A Tribute to Florida State's 2023 Football Season - The Day The Music Died for College Football 

My favorite FSU team of all time. No team has made me feel this much emotion. Completely fleeced

As a Michigan fan, I personally think it’s absolute bullshit how FSU didn’t make it. However, I’m truly amazed how they finished the season, even without JT they were able to win in the swamp and win an ACC championship. A great season for y’all, and I wish y’all the best of luck against Georgia in the Orange Bowl 🍊

I’m 58 been a Nole for over 50 years and rarely cry. This made me tear up for those kids and that coaching staff. I’m sure Bobby would approve of this and this team. Thank you

As a mother of 2 High school football player i pray that my young men will one day wear those Jersey 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. Now Go kick Georgia Ass!!

I feel so bad for the players and coaching staff. Even without their star player they should still be given a chance. I don't care if Alabama beat Georgia, FSU went undefeated and won their conference, even without their star player. They deserve a chance for all the hard work that they put in this season.

Have fun in Miami guys. You have nothing left to prove.

FSU is here to stay. We will make them regret this forever. ESPN won't be able to mention the playoffs without the Garnet and Gold for decades.

Goodbye College Football, I will never forget the memories of the classic games I have watched, not only from MY Seminoles but from the rest of the league. This year was special and bittersweet at the same time. After suffering through years of mediocre football games, my beloved Seminoles have finally put together a team that could compete at the highest level once again. Lots of players had returned to make a run at a National Title and to say the very least I was SUPERHYPED for this season. From the beginning they showed they belonged by beating LSU soundly and from there they answered every bell that rang. Making plays when plays needed to be made. Was it always pretty? Not always, but it rarely ever is. College football is great because you never know how teams will respond. Just Keep Winning! Unbeaten, Undefeated & Unconquered always gets the shot. Sadly, that's no longer true. It's all about the Benjamine's now. Who turns on the TV's, who pays the bills and who creates the best story line. It no longer matters what happens on the field. 13 people in a room decide who plays not the teams on the field. Yesterday I watched the orange bowl, with the sound off because I couldn't stand listening to the commentators sound off on how great the Bulldogs looked against FSU's JV team. I wanted to see what the players were gonna look like who were coming up in the program. Then it dawned on me, maybe none of these players will finish their careers as Seminoles. Recruiting doesn't matter. We lost Marvin Jones Jr to Georgia a couple years ago. Now he is a Seminole. DJU was a Clemson Tiger that I rooted against that same amount of time ago and now he might be a Seminole after being a Beaver? WTF? I loved and rooted for these kids because they wanted to be on my team, and I would root for them once they got to the pros no matter where they went. But they don't care about the team or the school either. So, the players don't matter. Basically, the sport I grew to love, is unrecognizable from what I knew as a younger man. The day my wife's water broke for my 1st child was during the FSU/florida game in 04', When she told me, my response was. "But the games not over yet" She recalls that by the time I brought the car around the game was already on the radio. Ohh the memories, how I will cherish them. This team, how I will cherish these memories of this season. The comebacks the breaking of bad streaks and the class the team and the coaches carried themselves with. Bobby would be proud. That being said, none of it matters anymore. The games, the recruiting and the players don't matter anymore. Ohh, I'll watch the big games when they come on and I will want to see Norvell do great things at FSU, but I will be a casual observer. I'll be able to name the top players on the team but gone are the days when I couldn't wait to get Phil Steel's magazine and would know all of the top players in the country, not just the conference. Naming off the 3 deep and calling every player by name when they made a play in a game even if they were only in for 2 or 3 plays. I tried to watch games after the decision, and I couldn't do it. College football is broken and my give a damn along with it. I hope the cash makes you happy. Players you are employees now, which means the sport no longer cares for your wellbeing. The powers that be will get rid of your ability to opt out because it will affect their bottom line. The 12-team playoff is just the beginning of Major College Football. You may be getting yours now but all of those behind you will pay dearly for this. Good Luck

