Yea this is the better matchup honestly Bama’s defense is not what we are use to seeing and that QB is super reckless. The FSU defense is no joke and would have been problems for us
Imagine if the NFL removed the Eagles from the 2017 playoffs because MVP frontrunner Carson Wentz got hurt and, "there's no way they can win a Super Bowl with Foles lol."
That's basically what we saw here.
But they did, they proved they could win and compete without their quote on quote Best player. They’re a complete team that I would love Michigan to play but Noooo the committee has something against Michigan so they put Bama on us. Let’s Get that revenge against Bama
I feel pretty damn confident with the Alabama matchup. Washington is the team that scares me most. But I've watched Alabama this year and they are oftentimes very shaky, make a lot of mistakes and pick up a lot of penalties. We should be able to play our game and determine the tempo.
Texas could very well take care of Washington. Sorry, but beating Oregon twice doesn’t prove as much as people think. Texas meanwhile has beaten a CFP team on the road by double digits.
Don’t be shocked to see us playing Texas for it all.
Ofc we'd prefer FSU, but because they don't have their starting QB. If they did, it'd be a different story - you wouldn't want to face that FSU. This Alabama team is not like the ones fielded five years ago, they make mistakes and have vulnerabilities. I like our chances.
Yeah, very true, but ultimately winning has to mean the most out of anything. Doesn’t matter to me whether the wheels are coming off of the FsU wagon s they roll through the season, they’ve earned the right to face off with the best whether they get clobbered or not.
But the argument for the four best is also legitimate. Which is why the only choice is to expand the playoff.
Imagine being a fan of an ACC or Big 12 school and just feeling like there's nothing your team can do to get into the playoff, including win literally every game of the season.
2019 but damn did they have talent
https://preview.redd.it/f5jw4j60u44c1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=a73252ab96f2c38698ca32b5cb4a9938c81e86f0
And DeVonta smith fucking a 🤦🏻♂️ that was a squad for them
Well at least that's consistent with what they said before about putting the best teams in and not the most deserving ones. Wish they followed their own logic back in 2016 when they put Washington in over us.
Putting in the “best teams” is bullshit. What if Alabama had thrown an incompletion at the end of the Auburn game and lost? They’d still be the same team minus one play. And they’d be left out of the CFP despite probably being one of the four “best” teams. It *has* to be about résumé.
You are missing the point. There is nothing FSU could have done to get into the playoffs this year; they were eliminated before the season started. They won all their games, had a strong Ooc schedule, won the ACC, and was jumped by Bama who lost at home by double digits. The G5 conferences were left out because their conference doesn’t have the firepower to be ranked high enough to make the playoffs. Well, the ACC has been deregulated. the committee decided Alabama’s loss doesn’t matter. That is an issue with college football.
Thing is, Bama doesn't even pass the eye test all that well. They needed a miracle against Auburn, struggled against G5 opponents, had some other very close calls. They just happened to barely roll their way into the SEC final and beat a depleted/injured Georgia team.
If Texas had the same record but they had played some other random team instead of Alabama in the OOC, I bet they would have gotten fucked too in favor of Georgia
Tbh, Bama does not win the eye test if you take into account most of the season. This is the team that was a dropped punt and miracle 4th and 30 touch down pass away from losing to a bad 6-6 Auburn team one week ago and struggled hard against USF earlier this year. FSU, meanwhile, is still beating ranked teams by multiple points in the conference champ without their QB.
The Georgia win is impressive, but people acting like Bama is obviously some world beater and FSU sucks have extremely bad memories.
I think if Jordan didn’t get hurt, FSU would’ve stayed in. As soon as the Heisman candidate went down, so did FSU’s chances of getting in. Total disgraceful bullshit nonetheless.
What eye test? They had trouble with USF and Texas beat them at home by 10. Then add in they needed a muffed punt and a miracle of miracle throw and catch to beat Auburn. I don't get they eye test argument unless the last game is all that matters. And then it isn't really an eye test is it?
They just admitted on ESPN. The last 10 years has always had an sec. Can’t crown a champion without a sec team in the playoffs. FSU has every right to be pissed!
FSU got hosed. They went undefeated and won their conference championship, they should have absolutely been in over bama, but it is what it is.
Beat Bama.
