the College Football Playoff (CFP) should not happen unless Michigan is replaced by Florida State

    This past Saturday, I took a break from my hectic spoof presidential campaign to watch some of the Southeastern Conference Championship game, where the 11-1 (after a few narrow escapes) Alabama Crimson Tide barely squeaked,  27-24, by the #1 ranked 12-0 Georgia Bulldogs, after the 12-0 Washington Huskies had barely squeaked, by 3 points, for the second time, past the 11-1 Oregon Ducks in the Pacific Coast Conference Championship game.

    Also on Saturday, the 11-1 Texas Longhorns, who had out-muscled Alabama, 34-24, in the opening game of the season in Tuscaloosa, blew out the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 49-21, in the Big 12 Conference Championship. While the 12-0 Michigan Wolverines blanked the 10-2 Iowa Hawkeyes, 26-0.

    Saturday night, I watched the 12-0 Florida State Seminoles, without their lost-for-the season superstar quarterback, out-defense the 10-2 Louisville Cardinals, 16-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game.

    That left 12-1 Texas and 12-1 Alabama and 13-0 Florida State competing for the two remaining places in the CFP tournament for the national championship.

    Sunday morning I watched on TV the CFP selection committee pick Texas and Alabama to join Michigan and Washington in the playoff tournament. In the first round, Alabama will play Michigan and Texas will play Washington.

    This morning, I posted this on Facebook and got a few nibbles.

Sloan Bashinsky

I read online yesterday, that when the Michigan team and its coaches learned Alabama had been selected over Florida State, there was “Oh” response. As in, they had hoped to play Florida State in the semi-final game. 
What I cannot wrap my mind around is Florida State, Washington, Texas and Alabama’s coaches, athletic directors and presidents did not, and still don’t, raise bloody hell about Michigan being allowed into the playoff after it was judged by the Big 10 to be guilty of stealing other teams' signals, and its head coach was suspended for three games (but not the conference playoff game against Ohio State). What kind of signal did that send to every power-5 college?

I think Alabama, Texas and Washington should tell the CPF selection committee, if they don’t remove Michigan and add Florida State, there won’t be a playoff. If Alabama, Texas and Washington don’t do that, they are accomplices after the fact.

South Alabama Elizabeth

My husband has been having words about that.

Sloan Bashinsky

I dunno, Eliza, maybe them coaches, ADs, presidents and selection committee members need to have a SIGNAL you once wrote swam up their hind ends where their heads already swam?:-)

Sloan Bashinsky
Ahem -

All want the security of the well fed pig.

Horror at the baseness unrecognized.

A lifetime spent in shirt stuffing.

And pen comparison.

Is truth more palatable when honeyed?

Is a stark soulscape less so with the eyes of Monet? 

May my affectations always be understood.

Sloan Bashinsky

Meanwhile, from Joe Goodman’s article in Al.com:

Before we get into the nasty business of Florida State dropping from No.4 to No.5 in the rankings despite a brilliant win against Louisville in the ACC title game, an even bigger disgrace by the College Football Playoff committee probably first needs to be addressed.

I’m talking about the no-good, dirty-rotten-scoundrel Michigan Wolverines, God bless’m.

Michigan, which won the Big Ten title game on Saturday against Iowa, is lucky to be included in the College Football Playoff at all after the sign-stealing scandal that led to coach Jim Harbaugh being suspended for three games. Michigan shouldn’t even be allowed to compete for a national championship this season, but the morally bereft CFP selection committee chose to turn its head to all that and ignore the fact that the Wolverines gained advantages in games this season by cheating.

So, not only did the CFP tell everyone that it’s OK to cheat by selecting Michigan, the selection committee also ranked Michigan No.1 because of its impressive defense. That leads me to the committee’s laughably corrupt omission of Florida State. Florida State’s defense was better than Michigan’s this season, and FSU didn’t even know what plays were coming.

Don’t take my word for it, though. Just ask the guy who’s probably going to win the Heisman Trophy. He’ll tell you all about it.

LSU’s Jayden Daniels had a great season. Had better numbers than Joe Burrow, or at least that’s what people are saying. Daniels looked pretty ordinary against the Noles, though. In LSU’s 45-24 blowout loss to FSU to begin the season, Daniels was lucky to get out of Orlando without an injury. Daniels had one passing touchdown to one interception in the game and was sacked four times. The Tigers only scored seven points in the second half and would have lost the game no matter who was at quarterback for FSU.

Sloan Bashinsky

Here’s what I wrote in an email to Goodman:

I wonder if you or an AI will get this?

I love your Florida State got the shaft article. Instead of being put into the sports Guantanamo, the Wolverines and their coach got coronated top of the immoral totem pole. I think the head coaches, ADs and presidents of the three schools that got on the totem pole should tell the selection committee, if they don’t remove Michigan and add Florida State, there won’t be a playoff.

Ciao,

Sloan Bashinsky (It bounced back)

Elana 

Thought it was Michigan State.

Sloan Bashinsky

It was Michigan. See my comment above to Eliza re Joe Goodman’s thoughts about it in his article.

Tom

Says: keep doing what you’re doing but don’t get caught!!

Sloan Bashinsky

I think it says, the playoff selection committee will take you even if you get caught.

sloanbashinsky@yahoo.com