FSU Football: Why Miami game being primetime was laughable idea

FSU football almost saw their annual game with Miami being played in primetime on national television – something that should never take place in 2019.

With the first two months of the college football season behind us, the FSU football team can turn to a month that is big not just because it could be the difference between a bowl game and staying home – but because it contains the two biggest games of the season for anyone in garnet and gold, the annual rivalry games between Miami and Florida.

With that being said, you’ll have to excuse the meeting next weekend between the Seminoles and Hurricanes for not being up to past standards – or any standards for that matter, as both teams enter with the most losses before they have played each other since their meeting in the 1975 season.

That’s right – it’s been almost 45 seasons since FSU football and Miami have combined for the eight losses that the two have together so far through the first two months of the 2019 campaign.

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Yet, with all of that being said, it is still amazing that the folks who run ESPN and ABC Sports actually had the wild idea that this game should be on primetime and nationally televised this weekend…that’s right, the same game that higher ups at the NBC station in Miami I work for laughed at when I joked that we should get the rights this week.

Look, I get it – the folks at the worldwide leader in sports already have the montage package ready for this year’s game showing…well, basically anything other than what the Seminoles and Hurricanes have put on the field this season.

Yes, I know that ‘Canes head coach (and FSU alum) Manny Diaz said earlier last week on the radio that his team was just four plays away from being unbeaten – which we could say about the Seminoles for the three games aside from Clemson this season – but the truth is that this could be the worst game played between the teams in a while.

I could be wrong – it could end up being one of the best games between two teams essentially fighting for their bowl lives this Saturday inside Doak Campbell Stadium – but more than likely, it’s going to be closer to a pillow fight than a battle between national title contenders like it was just about six years ago.

This game needs to be broadcast for about 12 people on the CW affiliates in both Miami and Tallahassee judging by the way these teams have played. Yes, I am being sarcastic when I say that because I know that the names Florida State and Miami will still get an audience no matter if it’s game one or game nine and whatever their record is.

Just make sure it’s not interfering with any other games of actual significance this weekend – we don’t want to ruin the football for everyone else, okay?