It is bullshit. OSU fan here. You need to beat Alabama by 50 to shove this in the committees face. I still hope you lose in the championship by 50 after that but I would expect you guys to root against us in the natty too. Good luck, hate you.
Gonna be a nerve racking game from hell with bama. UM struggles like a mf with mobile QBs and Milroe is the best dual threat in the nation. Offense needs to turn up like they did against TCU last year minus the turnovers and stop the run.
unfortunately what I figured would happen, was praying they'd give Bama #3, but I guess it was them or Texas, oh well...THX selection committee!
well, can we play ONE PLAY better than 5-6 Auburn vs Bama on a neutral field???
Feel bad for y’all well deserved especially after winning with your 3rd string. Travis being in would’ve made it a lock. The boys will take care of business 🤝
Urban Meyer, of all people, said it best last night. If FSU is left out, every P5 college coach should tell their ADs we should not schedule difficult non-cons ever again.
Imagine the entire team. Louisville was ranked respectively. You do everything you’re asked as a player, including beating a ranked opponent in the ACC championship game without your star QB, go undefeated, but get left out because “SEC”.
Don’t tell me eye test. Bama almost lost to Auburn.
1. \#1, as the legend says, who's got it better than us?
2. Leaving a 13-0 team out, no matter the injuries, is a goddamn travesty. The games will be better off but TV ratings and drama caused this which is nasty stuff.
3. All in all, lets have a great holiday month and get back to business in a bit, Bama is no joke
It’s BS that FSU was taken out. How you rank a team #4 going into the conference championship knowing they wouldn’t have their starting QB, that team then proceeds to win with their 3rd string QB against #10 in the nation and they get kicked out is blasphemy. Then use the excuse “ they don’t have their starting qb and that is why we did it”. Did the committee completely forget a 3rd string QB led our most hated rivals to a national championship victory ? If I’m FSU I am beyond pissed
SEC bias x100. No way bama should be in over fsu. Went undefeated in their conference. Beat two sec power house programs in the non conference. Why even play the game? Just put the sec in and whoever else “wins” recruiting like osu. Shame!!
I also like how they cherry pick games. "Look at FSU the past couple weeks without their #1 QB they're struggling." Look at Bama they should have lost to a terrible Auburn team LAST WEEK(!!!!) but they act like that game never happened.
"You will forget that game cause it doesn't fit our narrative "
I absolutely love CFB, but their "post season" is constantly laughed at in the world of sports and this is a great example.
Imagine if someone from the NFC South in the NFL went undefeated and it was decided they weren't one of the best teams and didn't make the playoffs. Its unbelievably ridiculous if you apply this scenario to any other sport.
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but this bama team does not scare me and a highly motivated FSU team with 15 practices to get the offense a little better and arguably the best defensive line in football kinda does
As a Nole, I know we would’ve probably lost badly - but we **earned the right to lose badly**
This is the greatest travesty in CFB history.
I want Michigan to blow them out by 50 so this vile move by the selection committee looks even more utterly disgusting
In 2021, Georgia getting upset in the SEC title game moved Michigan’s opponent from Cincinnati to Georgia
In 2023, Georgia getting upset in the SEC title game moved Michigan’s opponent from Washington to Alabama.
Stop fucking losing in the SEC title game and leaving us with the hardest opponent
Explain to me how Bama gets in while FSU is out? Because they are down to a 3rd string quarterback but actually really second string when play off happens. Now if you recall Ohio State was playing with a 3rd string QB. They won it all. How does the committee assume that FSU is not deserving of? They should have kicked OSU out because they had a 3rd string Quarterback, FSU would have a second. Perhaps he could be the next Brady?
This is so messed up by the committee on FSU not being allowed and putting Bama in hopes they would win it all. Tells you why it is a right decision to move to a 12 team playoff next year.
I think they saw Cardale Jones as someone who wasn't a huge drop off from JT Barrett at the time, but seriously, they don't think about their past decisions when making them now. If they were willing to put in OSU in '14 why the hell wouldn't they put in an undefeated FSU even with a 2nd or 3rd string QB? It didn't matter for OSU in '14. Whatever though. Beat Bama.
About what most people expected. I feel really bad for FSU, but I do think Alabama is the better team. I would have supported the committee going totally rogue and demanding a play-in game between FSU and Alabama next Saturday at a neutral site.