I've spent my entire conscience life as a Florida State Seminole fan. Growing up just west of Tallahassee I spent a many cold days hunting or working around the farm listening to Gene Deckerhoff play-by-play on the radio. I'm 53 years young now, and I can honestly say I've been a fan for at least 50 of those years. In those 50 years or so, I've watched miracles happen, fumblerooskies, triple reverses, high flying catches, fast break offense, suffocating defenses, high-stepping, wide-rights, wide-lefts and Houdini-like plays by special players. But never, have I witnessed anything like this. It's simply, inexcusable, so disrespectful to the traditions of what college football has meant to me for all these years. Never would I have thought we would be disrespected like this, overlooked like this, pushed aside like this and then mocked because we dare be upset at this insanity. Many of the greatest moments in college football history can be attributed to instances of my Seminoles doing the impossible. To take their ability away to prove themselves on the field in search for a 4th National Title, is unacceptable. I'm guessing, many of these talking heads at EsecPN figured that my Seminoles would likely lose the ACC Championship game once they found out we were going with a true freshman, but they never took in account that this team is "Built For This", as coach Norvell would say. That defensive performance in Charlotte was no fluke, it was the most dominating defensive game I've seen this year from anyone. Discredit Louisville all you want, but they entered the game with a 6-year senior at the helm, averaging over 400 plus yards a game, averaging 33 points a game and the Seminoles held them to 188 total yards and 6 points. History of football will teach you that DEFENSE wins Championships, Saban himself has built his legacy on dominating defenses. So did Bobby Bowden so telling anyone with half a football brain that you can't win a national title with a backup QB or a QB that is not the focus of an offense, look at Alabama's line of QB's when Saban was first winning titles. Not all of them were the best player on his teams, they simply distributed the ball to the plethora of playmakers. What the Seminoles have this year at the moment is nothing more and nothing less than what has been used to win titles before. Love this tribute Mr. Harris, what a fine way to show how this team overcame, persevered and cemented themselves in college football history both as an undefeated champion and the team was sadly not allowed to prove themselves for a possible 4th National Title. One thing I've always loved has become tainted and a true disappointment for what amateur sports should be about. The whole mess has gotten too big for it's own britches is what my grandfather would have proclaimed. I would agree.

It was a bad call on the committees part, but it's not all bad for FSU. Now...we are gonna train replacements to fill spots all spring, come into next season top 10, with a complete team....of veterans and 2024 commits. The part that should scare everybody....FSU is gonna be the most pissed off team in college football, and out for blood and a National title that was stolen from them. If Norvell has shown anything, it's that he has put the fighting spirit back into FSU and knows how to coach football. This is only the beginning.....FEAR THE SPEAR!

Great season so proud to be a nole! Go noles. Nothing can take away from this!!

I dont think people understand how much this hurt this team and fanbase after everything weve been through the past several years

The real national champions

13-0. Go Noles!!!!

The first college football game i ever paid attention to as a kid was 93’ fsu vs notre dame. I was 14 years old. My best friend at the time (still keep in touch with him) was a raging irish fan and of course i wanted to see his team lose lol. Ever since that day ive been a noles fan, through all the great and shiitty seasons, coach bowden passing away and then this years amazing team having the rug pulled out from under them, is as heart breaking as it gets. Love my garnet and gold forever ❤ Go Noles!

Regardless of anyone's thoughts about the team, those boys and coaches worked their butts off and finished with an undefeated season, proving their hard work was worth something. I think Taylor Swift said, "haters gonna hate". Ignore them. This is a beautiful tribute!

So sad for my Noles 😢 But in my heart they are already Champions ❤️

The fact a team can go undefeated through all adversity, then not go to the playoffs against 2 teams that are not undefeated shows the corruption of this institution. They get free labor from the players, who many of which never recover from injuries sustained. A handful of people are getting massively wealthy off these children. Now they are taking away the fundamental of the game which is WINNING. The day football died. I will never watch another game. I hope you don’t either.

Got to get out of the ACC if this is how there going to treat a 13-0 conference champion, I'm devastated over this , this team and staff deserve to be treated like champions instead of dirt and it's definitely not Jordan Travis fault GO NOLES! 🇺🇲🏈💪

Football is about brotherhood. No one can take that away from these young men. Play for each other play as a family.

