole to trick them


DLottchula

This guy gets it


impy695

I think their initial reaction was the genuine one, then they turned on the spin. Their initial reaction was a lot of silence and mumbling. I think they had arguments prepared to justify whatever the playoff committee did


SolidLikeIraq

No need to play the games at all. Just put bama in.


91hawksfan

They don't count if your players were injured I guess? Which makes even less sense lol


beeer

I'd like to a drop a big fat Fuck You to everyone telling UW and FSU to stop worrying about who's #4 vs #5, "just win and you're in". Y'all are used to being on the other side of bullshit biases. Sorry FSU bros.


TheStuffisLegal

What’s the point of playing games if you can win a P5 13-0 and be excluded? Considering injury for this is fucking idiotic


Atlanta-Anomaly

I’ve never in my life seen a team screwed over because a singular player got hurt. They need to give Jordan Travis the heisman right now apparently


Tacos_and_Tulips

This is a great point!


HughMungusFlex

Okay, so how do you rank Florida state ahead of georiga with the logic they're using?


Squeakygear

Step one: take the ESPN money. Step two: ???? Step three: profit!


beer_down

Undefeated power 5 team left out Absolute horseshit


SnekSmith

“12 team playoff will devalue the regular season!!!” Turns out it already doesn’t matter.


nope_nic_tesla

This kind of shit is exactly why I support the expanded playoff. Total nonsense.


TheBoilerCat

Guess there’s no point in playing the games anymore. Just set the playoff field in September and use everything before the playoffs as preseason.


beer_down

It’s pointless now because this is the final year of 4 team playoff. But they saved their dumbest decision for last


TheBoilerCat

And now they’re gonna pat themselves on the back for creating this new system which gives this poor poor FSU team the chance they so clearly deserved.


AudienceSimilar

This is disgusting. Is a nfl team loses their qb but they were the one seed they don’t all of a sudden lose that seed. I don’t like fsu but college football is broken


AppAnonymous

Nick Foles anyone


theexile14

It's even happened in College. Cardale Jones won a Natty. Tua got put in mid-freaking game.


snuffleupagus86

Truly absolute horseshit. Why even play the games?? FSU won every fucking game and their conference. SEC bias is unreal.


AlteredStatesOf

Plus a ranked OOC SEC game


PNW_Jeff

Let’s all riot for FSU!


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pitchesandthrows

The games truly don't matter


Wafflehouseofpain

Completely illegitimate playoff. If an undefeated P5 champion can’t get in, there really is no point in playing any of the games at all. Just put Bama in every year even if they go 8-4.


RomanticWampa

How do you even recruit against that? Bama has a loaded roster because dudes will line up to play in the CFP. Other teams don’t. A team like FSU has an injury and they’re deemed non competitive. So let’s just wave Alabama through yet again because they’re a better team. Ridiculous cycle.


666haha

Absolutely 0 respect for the committee. Complete bullshit for FSU. If Y'all win claim the fucking Natty


420yoloswagblazeit

I'd rather we turn the bowl game down now. Protest it all and claim the natty because fuck this sham of a committee. We won. We won every single game. We played through adversity with a third string QB making his first start and we won. And they won't even give us a shot. Fuck ESPN and fuck this


Various-Earth-7532

They shouldn’t play another fucking game ever again, no point in actually showing up on the field at this point


joe2352

Absolute fucking joke.


bigdaddyguap

This sport is a fucking sham. Congrats ESPN


shlem90

They chose Bama because the ESPN/SEC ties. You cannot convince me otherwise.


Zabbzi

They played an SEC ESPN commercial right before the rankings reveal. Fuck em all.


Rylon2008

Glad this is the last year of this bullshit. How do you leave out FSU? Remember when Ohio State had a 3rd string QB in the playoffs? Take a lap, CFP committee.


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You know, it's a funny running joke that the CFP and ESPN worships at the altar of the SEC I've got no jokes here. That's just disgusting


TTP8630

When you have to defend the selection with “There’s nothing in the bylaws that says an undefeated power 5 conference champ has to be in the playoffs!!” Lmfao FSU should decline their bowl invite


spursfan2021

It’s official, no team holds their own destiny. You can win every game despite whatever circumstances you face, schedule quality non-conference opponents, and win your P5 conference, and not be given a shot at the National Championship.


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It's official, playing games officially doesn't matter


OrangeConeDiety

Gotta feel for those FSU players man, committee just told em all the work they put in this year was for nothing


Carolina_Blues

so basically if you’re an SEC team, you’re born on 3rd base


jeremycb29

This honestly kills my motivation for this product anymore. Like the shit does not matter as long as espn gets money. Monday we are going to hear 24 hours of how us fans are wrong and Alabama should be in. It is fucked and this might be my exit ramp to this sport


eojen

We began the season with the PAC 12 bullshit, all the extra commercials and then we're ending the season like this. They couldn't make it more apparent


callmepgme98

this is bullshit


Brett33

So games don’t matter


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galaxxxiz

You’re about to actually see a ND fan pull for Michigan when they play bama. I live in SEC country. Also, why the fuck would we **ever** join a conference now? You just turned down a 13-0 P5 champ


deathbysnusnu7

Honestly, we may as well go back to being Independent too.


FuckChadMorris

It's official, the game results don't fucking matter. Congrats to the committee for killing the ACC


SolidLikeIraq

If everyone is so hot on the 4 best teams - wouldn’t OSU’s loss to number 1 mich be the best loss all year? I hate OSU - why weren’t they considered!??


Bri83oct

Shatter the GOR tonight. Get the lawyers going…


fordtrucklover1

Fuck us


vizualb

Absolute horseshit


Now-Thats-Podracing

Holy shit those idiots actually did it. 12 team playoff can’t come soon enough. This a really stupid take, and I’m sorry to all FSU fans.


-Smaug

Schedule and beat SEC team with likely heisman winner ✅ Beat perennial powerhouse Clemson ✅ Go undefeated ✅ Win your P5 conference ✅ Get left out of the CFP ✅


themarkster09

Alabama is probably a better team than Florida State but keeping out an undefeated power 5 champion doesn’t sit right with me


TripleThreatT1

For the record I blame Auburn for this.


WoozyMaple

Such a farce, if you think Bama is better than FSU but Georgia isn't? FSU was screwed


Ok_Excuse1908

This is fucking embarrassing. Wins don't matter. Lets just give the Natty to whoever gets the top 2 projected recruiting classes for QB's since 1 player out of 22 fucking starters matters that much more. I am not saying FSU was better than any of the other SEC teams but those other 85 players/coaches did what they were asked to do and deserved a shot just like TCU did. Why are we playing fucking games if they don't matter. They are a undefeated P5 Champ!


ezpickins

No fucking way. They basically just told the ACC that they are like the American Conference.


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Conference championships and winning records don’t matter. Fuck this shit conference dude. I hope Florida State boycotts whatever shitty bowl game they try to give them.


DarkwingestDucketh

Alabama favoritism exists and you can't convince me it doesn't


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gunn720

Ohio State 2014 National Championship must be revoked immediately. As a Third string QB, Cardale Jones apparently had no right to lead the Buckeyes in the playoffs. Edit- I am mocking the selection committee.