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Florida State Considering Raising Banner If Undefeated Season Continues

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Florida State could further defy the institution of college football if they end their season undefeated. Players have admitted to serious discussions about raising a national championship banner if they end the season as the only undefeated Power 5 champion. “It’s only right. Nothing else needs to be said if we’re the only undefeated team,” linebacker Kalen DeLoach told ESPN. There are just two other undefeated Power 5 champions, with Michigan and Washington both playing in the College Football Playoff.

However, the team also stressed that they were strictly focused on their upcoming Orange Bowl matchup with Georgia. “The Orange Bowl is an awesome bowl, one of the best in the country, and we have a great opportunity in front of us playing Georgia. It’s still a big game for us, and we’re taking it serious. We’re focused on the guys we have here to help us win the game,” quarterback Brock Glenn said.

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Florida State Short-Handed Against Georgia

Finishing 14-0 would be a great testament to Florida State’s tenacity given the short-handedness they have been burdened with heading into the Georgia matchup. A quarterback is the aforementioned Glenn. Glenn began the year as the third-string quarterback but will make his second career start following the ACC championship game. QB1 Jordan Travis remains sidelined with a broken leg. Meanwhile, second-stringer Tate Rodemaker announced he would be skipping the game to enter the transfer portal. Several other players have announced that they will skip the game, either to focus on the NFL Draft or enter the portal. Overall, nearly 20 players will be unavailable for the Seminoles.

Meanwhile, Georgia will be looking to bounce back from the loss that ended their title defense and arguably led to Florida State’s snub. Furthermore, despite nearly 20 Bulldogs either transferring or draft declaring, head coach Kirby Smart has said the team will largely be a full strength besides injuries. “Right now we’ve got our guys that are healthy playing. Guys that are completely healthy and cleared to play, they’ve all said they’re going to play. They’ve been practicing, doing everything. We do have guys dinged up and injured that have been trying to fight their way back. We’ll see if they can go or not in the game,” Smart said.

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Florida State Announces Lawsuit Against ACC

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Florida State has announced that it is suing the ACC to challenge the conference’s “grant of rights” and the prohibitive $130M withdrawal fee imposed on members. “I believe this board has been left no choice but to challenge the legitimacy of the ACC grant of rights and its severe withdrawal penalties. None of us like being in this position. However, I believe that we have exhausted all possible remedies within the conference and we must do what we believe is best for Florida State not only in the short term but in the long term,” board chair Peter Collins said in a statement.

The move thrusts the Seminoles, and the ACC, into uncharted waters. The ACC has previously described its grant of rights as “ironclad” and no school has ever challenged it. Upon receiving word of the lawsuit, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips lamented Florida State’s decision. “Florida State’s decision to file action against the Conference is in direct conflict with their longstanding obligations. This is a clear violation of their legal commitments to the other members of the Conference. All ACC members, including Florida State, willingly and knowingly re-signed the current Grant of Rights in 2016, which is wholly enforceable and binding through 2036. Each university has benefited from this agreement, receiving millions of dollars in revenue and neither Florida State nor any other institution, has ever challenged its legitimacy,” Phillips said.

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Why Is Florida State Suing The ACC?

The Seminoles has spent the last year growing increasingly vocal about their discontent with the ACC. Revenue gaps, revenue distribution, and the conference’s overall standing in college athletics have all been raised as issues. However, the tipping point was the school’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles were left out in favor of Alabama. Furthermore, the primary reason given was that the SEC is a stronger conference than the ACC.

At the state level, Florida has bristled at the exclusion. Governor Ron DeSantis asked the state legislature for $1 million in their new budget. The intention is to use the money to sue the NCAA for excluding Florida State from the College Football Playoff. Furthermore, the state AG Ashley Moody also launched an investigation into the CFP committee. “I’m a lifelong Gator, but I’m also the Florida attorney general, and I know injustice when I see it. My office is launching an investigation to examine if the committee was involved in any anticompetitive conduct,” Moody said in a video filmed on Florida State’s campus.

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Florida State Calls Special Board Meeting In Wake Of CFP Snub

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Florida State’s board of trustees will meet for a special meeting tomorrow morning. While no formal topic was announced for the meeting, sources told ESPN that the topic at hand will be the school’s long-term athletic future. This will likely include a discussion to whether challenge the ACC’s “grant of rights”, potentially allowing Florida State to join another athletic conference.

