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Johnw1104 on 03 September 2017
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HomokHarcos said:
Johnw1104 said:
Ugh

FSU losing to alabama didn't really bother me as I sorta expected it and FSU actually played quite well outside of horrendous special teams turnovers... really, the season looked bright going forward, especially as the defense was superb.

And then, in garbage time when the game was already lost, the only competent FSU QB seemed to suffer a season ending injury. Awesome.

This season lasted about 50 minutes for me haha... I always find myself questioning why I allow myself to suffer such disappointments about something that has zero impact on my life unless I allow it to, but lord knows I'll be back next Saturday to watch us limp on without a quarterback lol

It's a shame, this was a very promising season.

1 loss in college football can change a lot. It's really dumb that an injury like that would happen when the game is already decided.

I don't know much about college football. When you said that FSU have won 3 championships in your life, what is the championship they win? I've tried getting into college football because the passion is so much greater than the NFL, but it's pretty confusing to me.

Championships have changed through the years. The first FSU win was in 1993, and who gets to play in the Championship was determined by the Associated Press (they'd rank teams).

Later on FSU went to three straight and won one of them (was the late 90's), and by that time college football had switched to the BCS system, and the BCS chose what teams deserved to appear in the championship.

Finally, back in 2013 FSU won a third time, and that was the last year of the BCS. Since then it has changed to a playoff system, where a committee ranks the teams and the top 4 are placed in a two game tournament. FSU made the first one in 2014 but lost, and they've not been back since.

The Associated Press still provides rankings and they're followed for the first half of the season, but somewhere around week 7 or something the playoff committee starts issuing their own rankings, which are the only ones that actually matter as far as bowls and playoffs are concerned.

Really, FSU could have still made the playoff this year despite the opening loss if they ran the table, and they looked good enough to have a shot... but the loss of that QB has really put a damper on that. At this point they'll be lucky to put together a 3 loss season and make a major bowl game.