Beautiful video 😭😭 been a Noles fan since I could comprehend football and this team was something special

As soon as the lsu game finished I knew this would be a special season. Too bad my boys got absolutely robbed.🤬

To the coaches, players, and everyone involved with this team, thank you as a life long SEMINOLES fan!!! JT, I'm sorry how your career ended, I truly am. I don't think the team will read this, remember, unconquered!!!! Go out and give Georgia hell!!! So proud to say my team is the Florida State Seminoles. There were some mean years, but, y'all fought through it, and reestablished the SEMINOLES brand. God bless ALL of you.

These boys next year will be playing for a top four spot. They dont care about the 12 team playoff. they want the top four.

Thank you for your videos Aaron. It was in incredible year. Can't wait to see your media for 2024 ❤❤❤

Beautiful tribute. Enjoyed watching

I’m a bama fan and MAN am I excited to be in the playoffs. But at the same time everyone on this FSU team are true warriors. I feel like the #4 spot could’ve been given to either team and I’m not quite sure why it was given to bama, but it was. I only watched a few of the FSU games this year but I could tell that this team was something else. I feel horrible that Jordan Travis got hurt, and I hope the Noles are back next year better than ever. NOW GO DESTROY GEORGIA 🔥

That was an awesome video!!!!!!! I've been a Fsu football fan since the early 90's and it's truly f*cked up what the selection committee did by leaving them out after a perfect season. Those kids played their hearts out though all the challenges and adversity they faced all season long.

Norvell pre game: "Gentlemen, I know you're hurting. So am I. Badly. A committee of politicians stole our dream. I want you to go out there tonight and imagine that other team as the committee. I want you to vent your anger, your passion, your Seminole pride on them. I want you to unleash your talent and commitment as only you can... with focus, strength, and control. You have learned a lot this year. You've learned you deserve to be elite. You deserve to fight for your school, your family, yourself as only a Seminole can. To fight for being the best. For in the end, it's not about committees and accolades and rankings. It's about knowing deep in your heart that you tried the best you could, you gave it your all, you dug deep and ignored the critics and naysayers. Show the world what you're made of. Show the world your composure, your strength, your intelligence. Show them your class. Show yourself as the athlete, the person your are. And no matter what the outcome, you will know you succeeded. We've succeeded. You are a Seminole. You are elite. You are who you are and always will be. You fought through adversity and found a way. That's what a real man does. Ten years from now you'll remember this game, this moment, and it will being a smile to your lips and a warmth to your heart because you know it's the truth. So now, my friends, my brothers, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you've become and every thing each one of you are. And everything you taught me and everything you mean to me. It's been a blast and a transformation for all of us. Now let's go out there and show ourselves to the world and win us a ball game!"

In love with this team! Desde España, gracias por el vídeo!👌🔝

Congratulations to all of you guys @ FSU for your accomplishments!! Go noles

This is heat-breaking.... I'm a notre dame fan first, FSU 2nd... My hubby and little 10 yr old were in tears... THEY GOT ROBBED... BUT Mike Norvell is a dam good coach, and bring this team back to life... SO yes, let's go Noles. I was pregnant with my 10 yr old in 2014 when they won the Championship............ but I was mad when they didn't get what they deserve

I am disgusted that more ACC coaches and ADs haven’t spoken out against this travesty. The committee spit in the faces of every ACC coach, player and fan, and they need to be made aware of that. The ACC should consider disciplinary measures against NC State’s AD, Boo the Clown Corrigan.

The depression hits hard as it's ever hit the money that I spent this season and the money I had invested. Man's gonna be a long time to get back.

"You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting." Count Adhemar

I am so proud of what this team has accomplished. They have nothing to hang their head down about. They did everything right. The committee choice isn’t a bad reflection on this team. It shines a bad light on the biased and corrupt committee. I have loved this program since ‘88 and I love them even more today. I’ll be a Nole even in death❤💛

FSU FSU FSU!! GO NOLES!!! We the Champs!!

Derrick Brooks said it best. "Each player controls their position. 11 men each with their own responsibilities playing together, UNITED." Each Seminole controls what the coaches have instilled in them. The outside forces will always battle against your VISION. Since 1978 I have been a die hard SEMINOLE fan. GOTTA POUND THE ROCK, UNCONQUERED!!! GO NOLES, thank you for your RU-vid channel, great job, thank you!!!

This is a well done awesome video. Thank you from Nole Nation.

