Bruce Feldman: Florida State's Playoff Snub Shows What’s Wrong with CFB | The Rich Eisen Show 

There should be no damn committees. Let the records speak for themselves, 13-0 should be in.

The NFL equivalent of this system is having the NFC east in a contract with Fox and the playoff selection committee. Then we're surprised when they wrangle Cowboys and Eagles into the top spots every year. Also, the NFL going with it and telling all other divisions and teams it is a fair and balanced playoff.

Talking heads decided who would win. Sad day fellas and gals

Alabama won with back up QB when Tua got hurt.

Did TCU beat Michigan last year or did we all just imagine that?🧐 It's Embarrassing to even put FSU and TCU in the same category! Go Noles!🍢🍢

If Deion got hired by FSU they wouldn’t be undefeated. See Colorado.

Being obsessed with a national champion is what's wrong with CFB!

TV executives like Boo Corrigan's brother at ESPN?

we dont need a 12 team playoff, we need the FCS 24-team playoff with ALL conference champs 10+14 at large

That's not what deion said. He said they wouldn't leave out an SEC team. Just be justifying with unlogical nonsense.

If Prime was in Mike Novell’s shoes , he’d be screaming racism and would be pissed off and openly say the committee got it wrong.

Easy, peasy... Have an Alabama versus Florida St "play-in" game at the New Mexico Bowl on Dec 16th. A completely neutral site, only 37,457 seats to fill...

I’d bet money that a random group of twelve, 30 y.o. college football fans from across the country that all used to play football but haven’t donned a pair of pads since they graduated, have a favorite chair AND a favorite hat (both of which at least 10 years old), that were forced to sit in the same room and within arms length from each other, could rank teams beginning to end better than the current assortment of scavenged spare parts we’ve managed to assemble today.

"it's a TV show." It's not supposed to be, and we all watch it because we believe that it isn't scripted.

The future 12 team playoff is being renamed as the SEC-BIG10 Challenge.

They should let the FSU's record, being a conference champion and wins against the SEC be the factor. These kids earned it and their opportunity to prove it on the field was stolen from them. Having a good QB is important to most teams. But special teams with elite defenses have won championships. How about the Ravens vs the Giants in the Super Bowl and there's plenty of other examples where this has happened. Otherwise there wouldn't be the saying "defense wins championships". They went with what they think will be a more compelling game. What will people think if they end up beating Georgia led by that stout defense? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Never thought I'd be routing for Michigan, but yeah, I guess go... Wolverines? Are they the Wolverines?

That's it peeing down their leg🤣🤣

But of all the teams to throw into that 4th slot---they picked a team that LOST the Natty not once but TWICE by 10+ points in the last 5 years. Every team that lost the Nat. Champ. Game in the last 5 years lost by 10+ points and 'Bama did it twice.

Who's shaft at ESPN is brockman flossing with?

Rich, CFB isn't a Cinderella sport. The heavyweights dominate. In fact, mid-majors don't compete against the big boys for titles. As far as CBB, you are correct.

This is so great! Watching grown men losing their minds over adult teenagers' football. Im noticing fans of the NCAA, seem to be competing to see who has the nicest trailer in the whole park.

Florida Governor Ron Desantis is sueing the BCS committee.