Under the ACC’s “grant of rights”, schools are locked into the conference until the expiration of their media deal with ESPN in 2036. However, Florida State has spent the last year growing increasingly vocal about their discontent. Revenue gaps, revenue distribution, and the conference’s overall standing in college athletics have all been raised as issues. However, the tipping point was Florida State’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles were left out in favor of Alabama, with the primary reason being that the SEC is a stronger conference than the ACC.

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Ron DeSantis Threatens To Sue The NCAA Over Florida State Snub

Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis asked the Florida state legislature for $1 million in their new budget. The intention is to use the money to sue the NCAA for excluding Florida State from the College Football Playoff. “My first-grader, my fifth-grader, and my preschooler – they are all Noles. They are big-time fans and they do the tomahawk chop and they were not happy. We are going to set aside $1 million and let the chips fall where they may,” DeSantis told the chamber. However, it’s largely a symbolic gesture. The college football season will be decided long before the budget is ratified.

Furthermore, the state AG Ashley Moody also launched an investigation into the CFP committee. “I’m a lifelong Gator, but I’m also the Florida attorney general, and I know injustice when I see it. No rational person or college football fan can look at this situation and not question the result. The NCAA, conferences and the College Football Playoff committee are subject to antitrust laws. My office is launching an investigation to examine if the committee was involved in any anticompetitive conduct. As it stands, the committee’s decision reeks of partiality, so we are demanding answers — not only for FSU, but for all schools, teams and fans of college football. In Florida, merit matters. If it’s attention they were looking for, the committee certainly has our attention now,” Moody said in a video filmed at Florida State’s stadium.

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Ron DeSantis Threatens To Sue NCAA Over Florida State’s CFP Exclusion

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Ron DeSantis has asked the Florida state legislature for $1 million in their new budget to sue the NCAA for excluding Florida State from the College Football Playoff. “My first-grader, my fifth-grader, and my preschooler – they are all Noles. They are big-time fans and they do the tomahawk chop and they were not happy. We are going to set aside $1 million and let the chips fall where they may,” DeSantis told the chamber. However, it’s largely a symbolic gesture. The college football season will be decided long before the budget is ratified.

The 13-0 Seminoles were excluded from the College Football Playoff, becoming the first undefeated Power 5 champion not to make the four-team playoff. 12-1 Alabama and 12-1 Texas, champions of the SEC and Big 12 respectively, made the playoff alongside undefeated Michigan and Washington. Head coach Mike Norvell said he was “disgusted” with the decision. However, the CFP committee pointed to the loss of both the Noles’ first- and second-string quarterbacks as their deciding factor.

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DeSantis Continues To Tank On the National Stage

DeSantis’ refocusing on Florida comes as his presidential hopes look more and more futile. According to polling data from FiveThirtyEight, DeSantis remains a distant second in Republican primaries. However, he is still nearly 50 points behind Donald Trump. Furthermore, Nikki Haley has been steadily gaining on DeSantis. If current trends continue, DeSantis may fall into third place in the run-up to the Iowa Caucus.

Furthermore, DeSantis cannot run for governor again in 2026 due to term limits. However, it’s clear that the firebrand politician is eager to see out his term overseeing the GOP EPCOT that he has turned the state into. Much like how Walt Disney, the founder of DeSantis’ biggest foe, created EPCOT as a vision of a “model future”, DeSantis has attempted to turn Florida into a vision of a GOP future on the state level. Sweeping control over education an healthcare access has DeSantis showcasing what a GOP supermajority can achieve. However, it is becoming more and more unlikely that he will be able to project that vision onto the national stage.

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Florida State “Disgusted” By CFP Snub Despite Undefeated Season

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Florida State head coach Mike Norvell said he was “disgusted” after the undefeated Seminoles finished fifth in the College Football Playoff rankings. “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?” Norvell said. It’s the first time in the history of the CFP that an undefeated conference champion didn’t make the playoffs.

Furthermore, the committee’s decision meant that the 13-0 Seminoles were left out of the four-team playoff in favor of two one-loss teams. Texas (No. 3) and Alabama (No. 4) both made the cut as one-loss conference champions. It is was ta spate of late-season injuries at quarterback that cost Florida State their place in the last four-team playoff. Instead, the Seminoles will play Georgia in the Orange Bowl on Christmas Eve. Georgia lost the SEC Championship to Alabama.

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Michigan Headlines CFP Bracket

Just four teams remain in contention for the college football National Championship. They are headlined by Michigan, the Big 10’s undefeated powerhouse. Sign-stealing allegations aside, Michigan has been a monster this season and boasts the best defense in the nation. They face Alabama, who leapt into the top-four after knocking off Georgia. The Crimson Tide looked dead in the water after their Week Two loss to Texas. However, they bounced back to rattle off eleven consecutive wins and now appear in their eighth CFP bracket.