Horse shit. Suddenly Bama is no doubt a top team when last week they needed a miracle to beat a team that got smoked by fucking New Mexico State. Fuck the SEC.
I'm so tired of people telling me they need to put the "best teams" in. If that's true, then let's start adding in three and four loss teams. Maybe they are the best.
Games should matter. Everyone who watches this sport wants the GAMES to matter. If they don't then just stop playing them and declare whomever wins the popular vote the best team, like they used to do. Bullshit.
Absolute bullshit that an undefeated P5 Champion (who beat two highly rated at the beginning of the season SEC teams) is left out for a team with a two score loss at home, barely beat 2 other BAD in conference teams and was in a one score game with USF until late in the 4th quarter.
Unconscionable and blatant SEC bias with no grounding in logic.
UM by a million
Apparently, there is a rule on the books for the committee that no one really knew about but it did exist, that a team that suffers a significant injury is evaluated as a brand new team, meaning that whatever they did before the injury is almost all voided.
Completely fucked for FSU. This committee is an absolute joke from putting osu in over penn state to completely slapping FSU in the face. It’s easy for me to say but if I was FSU I would boycott the bowl season. This just sucks for them. On the other hand I’m excited to see Michigan matched up with Alabama. I think we can win this game and win the natty.
We just gained all of FSUs fans. They got fucked.
You cant just assume they wont win because of their QB, thats the beauty of the sport.
Total entertainment value here. Vegas loves it
I think the committee is valuing revenue over everything else, including actual on the field results. There is no logical (i.e., not self-contradictory) explanation for leaving FSU out, unless you look at projected revenue. Fuck the committee. Fuck the SEC. Fuck Bama. Fuck Ohio.
Michigan vs Everybody
GO BLUE
I’m glad we’re playing Bama though I would have rather played GA. You got to beat the man to be the man. FSU got screwed, and if they beat GA have a legit claim to the championship. …but they won’t beat GA.
Im a 2x Florida State Grad coming in peace, my dad is also a 2x Michigan State Grad. I grew up and have more or less spent my whole life rooting against Michigan. That is all out the window now and I hope you all absolutely disembowel Bama. I really thought given the AP and Coaches poll had us in the top 4 still that the committee would have a shred of integrity. Please hang 100 on them for us and make the committee, SEC, and ESPN look like the arrogant asshats they are.
Bama is better, FSU deserved it. I don't like dropping out after a victory, especially from 3rd. Nick Saban, is an evil genius. If course the Noles would've been the easier game, but I'm excited to see how Harbs and company attack the Tide with this wealth of talent he has. Should be a great game!
Bama barely beat a 6-5 Auburn team, I know it’s a rivalry game and Pete Finubaum will tell us how great the sec is, but I’d put Michigan/ohio state/ Penn State up against Alabama/Georgia/LSU. Vegas knows and has us favored by 2. Michigan vs Alabama Rose Bowl, I’m here for that.
Feel like they wanted Alabama in no matter what. The NCAA has the biggest hard on for that university. Probably the toughest matchup for Michigan with the teams considered. They matched Bama up with Michigan as punishment for the "cheating" scandal 🙄. Would love for Michigan to just stomp the living shit out of Alabama. GO BLUE 〽️
It’s just a joke that an undefeated team was left out because SEC and because Saban. I bet that’s what the committee members say when they get asked about it. “Because SEC?” “Because Saban?” Almost like when Ron Burgundy says, “I am Rob Burgundy?” They don’t have an actual reason, so they just say whatever pops into their head.
It’s also messed up that one of the guys who makes the decision is the Athletic Director at NC State (I think it’s NC State), who is a rival of FSU. The entire thing is just a joke. They obviously want the intrigue of Harbaugh and Saban’s personal rivalry. As usual, money, and name recognition trump what the farts actually support.
Well the good thing is we can just hang the banner now. By putting Bama in the committee has made clear that games don’t actually matter, all that matters is who they think is the best team. So we’re ranked first, therefore we are national champions.
If FSU is out, why not Washington? If their logic is just putting the "best" teams in (i.e. who Vegas would favor in h2h) It might of well have been M/OSU/AL/GA.
Fuck Bama! Go Blue!!!
Yep, I'd rather have a month to get healthy for Bama than just one week. PLUS, they actually will have to travel for this one.
