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![Why don't Florida politicians have the same energy for FAMU’s national title as they do for FSU’s snub?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1ca93256ef47b12055c992d55462e679.jpg)
Why don't Florida politicians have the same energy for FAMU’s national title as they do for FSU’s snub?
A social media post is one thing. The launching of an investigation is another. Florida A&M University received the former from Florida politicians after winning a college football national championship. Florida State University got the latter. ...
![Jordan Travis' injury did play a role in FSU's CFP snub](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/d339eea8af9e17a3187b7434bb4a2c72.jpg)
Jordan Travis' injury did play a role in FSU's CFP snub
We didn’t believe that Florida State was worthy of the college football playoffs without starting quarterback Jordan Travis — and it appears the CFP committee also agreed with that sentiment....
![This week in football: Chiefs' act is getting so old; No Supe for Al Michaels; Tommy DeVito's stupid situation with the Giants](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/7bcf75c24684892cf50139f78a6cb61e.jpg)
This week in football: Chiefs' act is getting so old; No Supe for Al Michaels; Tommy DeVito's stupid situation with the Giants
Full disclosure, I’ve never been on board with the Kansas City Chiefs. Sure, they were, for a while, the best team in America, with a young and exciting generational talent under center and a head coach who never had to answer for anything because he wears Hawaiian shirts, has a funny mustache, and ...
![Florida officials aren't gonna let the FSU playoff snub go](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/93c2a056c53699086b18df0062787a4b.jpg)
Florida officials aren't gonna let the FSU playoff snub go
The Florida State playoff snub saga continues. ...
![This week in football: Aaron Rodgers finally sees the end; FSU boycotting the Orange Bowl?; Oregon hit with Title IX suit](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/721a36d611e232d2cfa2471406d8a5d3.jpg)
This week in football: Aaron Rodgers finally sees the end; FSU boycotting the Orange Bowl?; Oregon hit with Title IX suit
Injured New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a lot going on over this first weekend in December. He turned 40 on Saturday, then stood on the sideline Sunday and watched the Jets lose to the Atlanta Falcons while scoring eight points. That could be when it dawned on Mr. Rodgers that suiting up...
![If you're trying to reach the College Football Playoff committee...](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1ae7a4310e94e29a1313264a3ce10196.jpg)
If you're trying to reach the College Football Playoff committee...
The wrath of Florida State football fans continues to be felt after being snubbed by the College Football Playoff Committee for a shot at the National Title. ...
![How did Ron DeSantis get to be so weird?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/9bc0145a2c59cd0a01446144388332a9.jpg)
How did Ron DeSantis get to be so weird?
If you thought Ron DeSantis stumbling around debate stages in what looked like a pair of high heels, attempting and failing to resemble a human being when he smiles, and being hyper-focused on other people’s genitals is weird, wait until you find out how DeSantis wants to spend a million dollars of ...
![Farewell to college football divisions, the nostalgic blight we all loved to hate](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/80d948b3d4166cbe96ede049a95a3808.jpg)
Farewell to college football divisions, the nostalgic blight we all loved to hate
With next year’s conference realignment just around the corner, the PAC-12 isn’t the only college football institution that we’re losing. The SEC and Big 10 will do away with their East and West division format of deciding the participants in their conference championship games. ...
![The NCAA's latest NIL 'solution' is nothing but a shell game](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/8a05afa7cf807482480c6299438dfb3d.jpg)
The NCAA's latest NIL 'solution' is nothing but a shell game
College sports’ has once again ripped off its student-athlete robe and revealed its naked capitalistic body. By leaving out Florida State because its starting quarterback suffered a season-ending injury in late November, the College Football Playoff Committee showed that its goal is to put the best ...
![Tate Rodemaker was robbed of an opportunity to join the pantheon of iconic backup quarterbacks](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/037294409ff22388da82065768fda488.jpg)
Tate Rodemaker was robbed of an opportunity to join the pantheon of iconic backup quarterbacks
If anyone should be feeling the price of inflation today, it should be backup quarterbacks, whose stock just skyrocketed. Last week, Matt Rhule made headlines in his press conference by announcing that the (NIL) cost for “a good quarterback in the portal costs $1 million to $1.5 million to $2 millio...
