“...22 starters out 30+ players out. Ignorance”
It may not have been the players total idea. I think the college used the game as a practice for next year by not using the players that appear to have opted out. I did an entry on another thread and I kind of laughed at FSU’s reaction to being refused the BCS championship by the NCAA. The reason for the committee in Texas to refuse their entry is that their star player Jordan Travis was injured so the team may not be “attractive” enough so they wouldn’t draw a television audience and mess up the ratings for the sponsors. And that has nothing to do with the competition, just the cash.
So who do you punish the players that didn’t play or the college that may have set that up for work purposes? After all, they started their third string quarterback. And the NFL is not going to pass on players that can make them money. They are even more cash oriented than the NCAA and their teams.
And the NCAA and their system got exactly what they asked for. They wouldn’t have had a lesser capable team in that bowl if they had chosen a team under the status of the final four. So FSU gave them exactly what they wanted. NCAA didn’t want competition, they wanted show.
wy69
The playoff committee is charged with selecting the four best teams. Without their QB fsu was clearly not one of the 4 best teams. Their best win was over #11 LSU. Their strength of schedule was far far weaker than that of Texas or Alabama. Selecting fsu for the playoff would have effectively just meant giving Michigan a free pass in round 1. The Michigan players’ reaction when the news was announced that their opponent would be Bama instead of fsu was very telling. There was a collective groan from the players. They knew who the weaker opponent was.
I wish FSU had been chosen for the BCS for the simple reason that they still would have played without the 22 starters and shown what a farce the BCS and the player portal really are.......