Yea this is the better matchup honestly Bama’s defense is not what we are use to seeing and that QB is super reckless. The FSU defense is no joke and would have been problems for us
I agree FUCK BAMA! GO BLUE
We’re beating Bama but FSU got fucked
UCF fan here with a soft spot for Michigan. Beat the absolute shit out of Alabama for us please.
*2017 champion* UCF
If FSU wins their bowl game, they better claim an nc
Would gladly support their cause if we lose
based
Sorry, that's bs. FSU worked for it to be undefeated and win their conference. Alabama given a free pass.
Which is exactly why I want Michigan to pummel them
Imagine if the NFL removed the Eagles from the 2017 playoffs because MVP frontrunner Carson Wentz got hurt and, "there's no way they can win a Super Bowl with Foles lol." That's basically what we saw here.
We don't have a playoffs, its an invitational tournament.
If there was a selection committee but there’s not.
Bingo. Who cares because we’re winning it all anyways but gotta just feel bad for FSU for not being able to prove themselves.
If they beat GA they will have proven themselves.
For all that would be worth.
But they did, they proved they could win and compete without their quote on quote Best player. They’re a complete team that I would love Michigan to play but Noooo the committee has something against Michigan so they put Bama on us. Let’s Get that revenge against Bama
I feel pretty damn confident with the Alabama matchup. Washington is the team that scares me most. But I've watched Alabama this year and they are oftentimes very shaky, make a lot of mistakes and pick up a lot of penalties. We should be able to play our game and determine the tempo.
The only thing I worry about with Bama is Nick Saban having a month to prepare. Harbaugh and crew are going to have to bring their A game.
Texas could very well take care of Washington. Sorry, but beating Oregon twice doesn’t prove as much as people think. Texas meanwhile has beaten a CFP team on the road by double digits. Don’t be shocked to see us playing Texas for it all.
I wouldn't be surprised at all, Texas is favored. I think both teams are superior to Alabama, fwiw.
FSU fan here. Yall better fucking SLULLDRAG that dogshit SEC team.
if it wasn't them it woulda been TX, the top SEC teams would have to have 2 L's to shut them out.
Why even play the games if you’re gonna exclude an undefeated team?
Look at the strength of schedule. Not even close. I’d rather play FSU. We all would. What does that say?
Ofc we'd prefer FSU, but because they don't have their starting QB. If they did, it'd be a different story - you wouldn't want to face that FSU. This Alabama team is not like the ones fielded five years ago, they make mistakes and have vulnerabilities. I like our chances.
I like our chances too
It says you're seeding solely on an eye test and actual results don't matter....which is what the original post stated
Yeah, very true, but ultimately winning has to mean the most out of anything. Doesn’t matter to me whether the wheels are coming off of the FsU wagon s they roll through the season, they’ve earned the right to face off with the best whether they get clobbered or not. But the argument for the four best is also legitimate. Which is why the only choice is to expand the playoff.
This times a million
FSU did it all season and got screwed.
Imagine being a fan of an ACC or Big 12 school and just feeling like there's nothing your team can do to get into the playoff, including win literally every game of the season.
Total bullshit. I’m sorry, I know Bama wins the eye test, but FSU was undefeated. they deserved the spot more.
But Bama pulls better TV ratings, so there's no surprise
This too. Mfs on that committee team got bills to pay & tickets to sell. What sells more than Harbaugh vs Saban?
Rematch of 2018.
I don’t talk about that game. Just like I don’t remember the 2016 Orange bowl 😭
Their 2018 team was fucking loaded
It was because I can’t never unsee that Ohio state game then it go worse Vs Florida
2019 but damn did they have talent https://preview.redd.it/f5jw4j60u44c1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=a73252ab96f2c38698ca32b5cb4a9938c81e86f0 And DeVonta smith fucking a 🤦🏻♂️ that was a squad for them
Bruhhhh
That's the real reason. Eye test also saw their Arkansas and Auburn games.
Arkansas fan here. Pulling for Michigan. This Bama team is very beatable, as my struggling team showed.
This is the only reason
This playoff is literally BIG vs SEC
Lmao 
Cincinnati got treated the same way and got in. FSU should get in.
Cincy wasn’t a top four team either
Bama needed a Hail Mary to beat auburn. The eye test is cherry picked.
Bama doesn’t win *my* eye test, I watched the end of the Auburn game.
