News Article: Will FSU snub Orange Bowl?

[DrollTide]

I want to see SEC Shorts when FSU backs out of a NY6 game.

 

[Toddrn]

I hope all the UGA players play and are at full strength. It's the first time in forever I'll be a DAWG fan.

Me too and I was born and raised in Georgia.

 

[Tidelines]

So Florida State is going to stiff a Florida bowl game.... nah !

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

One thing I'm seeing out there is ludicrous, and I'm not a legal eagle:

"FSU should refuse to play, when they're sued, they should countersue over the CFP."

There's this whole "the things we might find during discovery" argument out there...as if the CFP or the conferences or whomever DON'T ALREADY HAVE LAWYERS who can tell them how close to the line they can tread.

And again - the ACC had more relationships with people on the selection committee than the SEC did.
A former ACC player and AD (Gladchuck, and yes, I know they weren't in the ACC then), a former ACC coach (Grobe), and the Miami AD (Sayler) made up nearly 1/3 of the 13 members.

Isn't the ACC contractually obligated to the Orange Bowl in this particular case...?

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Surely this is nothing more than rumor of the false kind, perpetuated by disgruntled fandom.

Social media has given people the illusion that they can change the world with their online protests and hashtag activism.

Just seven years ago, we had not one but TWO groups of people protesting the NFL:
1) the people suffering brain damage who thought Colin Kaepernick belonged in the NFL
2) the people mad about his protest and player refusal to stand for the National Anthem

The NFL is posting record ratings, meaning the two "we're going to destroy the NFL" groups are and were nothing more than petulant whiners thinking they had an audience beyond their breakfast table.

Everyone is protesting everything anymore, and the only one that has actually seemed to sort of work lately is the Bud Light one. But that one is easy: very few people only drink ONE brand of beer, so they have alternatives.

 

[TitleWave]

They knew when their QB went down and they rolled out two crap shows of offense the last two games what was going to happen wrt the playoff rankings. The over-the-top reaction proves to me they knew they were getting bumped.

Remind me again - weren't they down 13-0 in the first quarter to the former Florence State Teachers College when their QB went down? And playing at home at that, not away at, you know, Goober Pyle Memorial Stadium...

 

[RammerJammer14]

I thought they wanted to prove that they should have been chosen. I’d be playing that up if I were Norvell and the players. Seems like they are more interested in being victims. It’s already old. Look at Bam’s approach last year…Do that and prepare for the future!!!!

Exactly. It’s really not even about the game itself. It’s about the culture and mindset you create. Life isn’t fair, so what. How you react to that is more important than the fact that something didn’t go your way. By snubbing the bowl or having lots of players sit out, you create and feed a quitter mindset, which will have long reaching ramifications.

 

[22Musso22]

 

[TDsby431]

There could also be future ramifications as well if they do that, beginning as early as next season. People with power normally have looooooong memories and if they think they got snubbed by the selection process this season. Tick off the wrong people and you could see yourself getting "explained out of" next year's rankings, purposively given a lower ranking to make it harder.

Yes!!!! They realllllllly need to think this through id they are indeed actually considering it. Big loss of money this year if they do, and would make for TERRIBLE optics for anyone evaluating them for future bowls/playoff spots. If they go through with this, it may have long term, if not permanent damage to a once prestigious program, and that would be sad to see happen based on a sense of entitlement.

 

[Krymsonman]

Ah, it brings out the poet in me.

FSU is out of the playoffs
and they really see no uptakes.
"We're unbeaten!" they cried,
and the committee replied,
"That's what you get for playing cupcakes!"

Yeah, if we would have played Clemson instead of Texas, we'd be undefeated too!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Krymsonman]

Not to mention the Michigan AD, who would likely be far more biased towards FSU as a potential opponent than Bama.

I think Michigan would have probably preferred to play an FSU team with a back up QB, than an up and coming BAMA team. The committee got it right.

 

[Saint&Sinner]

People with power normally have looooooong memories…

Tell me about it. Like the Rose Bowl boycotting us for 7 plus decades

 

[BamaSC]

Isn't the ACC contractually obligated to the Orange Bowl in this particular case...?

Yes, and not only would the ACC likely sue them for damages, but the SEC, Disney, and major sponsors would as well. And if they’re looking to change conferences, skipping a bowl game, especially a NY6 one, because you’re butthurt wouldn’t be a good look.

 

[TraskiTideFan]

The 1966 Alabama team says Hello............. And that team would probably beat the Noles even today

 

[Crimson1967]

The 1966 Alabama team says Hello............. And that team would probably beat the Noles even today

Even though the ones still alive are close to 80 years old?

Seriously, I don’t think they boycott. If they do, it could make a mess for UGA. Think that helps their SEC chances?

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Even though the ones still alive are close to 80 years old?

Seriously, I don’t think they boycott. If they do, it could make a mess for UGA. Think that helps their SEC chances?

Nobody is going to boycott.

If such an idea ever was thought to have any legs, the head honcho at Florida State Penitentiary would call in Norvell and say, "Your contract allows us to fire you with no compensation if you pull this nonsense. And your players will get their scholarships revoked and may face financial sanctions as well."

It's just something angry people in denial say.

 

[Cruloc]

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Interesting that this has 3 pages. I've not heard anything over on the FSU boards (I am a member of the Osceola (Rivals)) about a boycott since someone posted last Sunday. I've seen more smoke about leaving the ACC sooner than later. A lot has to do with the fact that there were 5 members on the CFP committee with ties to the ACC. Most think that a "boycott" is irrational and they would just lose money. Seems like more click bait for Pate and the other talking heads.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Interesting that this has 3 pages. I've not heard anything over on the FSU boards (I am a member of the Osceola (Rivals)) about a boycott since someone posted last Sunday. I've seen more smoke about leaving the ACC sooner than later. A lot has to do with the fact that there were 5 members on the CFP committee with ties to the ACC. Most think that a "boycott" is irrational and they would just lose money. Seems like more click bait for Pate and the other talking heads.

Exactly.

They were mad, understandably, and saying stuff they didn't mean.
Well, I should say, fans who view their college football teams as extensions of themselves (another issue) were angry and wanting to cut their noses off to spite their faces, but I never heard anything about it from anyone tied with FSU.

Did it ever dawn on anyone maybe there was a Covid issue is why that PC got canceled the other day? Or a potential one? I mean, there's plenty of reasons besides, "they're thinking of boycotting".

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Exactly.

They were mad, understandably, and saying stuff they didn't mean.
Well, I should say, fans who view their college football teams as extensions of themselves (another issue) were angry and wanting to cut their noses off to spite their faces, but I never heard anything about it from anyone tied with FSU.

Did it ever dawn on anyone maybe there was a Covid issue is why that PC got canceled the other day? Or a potential one? I mean, there's plenty of reasons besides, "they're thinking of boycotting".

Press Conference was cancelled because both coaches were out doing other coaching duties per Rivals.