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Undefeated Florida State Is In Serious Danger Of Being Left Out Of The College Football Playoff
BI ^ | 12-3-2014 | Cork Gaines

Posted on 12/03/2014 10:34:11 AM PST by blam

Cork Gaines
December 3, 2014

The college football playoff committee has released its latest ranking and it is a terrible sign for the undefeated defending national champions, Florida State.

The one big shakeup in the ranking came with TCU jumping up to take the spot in the top four vacated by Mississippi State who lost to Ole Miss. But more importantly, TCU leapfrogged past Florida State who fell to no. 4 after struggling to get by Florida.

Here are the new rankings for the seven teams that still have a realistic shot to make the playoff: 1.Alabama 2.Oregon 3.TCU 4.Florida State 5.Ohio State 6.Baylor 7.Arizona

The good news for Florida State is that they are still in the top four. The bad news is that, in theory, they would not be if Mississippi State had beaten Ole Miss.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: college; football; fsu; sports
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To: Vinnie

We will beat G-Tech. Not sure about Bama yet.


41 posted on 12/03/2014 12:51:21 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: Snickering Hound

42 posted on 12/03/2014 12:52:53 PM PST by FlJoePa
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To: blam
TCU leapfrogged past Florida State who fell to no. 4 after struggling to get by Florida.

That's Florida State's problem. Sure they're undefeated, but the perception (if not the truth) is that a lot of those games they won because of sheer luck.

FSU might be able to beat Oregon (in all fairness I've only watched a little bit of Oregon this year, so that's mainly speculation), I doubt very seriously that they could beat TCU or Ohio State and there's no chance of them beating Alabama.

43 posted on 12/03/2014 12:54:16 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: kosciusko51
The BYU situation some 30 years ago really started the discussion on finally eliminating the messiness of crowning a champion just based on polls. It was that very discussion that got the BCS system going by the late 1990's.

But really, what finally got the four-team playoff was the complete disgust over Alabama playing LSU again in the BCS Championship Game a few years ago. While not perfect (I'd like to see it evolve to an eight-team playoff with seeding done with a modern version of the BCS ranking system), at least now it's way better than it used to be.

44 posted on 12/03/2014 12:54:59 PM PST by RayChuang88 (Ferguson: put your hands down and go to work!)
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To: dead

Nobody puts Notre Dame in the corner.

They would likely join the ACC for football in such a scenario. They are already in that conference for other sports.


45 posted on 12/03/2014 1:00:39 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

I agree we should celebrate the progress rather than whine about the imperfections.


46 posted on 12/03/2014 1:16:57 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: RayChuang88

You’ll get no argument from me for the playoff. I think eight teams would be better, but four is a good start. I just wish it was obvious how the committee ranks teams.


47 posted on 12/03/2014 1:26:05 PM PST by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: blam

RAMMER JAMMER YELLOW HAMMER


48 posted on 12/03/2014 1:59:39 PM PST by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: sphinx

I think it is a matter of time until the big football powers split off from the minor teams anyway. The big boys make too much money to let the little guys write the rules. Furthermore, they can rid themselves of the NCAA.


49 posted on 12/03/2014 2:08:20 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Principles without power aren't worth spit.)
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To: blam; Red Badger; Snickering Hound
In addition to Winston's rape allegations and proven shoplifting, there's also quite a bit of talk about point-shaving and gamblers. But ignore all that smoke--surely there's no fire.

Jimbo Fisher and whatever passes for FSU administration should just have the balls to suspend him from the team. Even if they lose their football games then, they'll gain something far better.

50 posted on 12/03/2014 3:38:30 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: blam

They usually play a tougher schedule than this year.


51 posted on 12/03/2014 4:11:01 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: DugwayDuke

Why call it college football any longer? Just create an NFL farm team system and be done with it.


52 posted on 12/03/2014 5:08:55 PM PST by sphinx
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To: kosciusko51

Just wondering...How do you measure that? The schedule was made 5 - 6 years ago for this season, so FSU played who was on their schedule. In a bit of an ironic twist, every time they defeated a team, that team fell in the polls causing their SoS to slide...What to do...


53 posted on 12/03/2014 5:23:23 PM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: sphinx

Football at the major football powers already is a farm team system for the NFL. So what? There is a place for such a system and there is a place for the student-athlete brand of football. All I’m saying is separate the two.


54 posted on 12/03/2014 5:37:42 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Principles without power aren't worth spit.)
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To: Delta Dawn

Strong undefeated team not only win their games, but also dominate lesser teams. FSU has had to pull out wins in the fourth quarter in too many games.


55 posted on 12/04/2014 4:49:16 AM PST by kosciusko51 (Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
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To: 2harddrive

Several media pundits have opined over the last several months that it almost appears that divine intervention is playing a role in the continuing close, come-from-behind victories that Florida State University has achieved this season. If so, would that be a valid reason for the Football Playoff Committee to exclude FSU from the Top Four? After all, Alabama would not want to play America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys, so they SURELY would not want to play God’s Team, no?


56 posted on 12/07/2014 1:13:06 PM PST by 2harddrive
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