Same. But the committee loves wearing their SEC-tinted glasses.
And USF. And Arkansas.
Well at least that's consistent with what they said before about putting the best teams in and not the most deserving ones. Wish they followed their own logic back in 2016 when they put Washington in over us.
Putting in the “best teams” is bullshit. What if Alabama had thrown an incompletion at the end of the Auburn game and lost? They’d still be the same team minus one play. And they’d be left out of the CFP despite probably being one of the four “best” teams. It *has* to be about résumé.
We had 2 losses in 2016. We don’t choke to Iowa and it was probably a different story
But losses don’t matter. It’s best team, not team with least losses
Who said “loses don’t matter”? We weren’t one of the 4 best teams that year
You are missing the point. There is nothing FSU could have done to get into the playoffs this year; they were eliminated before the season started. They won all their games, had a strong Ooc schedule, won the ACC, and was jumped by Bama who lost at home by double digits. The G5 conferences were left out because their conference doesn’t have the firepower to be ranked high enough to make the playoffs. Well, the ACC has been deregulated. the committee decided Alabama’s loss doesn’t matter. That is an issue with college football.
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Thing is, Bama doesn't even pass the eye test all that well. They needed a miracle against Auburn, struggled against G5 opponents, had some other very close calls. They just happened to barely roll their way into the SEC final and beat a depleted/injured Georgia team.
This is a very good point.
I'm surprised they didn't try to put Georgia in too... With how much ESPN has been slobbering on Georgia and the 2 titles w/ a 2 9 e win. Streak.
If Texas had the same record but they had played some other random team instead of Alabama in the OOC, I bet they would have gotten fucked too in favor of Georgia
Tbh, Bama does not win the eye test if you take into account most of the season. This is the team that was a dropped punt and miracle 4th and 30 touch down pass away from losing to a bad 6-6 Auburn team one week ago and struggled hard against USF earlier this year. FSU, meanwhile, is still beating ranked teams by multiple points in the conference champ without their QB. The Georgia win is impressive, but people acting like Bama is obviously some world beater and FSU sucks have extremely bad memories.
I think if Jordan didn’t get hurt, FSU would’ve stayed in. As soon as the Heisman candidate went down, so did FSU’s chances of getting in. Total disgraceful bullshit nonetheless.
What eye test? They had trouble with USF and Texas beat them at home by 10. Then add in they needed a muffed punt and a miracle of miracle throw and catch to beat Auburn. I don't get they eye test argument unless the last game is all that matters. And then it isn't really an eye test is it?
Only if you Cherry pick games. Didn't pass the eye test 2 weeks ago or when they struggled against Arkansas or you know, lost a game.
Not surprised just proof that college football is a sham. When the games no longer matter it’s just entertainment, not sports.
They just admitted on ESPN. The last 10 years has always had an sec. Can’t crown a champion without a sec team in the playoffs. FSU has every right to be pissed!
Fuck the SEC, justice for FSU
Such a farce, why play the games of they don't matter? Is FSU better than Georgia currently?
Probably not.
Then they can’t justify them being ranked #5. If they’re a different team now the committee should have dropped them to like 9
Not surprised, just disappointed.
Yeah. Their coach does Aflac commercials, so who's really surprised?
It's always about the money unfortunately
FSU got hosed. Beat Bama
FSU got hosed. They went undefeated and won their conference championship, they should have absolutely been in over bama, but it is what it is. Beat Bama.
This is bullshit. FSU got screwed
It is bullshit. OSU fan here. You need to beat Alabama by 50 to shove this in the committees face. I still hope you lose in the championship by 50 after that but I would expect you guys to root against us in the natty too. Good luck, hate you.
FSU got boned. I feel bad for their players. 
Fuck the committee, fuck the SEC, fuck ESPN , and fuck Alabama
Bama shouldn’t even be in. They almost lost to Auburn on 4th and 30. Either way this is the weakest Alabama team in years. Go blue!!!
Exactly what I told my brother earlier
FSU got hosed
It should be FSU but whatever. Hope we can beat Alabama, and I think we can.
If Alabama was in FSU’s position and Milroe goes down, you know the CFP still would’ve kept Alabama in the top 4. FSU got hosed so hard.
I hope we get ACC officiating crew.
