In the final year of the four team college football playoff, the committee will have a very tough time determining the final four teams to advance. One of those teams in the mix is the Florida State Seminoles and I'm here to tell you why they should NOT qualify.
Florida State has had a great season headlined by a lot of big name players such as Jordan Travis, Keon Coleman, and Jared Verse. But recently, their star quarterback, Jordan Travis, suffered a season-ending injury and the Seminoles will now have to rely on the rest of their quarterback room to do the job.
As we all know, from high school to college to the NFL, teams do not operate as well without their starting quarterback and FSU is a prime example. They escaped Gainesville last weekend with a narrow victory over the Gators and if it wasn't for some brutal penalties on the Gators, we would be having a much different conversation right now.
In years past, we've seen the committee put in some really out matched #4 seeds into the college football playoff just for them to be dismantled by the #1 seed. Two examples of that is when LSU took down Oklahoma with Joe Burrow, and also Alabama taking down Notre Dame a couple of years ago as well. No one wants to see a blowout in one of the biggest games of the year and with FSU's quarterback situation, they are very vulnerable.
Another thing is their strength of schedule. Out of the Power 5 conferences, the ACC is arguably the weakest and FSU has been able to walk all over it this season. The only ranked teams they took on all season was Duke, who finished 7-5, and LSU (not even in the ACC). Putting Florida State up against a team like Georgia or Michigan, even Washington, in the college football playoff is not a good idea.
It's even worse of an idea when there are teams surrounding them that deserve to be in the playoff even more. These teams include Texas, Alabama, and even Ohio State. These three teams all have better strength of schedules, but they all have 1 loss which is staring the committee right in the face.
I believe Florida State had a great year and that they have a lot of talent on this team, just this team does not operate as well without Jordan Travis. The unfortunate injury of Travis is what is taking this team out of playoff contention. Viewers want to see competitive games and with FSU down to their backup quarterbacks, this is not guaranteed. Even if FSU does beat Louisville, I believe that other schools have better resumes than them and are more deserving.
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