All the crying about FSU is out of hand. There's 4 spots for Power 5 conferences. Obviously, it was inevitable someone was going to get left out at some point with a season like this. Alabama beat the #1 team to win the SEC conference. They've grown every week. They're ranked 5th for strength of schedule. FSU is ranked 55th for the same metric. And, the BIG10 and ACC were the ones that wanted to delay the 12-team format this year, so the ACC have themselves to thank for the position they are in. Deion would not have made a difference. There is no "SEC bias" or it JUST being about money. The SEC is the best conference in college football and has been for decades. We continually have top recruiting, we typically get most of the best players from the portal, and we send the most players to the NFL, especially first-round draft picks. The SEC has 12 collective CFP appearances, not missing a single year. 8 of the last 9 years the SEC has been in the final, 6 out of the last 9 years the SEC has won the National Championship, and 2 of the last 9 years the SEC has represented both teams in the Natty. Alabama has won 3 of 9 CFP-era national titles thus far. The SEC has 30 national titles, the BIG10 has 25 (8 of which come from Michigan pre-1950), the ACC has 15, and the Big 12 has 12. The SEC is objectively the most elite conference in college football. The arguments that there's only "so many good teams"...well half the conference has to lose to the other half of the conference, and everyone knows Vandy keeps the GPA up for the conference. The argument that the ACC was 6-4 or whatever over the SEC is based on primarily the bottom of our conference. Kentucky beat Louisville, which ACC teams call the bottom of our conference. Bama, as a 1-loss SEC team early into a season, which has grown and is a completely different team from that loss, ending a 2.5-year long, 29-game win streak, back-to-back national championship team (also SEC), has more weight than an undefeated inferior conference champ with less notable wins. Everyone wants to talk about the Iron Bowl and the 4th and 31 "fluke". Our boys played 60 minutes of football and won the game, not on a fluke, but on a designed play that is practiced. It wasn't a Hail Mary. It was the Grave Digger. The Iron Bowl is always a close game and is continually one of the most thrilling rivalry games in the country year after year. Auburn was also coming off an embarrassing loss, so we got them with an extra grudge to prove themselves. Did we have some close games this year? Yes we did. But look at the growth of Milroe over the season and the whole team. We went from a team of self-inflicted penalties to a team who put pressure on the #1 team in the country in a matter of 10 weeks that executed like a well-oiled machine, and the growth isn't over. Bama is going to continue to be more dangerous as this team settles into its identity. We haven’t seen everything from Bama yet, the SECCG proved that. Strength of schedule matters. 4 FSU (13-0) Opponents with Winning Records (5 teams, 3 ranked) 5 LSU: 9-3 (best win) Clemson: 8-4 16 Duke: 7-5 Miami: 7-5 14 Louisville: 10-3 Overall Winning Opponent Record: 41-20 (0.672) 38.5% opponents winning teams, or 0.385, a losing schedule. 55th-ranked strength of schedule. 8 Alabama (12-1) Opponents with Winning Records (8 teams, 5 ranked) 11 Texas: 12-1 15 Ole Miss: 10-2 Texas A&M: 7-5 17 Tennessee: 8-4 14 LSU: 9-3 (3rd best win) Kentucky: 7-5 Chattanooga: 8-5 1 Georgia: 12-1 (best win) Overall Winning Opponent Record: 73-26 (0.737) 61.5% opponents winning teams, or 0.615, a winning schedule. 5th-ranked strength of schedule. 7 Texas (12-1) Opponents with Winning Records (7 teams, 5 ranked) 3 Alabama: 12-1 (best win) Wyoming: 8-4 24 Kansas: 8-4 12 Oklahoma: 10-2 23 Kansas State: 8-4 Iowa State: 7-5 16 Oklahoma State: 9-4 Overall Winning Opponent Record: 62-24 (0.721) 53.8% opponents winning teams, or 0.538, a winning schedule. 13th-ranked strength of schedule. 1 Georgia (12-1) Opponents with Winning Records (6 teams, 5 ranked) UT Martin: 8-3 20 Kentucky: 7-5 12 Missouri: 10-2 9 Ole Miss: 10-2 (best win) 18 Tennessee: 8-4 8 Alabama: 12-1 Overall Winning Opponent Record: 55-17 (0.764) 46.2% opponents winning teams, or 0.462, a losing schedule. 37th-ranked strength of schedule. On Liberty…the OTHER 13-0 conference champion. FSU: 36.5 Pts/Game, 8.3 Avg Yds Passing, 4.7 Avg Yds Rushing, 416.3 Yds/Game Liberty: 40.8 Pts/Game, 9.9 Avg Yds Passing, 6.1 Avg Yds Rushing, 514.9 Yds/Game Liberty also went 13-0, is ranked better offensively, and is statistically better on the field. Where’s the outrage that Liberty got snubbed? Should Liberty get in over USF? No? Because quality of wins (strength of schedule) matters so much more than FSU fans and justice warriors want to admit because it doesn’t validate their narrative. The committee got it right. The goal is to get the 4 best teams. Alabama is better than FSU. Texas is better than FSU. Georgia is better than FSU and it will be reflected in the Orange Bowl. The committee made a mess of the rankings all season long. Oregon never should have been ranked higher than Alabama and Texas. Teams performed well all season until the very end. Things didn't just "work themselves out" like the last 9 years where the committee didn't have to make tough decisions or even evaluate anything. It's certainly disheartening for FSU, but if you're honest with yourselves, Alabama and Texas are better teams that deserve to be where they were placed. I'm looking forward to the 12-team format. I've hated 4 teams all along. With that, Roll Tide! Excited to see what we do against Michigan.