Meanwhile, Washington completed an undefeated season to become the first Pac-12 team since 2016 to reach the CFP bracket. Ironically, they achieved it in the final season of the Pac-12 as we know it. While Washington’s defense has been shaky at times, they are led by Heisman contender Michael Penix Jr at quarterback. They face Texas, who routed Oklahoma State in the Longhorns‘ final Big 12 game. Texas enter as a one-loss champion, having fallen to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry earlier in the season. Despite the hype around Arch Manning, it has been returning QB Quinn Ewers who has helped steer Texas to their first CFP appearance.

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Antonio Brown Gives Pants And Phone To Random Florida State Student

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Earlier this week, Antonio Brown was at Florida State. He was seen partying with members of the Theta Chi fraternity, including performing some of his music with them. The video of that link-up, posted by Brown himself, included the cryptic phrase “Catch the Energy”, which Brown has been utilizing for the past few days. However, new footage from that party shows Brown engaging in some more typical Antonio Brown behavior.

In one video uploaded by a party attendee, a mostly naked Brown is seen throwing his pants to a student. The student then reveals that because of this, he is now in possession of not only Brown’s pants but also his phone. The short video shows the student scrolling through Brown’s notifications and trying a few passcodes on his lock screen. It’s unclear if Brown later retook possession of his phone. Brown himself later tweeted “Where my 📱 @.”

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Brown Clarifies “CTE” Comments

All of this comes during the same week that Brown made some bizarre claims. Earlier this week, Brown appeared to claim that he had CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy). Commonly found in contact sports athletes, CTE is a degenerative neurological disease caused by repetitive head trauma. However, Brown has now clarified what he meant by CTE. In a tweet late on September 6, Brown said “C.atch T.he E.nergy CTE!!!!” No one is quite sure what the phrase means, but Brown is certainly using it.

Furthermore, Brown may also be eager to deflect from the stories coming out about his tenure as owner of the Arena Football team, the Albany Empire. According to wide receiver Darius Prince, the players confronted Brown after he ordered a tribute to a former player be deleted from social media. After things got heated, Brown reportedly asked his assistant to go get a firearm from Brown’s car. “After he said that, things did calm down, and we had a conversation. But the fact is that he threatened us by telling his assistant to grab his AR.”

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Florida State Basketball Coach Wants March Madness Doubled

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The NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, colloquially known as March Madness, began in 1939 as an eight-team men’s tournament. This was expanded to 16 teams in 1951 before fluctuating between 22 and 25 teams from 1953 to 1975. It expanded to 32 teams in 1975 and slowly increased the number of attendees until hitting 64 in 1985. The tournament as we know it today, with 68 total teams, was implemented in 2012. The women’s tournament began in 1982 and hit the 68-team mark in 2022.

However, there have long been calls to increase the field further. As the parity of college basketball grows, more and more “worthy” teams are left out come Selection Sunday. This has led to the rise of secondary tournaments such as the NIT and CBI. However, one coach has put forward a radical proposal during his conference meetings.

Hamilton Wants 136-Team Tournament

CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 25: Head coach Leonard Hamilton of the Florida State Seminoles reacts during the second half of the game against the Miami (Fl) Hurricanes at Watsco Center on February 25, 2023 in Coral Gables, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Leonard Hamilton has coached the Florida State men’s basketball team since 2002. While never a major ACC contender, Hamilton has led to two Sweet 16s and an Elite Eight. However, 2022/23 was a down year, as the team finished 9-23 and 12th in the conference. But at the ACC Coaches meeting this week, Hamilton put forward a radical proposal to double the size of March Madness.”I believe the NCAA tournament is the greatest sporting event in the world. It captivates everybody’s imagination for about three weeks,” Hamilton said. “Parity has set in. I might be a little ridiculous when I make this comment, but I think you could double it.”

Doubling March Madness would equate to 128 teams in the final bracket, plus an eight-team preliminary tournament a la the “first four”. If this model was applied to the 2023 tournament, that would mean that, according to the NET rankings system, it would include teams such as Stephen F. Austin (16-13). The prevailing opinion among pro-expansion proponents is that the optimal number to expand to is 96. That would have set the benchmark of the 2022/23 tournament as Stanford (14-19). In the women’s tournament, 128 teams would be capped at Temple (11-18) while 96 teams would be capped at Tulane (17-14). What do you think about doubling March Madness? Let us know in the comments below.

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