Ty Burton

[William Pieroni @WilliamPieroni]

Forever grateful ❤️🤍

[Ryan @Ryanmcc_9]

They’re slowly taking away the second amendment I see

[Kimani Vidal @kimanividal]

2-8 out! 👑

[Brick Suit @Brick_Suit]

@Harvard That is NOT what President Gay said and you know it.
Do you really think your alumni and donors will fall for your gaslighting?

[Ty Burton @tyburton_]

@finebaum inviting callers on to talk about FSU/UA, then calling them names and interrupting them, and refusing to acknowledge that your own network is benefitting by the SEC making CFP is impeccably childish. This is an ESPN money grab and you’re involved. Admit it and grow up.

[Plant The Spear @Plantthespear1]

I'm not trying to go all tinfoil hat here... I'm just presenting some thoughts and information that I find interesting 🤔

In case you weren't aware, ESPN has a 3 BILLION dollar media rights deal with the SEC that goes into effect in 2024. Keeping that in mind.

FSU was still ranked #4 after the UF game. After Jordan's injury. After the offense didn't look great, but UGA (the SEC) was still in. Had UGA won, FSU probably doesn't fall to #5, and we never have this conversation.

However, beating a top 15 team the following week got FSU dropped to #5 because the offense was being judged by a QB's performance who wasn't even going to be the starter in the playoffs. Still, the offense only put up 5 less yards than they did against UF with a true freshman QB against a higher ranked defense.

That "bad" offense put up more yards than #1 Michigan did in the B1G CG. More points than #2 Washington scored on AZ State's 109th ranked scoring defense in late October with a Heisman finalist at QB. They won by a larger margin than Texas did over 5-7 TCU and the same margin as they did against 7-5 ISU in the month of November, with their starting QB. They didn't need a hailmary to beat beat a 6-6 team that got blown out by NM St the week before, like Alabama.

Those games didn't define those teams, but FSU's did. Not the championship level defense they played with. The one that held the #1 offense in the country to 17 non-garbage time points. The same one that Bama gave up 28 to at home with Daniels knocked out of the game in the 4th quarter. That performance was too far in the rear view mirror for FSU, but not Texas' win over Bama that happened 1 week later. That was also against a Bama team that benched their current QB, struggled against USF, and then benched another QB. If FSU is a "different team" now, is it not possible that Bama was a different team back then? FSU's defense would have also gotten a 6'5 - 330 lb 4-star transfer DT back for the playoffs, too.

Never mind the SEC's 7-9 OOC record or the 4-6 record vs. the ACC. Never mind that FSU beat a higher ranked team than Texas in the conference championship game with a true freshman, making his first start at QB.

Coincidence or not, this move also happened to be during the same week that the SEC would have theoretically knocked itself out of the playoffs when Bama upset UGA. Uh oh! 😳 And they still left FSU ranked over UGA. So, the committee believes that after beating a worse team than FSU by 3 points in a neutral site that Bama was so good, they deserved to jump 4 spots and pass FSU. Also, the AP & Coaches poll has FSU in the top 4.

So what happens? They dropped an undefeated P5 champion out of the playoffs for the first time ever and put in two 1-loss teams instead. One of those is a current SEC power brand, and the other will be an SEC team in 2024 when the media deal goes into effect.

Oh, and both playoff games are broadcast on ESPN, btw. Yes, the ACC is an ESPN property, but they don't have nearly the money invested in that ACC as they do the SEC. It's no secret that ESPN's numbers have been dwindling and their parent company is losing money. What better way to create excitement for the SEC and boost the return on your investment! Especially when the team getting left out openly bashed an ESPN owned property for revenue issues and was open to joining a conference run by their largest competitor. As much as we love college football, it is a business, and companies only care about 1 thing.💰

I'm not saying that I've cracked some secret code. I'm just sharing my thoughts on this situation because, honestly, it sounds as plausible as any other scenario that tries to justify FSU getting screwed.

And before you say it was the 55th SOS, Oregon's was 52nd, and they would have gotten in with a win. Before you say they didn't want to see FSU get beat badly in the playoffs, 70% of games in the CFP era have been decided by at least 3 scores. Just food for thought... Go Noles!

[FSU Plays Daily @FSUplays]

In the past month all 4 playoff teams have had 1 score games against really bad football teams.

FSU has played 2 games without Jordan Travis and they won them both by 2 scores.

The narrative that Florida State had “no chance” in the playoff is absolutely fucking insane.

[College Football Report @CFBReport]

Florida State did exactly what Alabama did.

They went out of their way to schedule a Top 5 opponent (SEC School | LSU) and play them on a neutral.

Florida State waxed said LSU team 45-24.

Florida State is 13-0 & ACC Champs.

Florida State has wins over AP

#5 LSU (45-24)
#16 Duke (38-20)
#15 Louisville (16-6)

I get it, Jordan Travis is out… These players deserve a shot at a National Championship whether you think they do or not. The entire team isn’t Jordan Travis. I repeat, these players AND coaches are OWED a shot.

It’s why you PLAY THE GAMES.

[Dayne Young @dayneyoung]

Committee: “We have to leave FSU out because of their different level of QB late in the season.”

QB stats for the final three games:

Florida State: 441 total yards, 3 TDs

Michigan: 436 total yards, 1 TD

[CFB Home @CFBHome]

Should Jordan Travis get a Heisman invite?

He's so good, he kept a perfect team out of the playoffs.

[Colton Denning @Dubsco]

No beers anywhere. Broken system

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Troy RB Kimani Vidal ran for 233 yards and had 5 TD in the Sun Belt Conference Championship.

He is the 1st player in FBS history to rush for 5 TD in a conference title game.

[Barstool UNLV @rebsbarstool]

Are we just gonna ignore this?!?!

[Troy Trojans Football 8x⚔️ @TroyTrojansFB]

𝙎𝙐𝙉 𝘽𝙀𝙇𝙏 𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍

Congrats @kimanividal on becoming Troy's first @SunBelt Offensive Player of the Year since 2009

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Pretty wild story: New #Saints punter Lou Hedley is from Australia, and is a 30 year old undrafted rookie.

He owned a tattoo shop in Bali, Indonesia and worked as a scaffolder, via @MikeTriplett

He then pursued his dream and started punting at City College in San Francisco and then in the University of Miami.

Talk about making never giving up 💯👏

[Pick Six Previews @PickSixPreviews]

2023 Playoff Prediction

1 GEORGIA
2 MICHIGAN
3 FLORIDA STATE
4 OHIO STATE

“Most Accurate College Football Preview” since 2012

📝 Full Preview Magazine (both Digital & Hard Copy) on sale now: https://t.co/W0FI0yH02e

[CFB Home @CFBHome]

And the winner of the Best FBS Helmet Bracket is Florida State🍢

Our next bracket will be the Top 64 QBs on @ESPN_BillC's top 75 QBs of the 2000s

Lot of debate on that list, so let's so how it holds up in a bracket.

[Everything Georgia @GAFollowers]

How is Michael Vick's jersey not retired?

[PFF College @PFF_College]

Highest graded returning Quarterbacks

[Arizona Cardinals @AZCardinals]

New to the desert 🌵

Welcome to the #BirdGang @Bj_O9