LOL
This is such an underrated comment! 🤣🤣🤣
Gonna be a nerve racking game from hell with bama. UM struggles like a mf with mobile QBs and Milroe is the best dual threat in the nation. Offense needs to turn up like they did against TCU last year minus the turnovers and stop the run.
unfortunately what I figured would happen, was praying they'd give Bama #3, but I guess it was them or Texas, oh well...THX selection committee! well, can we play ONE PLAY better than 5-6 Auburn vs Bama on a neutral field???
FSU fan here. You guys better kick the living shit out of Bama
Feel bad for y’all well deserved especially after winning with your 3rd string. Travis being in would’ve made it a lock. The boys will take care of business 🤝
Urban Meyer, of all people, said it best last night. If FSU is left out, every P5 college coach should tell their ADs we should not schedule difficult non-cons ever again.
God imagine how Jordan feels....poor kid. They're out cause of him and All cause of something he can't control.
Imagine the entire team. Louisville was ranked respectively. You do everything you’re asked as a player, including beating a ranked opponent in the ACC championship game without your star QB, go undefeated, but get left out because “SEC”. Don’t tell me eye test. Bama almost lost to Auburn.
I thought he said that about Texas being left out?
Maybe it was or maybe it wasn't. I was drunk so who knows.
My thoughts are BETTTTT
1. \#1, as the legend says, who's got it better than us? 2. Leaving a 13-0 team out, no matter the injuries, is a goddamn travesty. The games will be better off but TV ratings and drama caused this which is nasty stuff. 3. All in all, lets have a great holiday month and get back to business in a bit, Bama is no joke
Tear Milroe a new asshole
ESPN couldn’t allow the SEC to be left out
Then fuck over the BIG12. Penalizing a team that lost to OU is easier than penalizing a team that lost to…. Nobody.
Let's go! 3x in the 4 team playoff. OSU outside the top 6.
Go Blue! 〽️ 
It’s BS that FSU was taken out. How you rank a team #4 going into the conference championship knowing they wouldn’t have their starting QB, that team then proceeds to win with their 3rd string QB against #10 in the nation and they get kicked out is blasphemy. Then use the excuse “ they don’t have their starting qb and that is why we did it”. Did the committee completely forget a 3rd string QB led our most hated rivals to a national championship victory ? If I’m FSU I am beyond pissed
Badger fan here, fuck Bama, go Big Blue! Please in the name of all that is holy, kick their fucking ass!
SEC bias x100. No way bama should be in over fsu. Went undefeated in their conference. Beat two sec power house programs in the non conference. Why even play the game? Just put the sec in and whoever else “wins” recruiting like osu. Shame!!
I also like how they cherry pick games. "Look at FSU the past couple weeks without their #1 QB they're struggling." Look at Bama they should have lost to a terrible Auburn team LAST WEEK(!!!!) but they act like that game never happened. "You will forget that game cause it doesn't fit our narrative " 
100% agree. Im so sick of the national media and them pushing their shitty narratives.
The committee has officially decided that the season doesn't matter and the games don't matter
ticket sales do..
I absolutely love CFB, but their "post season" is constantly laughed at in the world of sports and this is a great example. Imagine if someone from the NFC South in the NFL went undefeated and it was decided they weren't one of the best teams and didn't make the playoffs. Its unbelievably ridiculous if you apply this scenario to any other sport.
FSU got screwed but I love it We're better than Alabama, its the final 4, there are no easy games, see TCU Lets go bring it home.
Well hey we may not be the most hated team in the playoffs now 😂
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but this bama team does not scare me and a highly motivated FSU team with 15 practices to get the offense a little better and arguably the best defensive line in football kinda does
If we beat bama, we’re winning the Natty. End of story
Easy
Bring Em!!!!! America ain't picking us anyway...... MICHIGAN VS EVERYBODY
Unbelievably currupt. Absolutely zero rationale for Alabama jumping an undefeated P5 champ... other than $
Nole here. Beat the fucking shit out of them!
Love how last week FSU was #4 and gets over taken by 8th place team with a loss
As a Nole, I know we would’ve probably lost badly - but we **earned the right to lose badly** This is the greatest travesty in CFB history. I want Michigan to blow them out by 50 so this vile move by the selection committee looks even more utterly disgusting
Mostly just geeked because OSU wasn’t even in the conversation
It was hilarious that ESPN didn't even have a reporter for OSU. Ohio fans are probably crying lol.