This breaks my heart all over again! To go 13 grueling weeks and defeat ever opponent in front of you, win your conference championship and still be left out! It’s an absolute spit into the players, coaches, fans faces. What is the point of playing the games? NolesNation

Go Noles!!! Will be cooking my brisket as always on bowl day. Love my Noles part of my life part of my family

Nice video... go 'Noles!

Cant take it away. The legitimate National Champions. All about us

as an fsu fan for life im still pissed we didn't make it 😭😭😭

Very well done! This is the biggest load of bull to ever happen in college football.

Hey Aaron. Really looking forward to some great videos this preseason paired with incredible theatrical music. Awesome video of 2023 recap. #gonoles

When a team goes undefeated they are number one. Florida State IS NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE of all their injuries and they STILL went undefeated, they deserved to be first pick. It never should have even been a question. They should have been talking about picking between the other teams that had lost games. It’s bad for the institution as a whole and I pray it wakes everyone up to the complete and utter corruption surrounding college football. It’s wrong and this is gonna change something permanently. I hope it becomes a rallying cry to pay them, because apparently ITS A BUSINESS, not a game.

Gator fan here, and this bullcrap. FSU deserves to be in the playoffs. The back up won the last game and the acc championship. He proved himself

Them boys are warriors! To be robbed by backroom politics is unforgivable. Seeing Tate hold up the gator head hits different.

The sad part is this: FSU PLAYED their way in AND would have 4 weeks for any QB to practice and get ready. Instead, they put in a team that LOST the Natty not once but TWICE by 10+ points in the last 5 years-'Bama. ''

Well done. Thank you.

Thanks for the video. WE ARE FLORIDA STATE and we WILL be back. As for the so called playoffs, it's no secret how this went down $$$espn/sec a complete scandal. Yeah, Watergate 2.0

Such a disgrace to the sport that FSU wasn't in the playoffs. Committee chose to submit to peer pressure instead of doing the right thing, absolutely awful. What, like over a week after all this happened I still think about this sometimes. I feel bad as a fan, for the coaches, the players, sickening man just awful. This has easily been one of if not my favorite Nole team in quite sometime if not my favorite of all time! I trust Mike Norvell, the staff and the guys, KEEP CLIMBING!

I love this coach and I love this team. #UnconqueredIn2023

Amazing work

Great video

“everyone is undefeated before they fight me”

2023 National Champions without FSU 13-0 Should have an asterisk *

It is depressing to see the many young Noles that are transferring away from the FSU football team post the CFP decision.

FSU The Real National Champions nobody will ever forget what happened.

ESPN wanted them out because they didn't want FSU to win the National Title with a 2nd string QB. Hosed. ESPN gameday will never come to Tallahassee again. They will be booed off the stage.

Thank you go Noles

i tried so hard, and got so far. in the end, it doesnt even matter

I'm an ole miss grad & an lsu fan. I'm appalled & angry @ FSU being usurped in the CFP. It saddens me that these well -deserved, gifted, talented men were denied the opportunity to play for a title. Was it a snub by the likes of an ACC CFP committee chair who is jealous his own college (NC State) doesn't have the ability to rise this high? Is it Disney-owned ESPN who's pissed @ the politics of the state of FLORIDA? Was the committee paid off by the SEC & Alabama to ensure a spot? Who knows? One thing is certain, the ethics & integrity of the NCAA just became publicly compromised....... I, personally, have lost all interest in college football 's remaining season......😤😠

I hope all the players especially the senior and those leaving for the NFL use this as motivation to ball the fuck out everytime they touch the field the players this year were special regardless of the CFP comittees decision this season has meant everything to us fans thanks and God bless you guys

Nice work Aaron

Beautiful

Best program ever. Florida State Seminoles.

If you listen to one of the ESPN broadcasters they at ESPN have been trying to knock FSU out of the playoffs before Travis got hurt. They needed an sec team in there preferably 2. This guy will probably get let go from ESPN.

Awesome work! Go NOLES!!

