The Seminoles ended up the fifth wheel, on the outside looking in. But the reason they were jilted goes far beyond the 13 people on the CFP selection committee.
Author: Michael
Alabama made it into the College Football Playoff over Florida State, leading to many stunned and angry reactions among fans of the sport. But what made fans nearly as mad was the fact that ESPN, who hosted the College Football Playoff selection show, had analyst Greg McElroy, a former Crimson Tide quarterback, explain why the committee made its decision. Fans proceeded to roast the network—and McElroy—on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Having to immediately hear Greg McElroy, Former Alabama QB, defend Alabama backdooring the playoffs is so tone deaf by ESPN.
Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis penned a heartbreaking note after the College Football Playoff committee’s decision to leave the Seminoles out of this year’s top four teams to compete for a national championship.
Travis went undefeated in his 11 starts for FSU this season, throwing for 2,755 yards, 20 touchdowns and two interceptions while rushing for seven additional scores before he suffered a season-ending leg injury against North Alabama on Nov. 18. Despite Travis’s absence, FSU (13-0) managed to remain undefeated and win the ACC title against Louisville on Saturday.
One word has been used repeatedly by Michigan football players this season: Bet.
The players began posting this word after the Big Ten conference banned coach Jim Harbaugh from coaching on the field. Apparently the word caught on to Harbaugh, who shouted “Bet!” after the Wolverines captured the Big Ten title on Saturday over Iowa.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh celebrates after the Wolverines won the 2023 Big Ten title with a 26-0 victory over Iowa.
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After Michigan was selected as the No.
Joe Flacco isn’t the only old man the Cleveland Browns brought in to help them make a playoff push. NBA legend Jerry West spoke to the team Wednesday ahead of the Browns’ Week 13 game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Head coach Kevin Stefanski, whose father is an executive for the Detroit Pistons, arranged the meet-up with West.
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“Personally, just to meet him and shake his hand and a legend in the game, not just as a player, but as a coach as an executive,” Stefanski said.
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McIlroy took to social media and was blatantly honest with the masses about the golf ball rollback controversy.
The USGA and R&A plan to announce the golf ball rollback before the end of 2023. which has caused quite a commotion on Twitter.
On Sunday morning, Rory McIlroy posted a long rant about the situation, and he did not hold back or care if he hurt anyone’s feelings.
“I don’t understand the anger about the golf ball rollback.
Morikawa was assessed a two-stroke penalty for violating Model Local Rule G-11.
The final College Football Playoff rankings were released Sunday. Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama are in. Florida State, which went 13-0, is out. ESPN analyst Booger McFarland strongly reacted to the committee leaving the Seminoles out of the CFP. His co-hosts, meanwhile, went to the mat defending it.
Immediately following the rankings released on ESPN, McFarland exclaimed that leaving out Florida State is a “travesty of the sport.”
ESPN commentator Booger McFarland rips the College Football Playoff Committee while the rest of the hosts defend the CFP rankings.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips was not pleased with the College Football Playoff committee’s decision to leave Florida State on the outside looking in after the top four teams to compete for the national title were announced.
The committee selected Michigan at No. 1, Washington at No. 2, Texas at No. 3 and No. 4 was Alabama. During Sunday’s CFP selection show, committee chair Boo Corrigan said that FSU was a “different team through the first 11 weeks” with star quarterback Jordan Travis, who suffered a season-ending injury against North Alabama on Nov. 18.
The College Football Playoff committee decided to leave Florida State out of the top-4, which has caused massive reaction around the sport. One of those folks has gone scorched earth on the committee, Seminoles AD Michael Alford.
Following the long wait, the selection committee finally released its rankings, which brought immediate heartbreak to the Florida State team who was watching in Tallahassee. But it was Michael Alford who spoke from the heart, calling the snub ‘unforgivable’ in his response.