Both the BC and Clemson games were on the road early in the season. Our 2006 team had several close games to lesser opponents, our 1996 team had a close game to 2-9 Vandy. FSU also stomped LSU to start the season. Strong teams often play well enough to win. Not saying they would have gone all the way, but to think they would have been similar to the FSU team that played Florida or "played" Georgia wasn't substantially different froom the earlier teams with Travis is absurd. Close games happen.
In a playoff game, with both at full strength I think Georgia still beats them by over 20. I even liked our chances if they had Travis and we had Mertz. We would have absolutely been the most physical team that had played all year and that was with a young, weak defense. Simply put, if FSU had been in the SEC this year, in either division, they don’t get to Atlanta.
Lol! No. Georgia woulda curb stomped them if they were wasted and FSU sober, healthy, and full roster...
Booger McFarland on ESPN is still making the case that FSU belonged in the playoff. He has no idea how stupid he sounds. As for FSU joining the BIG, there is no way they have the academic chops for them to gain admittance. That leaves the BIG 12.
Some coaches didn’t see it that way. https://www.si.com/college/fsu/foot...su-way-down-in-his-final-coaches-poll-ranking
Being #5, their first game would have been at home vs Liberty. Even without Travis that's a very winnable game for FSU, not a slam dunk but I expect them to win that. Second game would have been against Bama then, and they probably lose that by a couple TDs without Travis. With Travis it's competitive, that wasn't a very good Bama team this year.
Make no mistake, they are trying like hell right now to become an AAU school so they can get into the big 10. I bet the Big 12 would take them right now without that.
It takes a while to get that status. Their lawsuit won't speed up the process. Their are only two conferences that pay more than the ACC, and we know who they are. I don't see them calling. FSU has painted itself into a corner, big time.
That made Miami and USF getting tapped last year before them, flipn hilarious! (Bittersweet anyway. Sweet bc they got in b4 FSU, bitter bc we're no longer the only school in FL who's a member)
THIS! ...and why I've maintained for decades, we need to drop them from our schedule. Institutionally, they have zero perspective. Here I thought maybe they'd started to chill out... They--the institution--sued their conference to be released from their contract. The ACC has been nothing but great to and for them. This, after decades of running cover for rape, murder, theft, robbery, burglary, academic cheating, cheating every other way.... Just a heaping steaming radioactive pile of shit at the institutional level. We'd be doing the world a solid--let alone ourselves--by taking them off our schedule.
^^^btw, did y'all notice how Miami's recruiting took off in the years leading up to our match up next year? UF on their schedule--like FSU's-- is a great selling point for them. Dump their asses (FSU's), and watch them wither.
AAU membership is required for the B1G. Clemson is on a path to qualify for AAU by 2030 or so. FSU thinks it has qualified but was not selected in the latest round of AAU selections—the largest ever with six in one year (including USF and Miami). FSU might be stuck in the ACC unless Big 12 or Pac-2 wants them.
Lanning put up a quality product in 2 years at Oregon with similar "resources" but at a tougher school and region to recruit due to location. Don't know where he went to college but he probably wants to be back in the SEC given the type of competitor he seems to be in interviews and lockeroom clips. He has the youth and fire of muschamp but appears to be much more polished. He also doesn't come with the 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense that came with Champ. Early to tell but Lanning is looking like the guy we hoped muschamp would be, a young coach who learned from the best that could be a long term solution.