Here's something to highly consider that is in fact absolutely legitimate. Even though we have playoffs. The Colley Matrix and the rule itself still definitely exists for times like this. That said & despite the playoff rankings, FSU is still currently #4 in both FPI & AP and just jumped to #3 in Coaches poll. LSU & UGA are both elite SEC teams that are common opponents of FSU & Alabama. Since FSU already beat LSU by a wider margin than Bama did, if Alabama Wins out for the National Championship and FSU beats UGA by 4 points or more which is still very possible, then that could in fact shoot FSU to #1 in all 3 AP, Coaches, & FPI, while Alabama only has #1 in the playoffs. If that happens, the case is wide open and would in fact be valid for FSU to be granted by the NCAA to lay claim to the 2023 National Title even without participating in playoffs due to that Colley Matrix rule and they're definitely don't count key inactives against teams either since its the old school method. In short all Bama has to do is Win the Title & all FSU has to do is win by 4 or more against UGA for both teams to potentially & rightfully share the title. You put this thought anywhere near a PO'd FSU team & this might just wake up a sleeping giant truth be told. Also if this is successful, then FSU has a valid credible case to not only bolt, but potentially sue their way out of the ACC and make them pay the contract buyout for FSU while they also perhaps pursue further legal action against the CFP. Someone pass along please!

I have a hard time calling this season a success. It’s so painful to look back at any games or highlights from this year. I might even call it the worst college football season ever due to what happened.

I know this falls on deaf ears……but finish strong….prove them wrong. Win for team, we can’t be defeated. See you at the Orangebowl.✌🏼❤

This is more than fanbases trashing each other. This is a travesty for the CFB world. Take off your home glasses for a minute and think about the team. This is really fuqd up. Go Noles!

Only greed can destroy humanity

I went to two games this year one being the LSU game and the other begin the Miami game. We got to win the ACC championship and to me that is the end of our season. The orange bowl means nothing after the corruption that has been shown. We could beat Georgia by 100 points and all we did was win a bowl game and didn't win the national championship.

FSU needs to go to Miami and beat the GA. Bulldogs bad, that will show the committee they were dead wrong about FSU without their starting QB, because football is a team sport, not a individual sport.

You know what, this season was still fucking magic regardless

i will always wonder about this team like the 2019-2020 basketball team.

Conflating this with a plane crash in which people died is asinine. I think FSU got screwed too.

Disney/ESPN/CFP nefarious plan: 1. To support the ESPN claim that two teams with 1 LOSS is a better optics than a 13-0 team. 2. If Georgia beats FSU them it will support the Disney/ESPN/CFP selection for the playoff. 3. Does the $3 BILLION SEC TV deal has anything to do the decision to let the 1 LOSS Alabama into the playoff?

UNCONQUERED!

Wow nice video, editing is really well done. That being said, the committee made the right decision, given their QB situation, they are not a Top 4 team.

ESPN is a disgrace, go noles!

Dude, 1994 Penn State, 1993 and 2004 Auburn all went undefeated and didn’t get a shot at the National Title. This is nothing new, it’s college football, not the NFL. Why is this bothering everyone so much this season?

I hope we play backups and walkons across the board and are blatant about it.

Great video. Go Noles. 13-0…Others in the playoff payoff can’t say the same.

1 more win would make it 20 in a row and a “perfect “ season and then potentially a co-national championship. They would deserve it.

the corporations have ruined everything unique and special in USA. now they've destroyed college football (nail in coffin). college football is now merely about networks and ratings, fuck the kids and coaches who deserve to compete in the CFP's. the committee selects the teams for ratings. it's an invitational not a championship.

They did everything they could .... so sad

BEST TEAM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 💯💯💯💯💯

I will support FSU and Georgia to practice up until the tunnel walk out. Then stop and let Disney/ESPN/CFP eat their $$$$$ loss for degrading the integrity of the game. Payback is hell!

Its all politics and money and has been for 100 years. FCS does it right with 16 team playoffs.

Such a fun season!!

The instrumental music in the background is "In The End" by Linkin Park instrumental. "I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter"

Don't work we will be back like Arnold with A Charlie ward again

Hey Aaron I’m just now seeing your work and I’ve realized that you and I post very similar Florida State style content. I just wanted to say I love your style and how are you mutually like combining cinematic storytelling with your sports content. I noticed that we also have a very similar subscriber account and view ratio. Hit me up if you would ever like to collaborate on something!

UNDEFEATED!!!!! UNCONQUERED!!!!!!!! NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY !!!!

*13-0. *=SCREWED!

Just 2 weeksago Alabama wins at Auburn on the last play basically? Games against Chattanooga and some other no name school?😡