FSU Football: Website Puts Noles on Biggest BCS, Playoff Flops List

FSU football has had some moments in the postseason they would like to forget – including two that made a list of the biggest flops in recent history.

This past season, FSU football held on in the Orange Bowl to get a win over the Michigan Wolverines in what may be one of the wildest bowl games the Seminoles have ever played in. It was also a huge win in the sense that it kept the program from losing their third straight bowl game for the first time in program history.

Over the 46 bowl games that the Seminoles have played in, there have been some great moments – championships, wins over rivals and other power programs and a 14 game unbeaten streak from 1982 until 1995. At the same time, there have been moments in the postseason to forget – including blowout losses and an 11-9 record in their last 20 games.

One of those blowout losses occurred recently in the 2015 Rose Bowl, serving as the inaugural semifinal game for the new College Football Playoff, when FSU football was trounced by the Oregon Ducks. It’s a game that CBSSports.com ranked as one of the biggest bowl flops of the BCS and Playoff era for two former Seminole greats: Dalvin Cook and Jameis Winston:

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"While the game was close in the first half, things fell apart in the third quarter as Florida State started turning the ball over on seemingly every other snap. Cook finished the game with 103 yards rushing, but it’s the two fumbles he’s remembered most for.Winston threw for 348 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw an interception and was responsible for this fumble."

It’s at that point the website shows that one fumble late in the third quarter that, quite frankly, we all have seen one time too many.

The website also said another performance by a former Seminole, quarterback Chris Weinke in the 2001 Orange Bowl, ranks on their list. Coming off a Heisman Trophy win that season and a national title the year before, Weinke threw for 274 yards on 25 completions (after 51 attempts) to go along with two interceptions in the loss.

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While it hurts all of us FSU football fans to admit it (especially if you were in attendance at either or both of those games), those were not two of the best moments in the program’s history. However, we can look back on them and say that the program learned from those movements and managed to get better because of them…maybe.