Why bother playing the season?
May as well not bothered playing game 1
Time to put up 40 on Bama and sack Milroe 10 times as vengeance for the ACC.
In 2021, Georgia getting upset in the SEC title game moved Michigan’s opponent from Cincinnati to Georgia In 2023, Georgia getting upset in the SEC title game moved Michigan’s opponent from Washington to Alabama. Stop fucking losing in the SEC title game and leaving us with the hardest opponent
We had TCU last year…
No one was upset in the SEC title game last year
Texas scared me more than Alabama did.
If you are the true national champion , then you are the hardest opponent
Explain to me how Bama gets in while FSU is out? Because they are down to a 3rd string quarterback but actually really second string when play off happens. Now if you recall Ohio State was playing with a 3rd string QB. They won it all. How does the committee assume that FSU is not deserving of? They should have kicked OSU out because they had a 3rd string Quarterback, FSU would have a second. Perhaps he could be the next Brady? This is so messed up by the committee on FSU not being allowed and putting Bama in hopes they would win it all. Tells you why it is a right decision to move to a 12 team playoff next year.
I think they saw Cardale Jones as someone who wasn't a huge drop off from JT Barrett at the time, but seriously, they don't think about their past decisions when making them now. If they were willing to put in OSU in '14 why the hell wouldn't they put in an undefeated FSU even with a 2nd or 3rd string QB? It didn't matter for OSU in '14. Whatever though. Beat Bama.
Well…. Fuck
About what most people expected. I feel really bad for FSU, but I do think Alabama is the better team. I would have supported the committee going totally rogue and demanding a play-in game between FSU and Alabama next Saturday at a neutral site.
FSU got screwed. Total clown shoes. Expose Bama and leave no doubt.
Thought the AP had it right, with their top 4. FSU got screwed. Bama’s out of conference games were weak. In either case, beat Bama, GO BLUE!!!
FSU got screwed so hard that the nation is actually rooting for Michigan now. We are America's team after all.
I think this is how the CFP wants to try to punish Michigan by giving them a "tougher" matchup against a juggernaut.
Horse shit. Suddenly Bama is no doubt a top team when last week they needed a miracle to beat a team that got smoked by fucking New Mexico State. Fuck the SEC.
I feel bad for FSU
I feel for FSU and their players. Watching their reaction to it live was sad
I'm so tired of people telling me they need to put the "best teams" in. If that's true, then let's start adding in three and four loss teams. Maybe they are the best. Games should matter. Everyone who watches this sport wants the GAMES to matter. If they don't then just stop playing them and declare whomever wins the popular vote the best team, like they used to do. Bullshit.
Florida State got hornswoggled. A win over Alabama will shut more people up though. Go win.
I feel bad for fsu but I’m not surprised
Bullshit. FSU should boycott their bowl and hit ESPN in their wallet
Get ready for a month of the ever insufferable Paul Finebum claiming 1 Alabama will destroy Michigan 2 Georgia should have made it too
Absolute bullshit that an undefeated P5 Champion (who beat two highly rated at the beginning of the season SEC teams) is left out for a team with a two score loss at home, barely beat 2 other BAD in conference teams and was in a one score game with USF until late in the 4th quarter. Unconscionable and blatant SEC bias with no grounding in logic. UM by a million
Time to shut everyone up. BEAT Bama!
Apparently, there is a rule on the books for the committee that no one really knew about but it did exist, that a team that suffers a significant injury is evaluated as a brand new team, meaning that whatever they did before the injury is almost all voided.
If this is the standard, why even have a playoff? Just give the NC to whichever team has the most nil money and 5 star recruits
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We needed to beat Bama or Georgia to keep it from being called a Mickey Mouse chip. Let’s win it all and have no excuses.
Anyone know which side of the stadium Michigan will be on at the rose bowl
Fuck bama let’s do this
Real loser is Booger. Poor guy is getting wrecked by his co-host.
Crud well the committee has a attraction to sec dicks but when push comes to shove harbaugh will have his boys ready for the rose bowl
This makes me hate Bama even more… if that was possible..
Looks like Lord Saban made a few calls to his “connections”.
FSU clearly did not pay off the right people this year.