![Ron DeSantis is not going to curry any sympathy to Florida State’s cause](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/e45d934abd715ef4be498315b32992d3.jpg)
Ron DeSantis is not going to curry any sympathy to Florida State’s cause
Far be it for me to try to think like a Floridian, but there’s no other way to understand the state’s latest misadventure with Captain Ron. Following the selection committee’s snub of Florida State for a spot in the College Football playoff, the great people of Tallahassee chose Gov. Ron DeSantis as...
![Florida State should boycott the Orange Bowl](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/b577fdd0f778f934f9c75ba295cfb9cf.jpg)
Florida State should boycott the Orange Bowl
If they’re going to shut you out, then don’t show up....
![This year’s College Football Playoff controversy is the sport at its best](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/eb6369fc77e866d1b7dc8efed99fcaf7.jpg)
This year’s College Football Playoff controversy is the sport at its best
Amidst all the outrage and taunting on Sunday, I hope everyone took the time to enjoy the rush. A reminder about college sports: the athletes are not as good as the pros. The game is not nearly as polished. What makes up for the majority of participants having no chance at becoming well-paid profess...
![The year’s CFP selection process is an omen of things to come](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/a1d4312ad9490511d3accbcc16ea9636.jpg)
The year’s CFP selection process is an omen of things to come
For those of you who think the decision facing the College Football Playoff committee is proof that expansion is needed, this is only a taste. Regardless of who gets left out of the final four, it’s going to be hilarious. Anytime you get to laugh at Alabama, Texas, or Florida State, it’s a pleasure....
![Washington is giving Pac-12 football a beautiful swan song](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/509ba3c3d731b3519f8e8e1b0b9df4e6.jpg)
Washington is giving Pac-12 football a beautiful swan song
The finality of the Pac-12 is depressing. The Washington Huskies beat the Oregon Ducks, 34-31, on Friday night, and looked like a title contender doing it. Michael Penix had his full array of receivers, with Jalen McMillan returning to grab nine balls for 131 yards. Husky running back Dillon Johnson...
![The week in the NFL, college football: Sean McDermott facing heat, Deion Sanders fools everyone, Bobby Petrino gets another chance](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/f57dbb7ecab46ea835e92bc48f1b3a50.jpg)
The week in the NFL, college football: Sean McDermott facing heat, Deion Sanders fools everyone, Bobby Petrino gets another chance
The Buffalo Bills might be the biggest disappointment of this NFL season. A supposed Super Bowl contender, as predicted by many, can barely stay alive in the wild-card race. Buffalo lost another game on Sunday in Philadelphia, which they could’ve won had their coach not folded in crunch time. Too ma...
![If all hell breaks loose on championship weekend, a Michigan/Ohio State rematch would be welcomed](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/72eae5877d413230dc1ab9b889209fc4.jpg)
If all hell breaks loose on championship weekend, a Michigan/Ohio State rematch would be welcomed
When the Big Ten signed a massive seven-year, $7 billion media rights deal with Fox, CBS, and NBC last year, ESPN was left out in the cold. But if championship weekend gets wild and Michigan and Ohio State are lucky enough to find themselves both in the College Football Playoff with the opportunity ...
![Florida State without Jordan Travis isn’t worthy of the CFP](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/feae17a8c7d5c639bf984bf08529b39d.jpg)
Florida State without Jordan Travis isn’t worthy of the CFP
The reason there’s a College Football Playoff committee, and not a CFP computer, is the BCS left fans cold, and we all love blaming computers when they fail to see things that are so obvious to humans. This year, more so than others in the past, will be cut and dry should the top four hold serve thi...
![Dear NCAA: Let James Madison play in a bowl game](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/fa0a49b539e507eb37b7cd22d59a4ac2.jpg)
Dear NCAA: Let James Madison play in a bowl game
It costs nothing to be kind. The NCAA is cruel for free....
![If Michigan is America’s team, maybe we need to look in the mirror](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/101be80d5b120617125db3ca09db68ca.jpg)
If Michigan is America’s team, maybe we need to look in the mirror
Since the Big Ten and NCAA began investigating Michigan’s culpability in former recruiting analyst Connor Stalions’ elaborate sign-stealing operation, the response from Michigan hasn’t been to deny the accusations. It’s been to deflect by claiming they weren’t aware and distract everyone with accusa...