While four teams are celebrating the opportunity to play for a national title on the field, undefeated ACC champion Florida State is on the outside, with coach Mike Norvell saying he’s “disgusted and infuriated” with the Seminoles becoming the first unbeaten Power 5 conference winner to ever miss out on the College Football Playoff.
“I am disgusted and infuriated with the committee’s decision today to have what was earned on the field taken away because a small group of people decided they knew better than the results of the games,” Norvell said in a statement. “What is the point of playing games? Do you tell players it is OK to quit if someone goes down? Do you not play a senior on Senior Day for fear of injury? Where is the motivation to schedule challenging nonconference games?
“We are not only an undefeated P5 conference champion, but we also played two P5 non-conference games away from home and won both of them. I don’t understand how we are supposed to think this is an acceptable way to evaluate a team. … What happened today goes against everything that is true and right in college football.”
Added ACC commissioner Jim Phillips: “It’s unfathomable.”