Isn’t this the result of having the worst fan base in sports? College football is the most regional of the national endeavors. You can’t count on USC fans watching Syracuse vs Penn State or Alabama fans watching all the CFP games without the tide in the mix. Nobody talks about how the fan is the root of all the NCAA’s problems.

If Michigan wins, "College Football" loses, big time. When the NCAA punishes them for the cheating scandal next year... if Michigan has to vacate their title or worse next year (c'mon death penalty), or even just an asterisk... it's a huge loss for the integrity of the game. I stopped watching MLB when the Astros cheated to win the title and the commissioner said something like "who cares who wins? it's just a hunk of metal!" referring to the trophy, and then refused to punish those involved and tried to use it as leverage for a future CBA... it's like, is this even a sport? why do we even play the games then? who cares? It's now the same for college football. Why even bother playing the games? Should've had Alabama jump Texas too, so you could have a Michigan & Alabama "championship" game; get those ratings and sell t-shirts to all the alumni at some packed stadiums.

55th ranked strength of schedule and 14pt dogs for the Orange Bowl. NUFF said. Why u still ramblin?

I love the 4 chosen anyone can win this

Follow the money! Mo money w Bama n Texas. FSU just won't bring the same cash to networks n Vegas.

You're having guests on without having them first denounce antisemitism in all its forms? Kinda cringe.

I feel sorry for the Seminoles. And try being the Oregon St Beavs finding out you're replaced in bowl game by USC (worse record) because your coach left for Mich St 🤷

TCU beat michigan last year. Why wouldnt Florida state have a chance?

If Deion got hired instead of Mike Norvell, he would’ve been fired already.

True Fsu fans know that Dion is a clown show. No thanks for him being our coach😂🤣.

Guaranteed the committee thought, "We'll have to put up with some backlash for a month and then it's a 12 team playoff next year and no one will care."

Stop quoting Vegas! Vegas is wrong all the time. UNC football this year was favored by double digits three times and lost. We need to stop letting gambling be the basis of our discussion.

I can't help but wonder if I watched a different Alabama team this year than everyone else? People talk about them looking better than Florida State or something like that. They passed the eye test while FSU did not. I watched Alabama look weak pretty much all year, especially against a lot of subpar competition. 4th and 31 miracle against Auburn, desperate goal line stand against Texas A&M, squeaker against Arkansas, thumped against Texas...

"Michigan is fighting for college football." 😂 Please never change Rich. Go Blue!

What happens if Bama beats Michigan , Texas beats Washington and Florida State beats Georgia. Does that make Florida State No. 1 because they would be the only team at that point undefeated. 🤔Interesting .

Clemson grad here. No love for FSU, BUT they got dealt a serious injustice. Terrible decision, reeking with bias and an insult to the game and all sports decided on the field of play. ESPN talking heads being used as apologists for the committee was disgusting too. If FSU makes a T-shirt highlighting this travesty of Justice I will buy and wear it proudly. Even if it’s Seminole colors. Wish I could do more.

I've concluded the College Football Playoff committee is nothing more than ESPN's waterboy.

Wash should be #1, not Mee-she-ghan.

Deion can't coach know way

I don't know where this narrative that it should be the 4 best teams came from. College football is fantastic because every game matters. That's why it has the best regular season of any sport. Even if alabama wins it all and georgia beats fsu by 30, it's still the wrong decision. It robs everyone of the possibility of something magical happening.

What’s the financial analysis problem CFB hasn’t gone to an 8 team playoff? Wouldn’t the other bowl games pay to host quarterfinal games?

This is why having committees and humans ranking teams determining championships is ridiculous. Let the games and the records decide.

Deion wouldve been put in or the committee wouldve been labeled racists

FSU Got Robbed......what doesn't break you will make you Stonger.......FSU will Rock in 2024!!

Mr. Eisen - You and Stephen A. might consider polling a large number of FSU alums to see if "Neon" would ever be included on the short list of candidates for the position of Head Coach. You might be surprised by the result of the poll.

Why is nobody talking about cheating Michigan?

What if FSU gets stomped by Georgia in the Orange Bowl? The odds pickers have Georgia as a heavy favorite to win. I guess if FSU fans are so sure the Seminoles are a great team they should all plsce huge bets on FSU to win the Orange Bowl. In other words, put your money where your mouth is.

