Florida State got screwed.
That doesn’t mean the College Football Playoff committee got it wrong, because someone was going to get screwed on Sunday afternoon when the field was revealed. In this case, it just happened to be Florida State.
Instead it’ll be No. 1 Michigan v. No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl followed by No. 2 Washington v. No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2014. It’s going to be a brilliant playoff.
The Seminoles were the fifth wheel, the fifth choice left out.
The reason they got screwed goes far beyond and far before 13 people gathered in a Grapevine, Texas hotel and decided that despite their 13-0 record, their ACC championship, their two non-conference victories over SEC opponents … they still weren’t worthy of a College Football Playoff berth.