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Ten Piece Nuggies for FSU.

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There are nuggies (remember them in high school?) and there are nuggets.  Florida State University’s football team got a nuggie from the NCAA Playoff Committee Sunday.  Ten nuggets follow pointing out the hypocrisy of it all.

  1.  The committee proved that the phrase “winning isn’t everything” is correct.  FSU, a Power Five conference champion beat everyone they played.  They are 13-0.  Bama and Texas have one loss each.  FSU is on the outside looking in.
  2.  Did the committee prove that the phrase “follow the money” is also correct?   One current Big 10 team and one soon to join it joined one current SEC team and one soon to join.  What’s the commonality?  TV money.
  3. While the ACC is stuck in its media rights deal with ESPN until 2036, the Big Ten and SEC will have new TV contracts beginning in 2023 and 2024, where each school in the respective conferences will earn $67 and $51 million per year.   Each ACC school is only making $23.3 million.  Marketing experts call it brand building.   CEOs call it ROI.
  4. The most outrageous part of it all is the subjectivity.  The committee decided that FSU going forward without its start starting QB wasn’t as good enough as the team was with him.  Funny, though, they kept FSU in the top four every week after the injury until this past Sunday.  What changed?
  5.  Meanwhile, Georgia was ranked number one every week for the past six or so.  But then they lost to Alabama.  So were they number one when they were ranked by the esteemed committee as number one?  The answer, not the beauty of this, lies in the eyes of the beholder.
  6. Now Georgia is sixth.  They lost one game only to now  #4 Bama.  Was it because their schedule otherwise was weak?  If so, how were they number one over Washington before the loss to begin with?
  7.  The beauty of a team sport is that some faction of a very successful team will always pick up another piece.  When Jordan Travis went down has the FSU defense stepped up?  It has.  Holding high-powered Louisville to six points with it supposedly all on the line was impressive.
  8. But there is no way FSU could beat Michigan without Travis, correct?  That’s just like there’s no way #8 Bama could beat #1 Georgia, correct?
  9. Can you imagine Roger Goodell stepping up to a podium announcing the NFL playoff team contests and leaving Philadelphia out because Jalen Hurts got hurt?
  10. Next year the playoffs expand to 12 in total.  This ensures that the committee will get about 9 right.  That’s seventy-five percent, the same as 3 out of 4.  That’s how many they got right this year.

In case you don’t remember.

What does it mean to give someone a nuggie?
It’s a light blow or jab, usually to a person’s head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank.

Comment section

 

  • This year’s ranking process is like a satanic verse. Not even the “Witches of Eastwick “ could do worse. And if you look back at the trail of comments from ESPN talking heads, the outcome was predetermined. The payables department at ESPN wasn’t going to write more checks if 2022/23 repeated itself.

    Does anyone remember the TCU ratings disaster? Well, the ad departments do. And the committee resembles worn out special teams coaches and lobbyists for Lindsey Graham.

    And to call Louisville high-powered in any way is like admitting you drive a Nissan Leaf.

    • It came down to a Smart Car and a Leaf. Being nature oriented the smart decision on a car became clear.

  • They all voted for a flawed system, then scratch their collective heads when the resulting decisions are flawed.

  • Here’s the Bigger deal. If the accounting firms of DEWEY CHEATUM and HOWE did an audit of the all the top 100 university athletic departments, how many would be declared insolvent?

    I’m going to humbly predict that 50% or more are in debt to their navel and have no way to get out. The situation will be a dire one in less than 3 years and it’s going to look like a collection of a few conferences streaming pay per view audiences.

    I’m convinced that the pro leagues will own the college sports properties soon.

    • BBR can confirm that the SEC has reached out to the NFL to effectively be their minor league for a price not yet determined.

      50% in debt would mean 50% not. The 50% not are more than likely power five and bigger enrollment non power five schools. That would sound about right to us.

  • Let’s face it BAMA is always the most deserving of all college teams all of the time.

    So important are they that they have their own officiating team. They are called the SEC.

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