My issue is they said fsu isnt a true top 4 team......ok did u hold texas and Washington to that same standard? No just fsu in order to get the teams u wanted. To me the true top 4 teams Uga Bama Mich Osu I feel like Washington texas n fsu would all lose to those teams. Yet they only screwed 1 of them. N ur right. This all but kills the acc. Its clear theres no reason for them to be in that conf anymore

People that think FSU would've gotten blown out in the playoffs, dont know football or haven't seen FSU play.

This decision just lost me as a cfb fan. Ive been away from it for a while, more interested in the nfl, but got excited seeing the Noles turn it out this year. Started watching again and started enjoying it again. Yet, this decision shows me what a joke CFB has turned into. Back to not watching

FSU has beaten michigan every time i can remember in the post season come on now. dont be stupid.

A)I agree with Feldman B)His voice is smooth!

Nobody's gonna pee down their leg over a team that needed two last second miracles to beat Auburn! 😂

I agree with this guyyyy 😂😂😂😂

I do recall that the ACC got wrapped up in the "alliance" thing with the B1G and the PAC, which was said to be a key element in the 12-team playoff being scuttled. I bet they wish that they had this now.

I love how Rich and... hot/bad takes co-host guy think Michigan is so much better than FSU. All of the talking heads saying FSU didn't deserve a top-4 spot because their "strength of schedule" is 50th. Michigan wasn't much better, they're 47th. By the committee's logic, Michigan shouldn't be in either, let alone #1, and they should be playing FSU in the consolation bowl instead of Georgia. If it wasn't about TV ratings, rabid boosters & alumni (like Rich), star coaches, and which school has the bigger name; Michigan probably gets left out too (doubly so b/c of the cheating scandal).

7:13 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

It really is MICHIGAN VS. EVERYBODY

Rich eisen is wearing this out… damn does he want his Michigan to play BAMA?

5:35 Amen...this is maybe the best point Feldman makes here. In watching this team early on (with their incredibly inexperienced crew at QB - Milroe only had one game of starter's experience at that point filling in for Bryce Young last year in an injury scenario), I had trouble even imagining them win the SEC west, let alone beat Georgia. Over time, they won me over by continuing to improve. However, it should also be noted that the defense was the best part of this run. They kept this team in every game, and they even led Texas 16-13 before they went nuts on Bama in the 4th quarter.

Am I the only one NOT butt-hurt by this??? I'm old enough to remember when undefeated BYU was voted national champs, despite playing in the WAC and beating an unranked 6-6 Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl. Meanwhile, 10-1 Washington beat #2 ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl....IMO, both OU and UW were better teams than BYU, and if I wasn't too lazy to look up the final rankings from 1984 I'd probably find a few more teams I'd consider better than BYU that year. Records do NOT tell the whole story....if they did, then why isn't 13-0 Liberty in??? Nevermind, rhetorical question, as NOBODY thinks they are a top-four team (they played exactly zero ranked teams in the regular season, but face Oregon in a bowl; I'm not anticipating Liberty will win....)....but then, neither is FSU....ACC only had three teams in the Top 25, and only one (FSU) in the top 10. 'Bama played 5 ranked teams, including the then-#1 team in the nation, and their only loss was to the current #3 team Texas. I just don't find it an outrageous crime against humanity that 'Bama got in and FSU didn't....and I'm not a 'Bama fan. If Georgia had taken care of business, it would have been 1- UGA, 2- Michigan, 3- Washington, 4-FSU, and Texas fans would be whining.

Yes..... FSU would have beaten that Michigan team. We left competition and pursue tv money. Long time college fan don't care no more.

Vast majority of the football public doesnt want to watch an uncompetitive game. And FSU vs any of the other top 5 teams wouldn't be a good game. I dont want to watch FSU vs Georgia tbh.

Please stop it with the FSU pity party, Rich. It’s embarrassing. FSU is not one of the four best teams, they aren’t even in the top 10. They won the Mickey Mouse conference that is the ACC, nothing more.

What's funny about this, none of you would be surprised or even that upset if this was the BCS era. Florida State wouldn't make it to the championship in the BCS. And before BCS? They would just claim co championship. This whole reaction is ridiculous

There is no person in the world who thinks right now FSU would beat Alabama. Hell they would be 14 point dogs to Bama. It’s not about who is undefeated, it’s about the best 4 teams in the country playing for the championship and that is exactly what you have.

Deion might believe that but he also is a head coach hoping to get his team in the playoffs next year. He ain’t trying to piss off the CFP. Plus, he does lucrative commercials with nick saban so….