FSU football: 5 reasons College Football Playoff is a joke

FSU football got royally screwed the College Football Playoff Committee Sunday afternoon. A week after moving into the No. 4 spot by defeating a Florida Gator team that won’t play in a bowl with its backup QB.

The Noles got dropped to the No. 5 spot after defeating the No. 14 team nationally by 10 points with its third-string QB. How does that happen?

Well, that’s what happens with TV executives who care more about stuff off of the field than what happens on the field. A one-loss Alabama team who needed a “Hail Mary” in the previous week defeated No. 1 Georgia Saturday and moved into the No. 4 spot.

The one-loss Texas team, who defeated Alabama by 10 points on the road moved into the No. 3 spot. There was no way the committee could put Alabama in front of Texas due to the head-to-head loss, so they moved both one-loss teams in front of an undefeated FSU football team.

Incredible, especially after FSU beat a team ranked higher than the team Texas defeated Saturday for its conference championship.

Why play the games if you put who you want in the playoffs? People thought Oregon would wax Washington Friday night, and that didn’t happen.

Folks thought Michigan would wax TCU in the College Football Playoff Semi last year, and that didn’t happen. This is a travesty, and here are five reasons the College Football Playoff Committee is a joke.

New Format Next Year

I believe one of the factors that helped lead to this decision is the format changing next year. An undefeated Power 5 conference champion had never been left out of the College Football Playoff over the past decade.

The Committee knew their decision to leave an undefeated FSU out of the top four wouldn’t set a new precedent because the format will change from a top four to the top 12 next year.

They figured they could go ahead and put who they wanted in the playoffs knowing they wouldn’t have to answer to this anymore in the future.

It’s unfortunate because it means the regular season means absolutely nothing. It means going out and playing a tough out of conference games means nothing.

However, in the same breath, if FSU played Michigan’s schedule, they’d be talking about how they haven’t beaten anyone.

See how the double standard works? It’s what they did in the 2014 College Football Playoff when the undefeated FSU football team was the No. 4 seed.

Just Overlook Michigan Cheating

FSU football has a better resume than the Michigan Wolverines. The main reason the committee left the Noles out of the top four was because they lost starting QB Jordan Travis.

The crazy part is FSU had more total yards against a better team Saturday night with its third-string quarterback playing then Michigan against the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Also, I guess cheating is OK now? Michigan cheated to win games by filming other teams practices, and it’s why Jim Harbaugh has had to serve a suspension. FSU backup QB Tate Rodemaker, was in concussion protocal and missed Saturday nights game.

However, he would have had two weeks to get cleared and prepare to play in the Semifinal game. Again, how can the committee predict how FSU’s offense would look with its backup quarterback? How do they know Michigan’s defense will play when they can’t steal signs?

They barely beat Ohio State week before last and played an anemic Iowa offense Saturday night.

It’s a joke FSU got punished for something out of its control, and Michigan is getting a free pass for playing a weak schedule and cheating to win.

FSU Strength of Schedule

FSU has wins over three current teams in the top 25 and another win over a Duke team that was ranked before FSU knocked their QB out for several games.

SP+ isn’t the end all be all of advanced metrics, but it’s not like Jordan Travis got hurt last night. FSU has won three games without him at QB. One SEC team and a team ranked No. 14 nationally. At the end of the day, it’s about winning, no matter how it looks.

Bama and Texas Lost

The narrative Alabama and Texas are two of the four best teams is a joke. Both teams lost a game this year and have several close games against inferior competition.

As I mentioned, Alabama needed a “Hail Mary” to beat a terrible Auburn team that got blown out by New Mexico State the week before playing Alabama.

They went life and death with a terrible South Florida team. They barely beat Texas A&M and Arkansas(who only won four games). Texas lost to a two loss Oklahoma team.

They barely beat Houston and TCU(who aren’t bowl eligible). Who’s to say they won’t goto the College Football Playoff and look like crap? Who’s to say their QB won’t get knocked out of the game in the first quarter?

These two teams have played several questionable games this year and have looked very mediocre at times. Just because Alabama beat a Georgia team that had looked mediocre at times?

The games on the field should have mattered.

FSU undefeated

I can’t help but feel there’s some agenda against FSU football. It happened in the 2014 season when they were undefeated. It has happened 10 years later.

There’s a double standard when it comes to the Noles for whatever reason. I guarantee if you were to trade schedules with Michigan, the committee and talking heads would be harping on the fact they didn’t play anyone in 10 of its 13 games.

However, FSU can go 2-0 against the SEC, and defeat EIGHT bowl-eligible teams, and it doesn’t matter. Why even play the games if it doesn’t matter? If FSU goes out and schedules a ton of cupcakes, they’ll be penalized.

If they play a tough schedule and go undefeated, they’ll find some reason to penalize them. Are you trying to tell me this FSU team could beat Washington (they’ve had SEVERAL suspect games too) or Michigan?

There is no reason to believe FSU couldn’t beat either of these teams. FSU’s defense would hold both of them below 20 points.

Who’s to say Tate Rodemaker, with over two weeks to prepare wouldn’t score 20+ points against them, especially Washington with their porous defense. It’s a shame we’ll never get to see it.

That’s another reason the College Football Playoff is a joke this year.