Debate on Florida State's Absence from Football Playoff
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00:02 Rick, you live in Florida, you're in the Sunshine State,
00:06 it should be nothing but celebration all week long, except it is not.
00:10 Isn't it interesting, Rick Hora, like you mentioned, when a team left for dead,
00:15 the underdogs rise up and actually win football games or
00:18 a contest in which they play in?
00:20 Apparently, the College Football Playoff Selection Committee does not feel
00:24 the same way as Florida State was left out of the CFP on Selection Sunday,
00:28 just a few days ago.
00:30 We saw Florida Senator Rick Scott threaten legal action and
00:34 a Senate hearing to potentially get an understanding of what the committee
00:40 thought in terms of leaving Florida State out.
00:43 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to use some of the state budget to potentially
00:49 sue or do something crazy to get Florida State into the college football playoff.
00:54 Rick, it's been a big year for litigation and college football.
00:58 Michigan threatening a lawsuit against the Big Ten for
01:01 the punishment of Jim Harbaugh.
01:03 James Madison, the Virginia Attorney General, writing to the NCAA to demand
01:07 that JMU could play and break the transition rule.
01:11 And now, any potential litigation for
01:14 Florida State to get into the college football playoff.
01:17 Rick, I think there's the idea that all of this happens for the publicity.
01:21 Is there any actual practicality behind lawsuits to get Florida State to play in
01:26 the CFP?
01:27 >> Well, no, but first of all, easy mark for the politicians, right?
01:31 Because as controversial as, let's say, Ron DeSantis might be,
01:35 there's no controversy in Florida to say we're gonna sue or
01:38 we're gonna introduce some legislation.
01:40 Corey Simon, who was an all world defensive tackle at FSU and
01:46 played for the Eagles, is now a state senator.
01:49 So he's been spouting off and talking about it.
01:51 Look, they gotta protect their constituencies.
01:54 The bottom line is these are jurors, let's say, who are locked in a room and
01:59 create their best judgment based on the criteria.
02:03 You may not like the criteria, by the way, and
02:05 I don't know if I've heard a lot of this in the last couple of days.
02:07 But you remember it says very clearly that one of the criteria is injuries to
02:12 key players.
02:13 And that may not be fair, cuz why should that be?
02:16 But if it's in black and white, like a jury system,
02:19 you lock these guys in a room, you make a decision, nobody's gonna be happy.
02:22 I can't wait till next year where number five is gonna be unhappy because they
02:25 don't get a bye.
02:26 And number 13 is gonna be unhappy cuz they don't get in.
02:29 And now what about SMU?
02:30 Why don't they sue?
02:32 Because they didn't get a power five game against Oregon.
02:34 By the way, we can never have enough lawyers, so bring it on.
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