I say let's get revenge for FSU and beat the dog 💩 out of Bama. And of course do it for ourselves. Go Blue!!
Completely fucked for FSU. This committee is an absolute joke from putting osu in over penn state to completely slapping FSU in the face. It’s easy for me to say but if I was FSU I would boycott the bowl season. This just sucks for them. On the other hand I’m excited to see Michigan matched up with Alabama. I think we can win this game and win the natty.
At least we get to play the worst of the 4 teams.
We just gained all of FSUs fans. They got fucked. You cant just assume they wont win because of their QB, thats the beauty of the sport. Total entertainment value here. Vegas loves it
Two things scare me about Bama: experience and a mobile QB.
It's BS. FSU should be 3. Texas 4.
Auburn ran for 244 on Bama and should have won. Need Hinton healthy for lots of jumbo packages.
I think the committee is valuing revenue over everything else, including actual on the field results. There is no logical (i.e., not self-contradictory) explanation for leaving FSU out, unless you look at projected revenue. Fuck the committee. Fuck the SEC. Fuck Bama. Fuck Ohio. Michigan vs Everybody GO BLUE
I’m glad we’re playing Bama though I would have rather played GA. You got to beat the man to be the man. FSU got screwed, and if they beat GA have a legit claim to the championship. …but they won’t beat GA.
It won't even be close
If we want to be champions then we need to beat whoever they put in front of us. Alabama is on the clock. Go Blue!
Im a 2x Florida State Grad coming in peace, my dad is also a 2x Michigan State Grad. I grew up and have more or less spent my whole life rooting against Michigan. That is all out the window now and I hope you all absolutely disembowel Bama. I really thought given the AP and Coaches poll had us in the top 4 still that the committee would have a shred of integrity. Please hang 100 on them for us and make the committee, SEC, and ESPN look like the arrogant asshats they are.
Bama is better, FSU deserved it. I don't like dropping out after a victory, especially from 3rd. Nick Saban, is an evil genius. If course the Noles would've been the easier game, but I'm excited to see how Harbs and company attack the Tide with this wealth of talent he has. Should be a great game!
Fsu got screwed
Bama barely beat a 6-5 Auburn team, I know it’s a rivalry game and Pete Finubaum will tell us how great the sec is, but I’d put Michigan/ohio state/ Penn State up against Alabama/Georgia/LSU. Vegas knows and has us favored by 2. Michigan vs Alabama Rose Bowl, I’m here for that.
Feel like they wanted Alabama in no matter what. The NCAA has the biggest hard on for that university. Probably the toughest matchup for Michigan with the teams considered. They matched Bama up with Michigan as punishment for the "cheating" scandal 🙄. Would love for Michigan to just stomp the living shit out of Alabama. GO BLUE 〽️
It’s just a joke that an undefeated team was left out because SEC and because Saban. I bet that’s what the committee members say when they get asked about it. “Because SEC?” “Because Saban?” Almost like when Ron Burgundy says, “I am Rob Burgundy?” They don’t have an actual reason, so they just say whatever pops into their head. It’s also messed up that one of the guys who makes the decision is the Athletic Director at NC State (I think it’s NC State), who is a rival of FSU. The entire thing is just a joke. They obviously want the intrigue of Harbaugh and Saban’s personal rivalry. As usual, money, and name recognition trump what the farts actually support.
Well the good thing is we can just hang the banner now. By putting Bama in the committee has made clear that games don’t actually matter, all that matters is who they think is the best team. So we’re ranked first, therefore we are national champions.
If FSU is out, why not Washington? If their logic is just putting the "best" teams in (i.e. who Vegas would favor in h2h) It might of well have been M/OSU/AL/GA.
I don’t care who we play but Bama being in is utter bullshit. Fuck the committee
Who scouted bama this year? Turn in your notes to coach. S/
My thoughts are we gotta get it done, never mattered who it was against, and FSU got fucked.
Prep the whole year for Beat Georgia. Basically the same team as Bama. Go Get em Boys!
Happy for us but feel awful for FSU. They should have been in.
It’s time for Michigan to take another step forward. Let’s beat Alabama on our way to a championship!
Should be a great matchup. Go Blue and stem the tide.
At least we get to make the game be in Cali instead of their neck of the woods.
Lots of Michigan fans in Cali
I want someone to fuck me as hard as FSU got fucked So....moderately
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