Should Florida State skip the Orange Bowl?
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Honestly, blow the entire bowl system up. Conferences aren't sacred. Rivalries aren't sacred. Why should bowls be?
I 100% get why Florida State wouldn't want to play the game and I don't blame them.
I 100% get why Florida State wouldn't want to play the game and I don't blame them.
Why would you say no? Win it and it's still money.
I tend to think that the best course of action would be to try to beat Georgia handily and then pull a 2004 Auburn and declare yourselves national champs.
The problem with that is FSU is very much a stars and scrubs team and if the stars sit out the game like it looks like they're doing, you might get beat by 30.
So maybe it's better for the program to protest the game rather than show up without it's best players.
I get the anger but if I'm a player I'd still want to play another game and go out with a huge bowl win against a program like Georgia
To me it's probably more of a boycott that they should be in the CFP rather than a bowl game. Additionally, they seem to be having Texas tantrums in preparation for their move out of the ACC.
I voted that they should skip...but in reality it should be a great experience for the players...which is what really matters!
Does the money still get paid out to the conference? Does FSU still get their cut if they don’t play? Always get the bag, pride doesn’t pay ****.
The only reason I would say play is because if they somehow beat Georgia they have such a better argument for why the committee are a bunch of cowards.
I voted no because they would get stomped if they played and will end up proving the committee right.
I voted no because they would get stomped if they played and will end up proving the committee right.
That would be the biggest “take my ball and go home” loser move of all time. Nothing like quitting in the face of adversity.
Quit being crybabies and play the damn game. Sorry, I do not find FSU to be a sympathetic figure in this at all. They are actively trying to blow up their own conference to join the SEC. Got screwed by a culture they helped create.
Is this maybe more to do that the Orange Bowl is not going to be the main topic of conversation and they don't want those optics? Not very good PR when all anyone will want to talk about is CFP.
I mean, they're doing that in response to everything the big 10 and SEC have done.
If those 2 were still what they were 15 years ago before all the raiding, there's probably no reason for FSU to leave. They want to leave because they saw exactly this kind of thing coming.
If the ACC can put another team in to that game, they'd probably get the money. But if FSU backs out and the ACC doesn't select another member to represent the conference, I could see the ACC losing on that money since I'd assume they'd be in breach of their contract with the Orange Bowl. Of course, back filling the spot would be a major shift in their bowl game lineups after matches have already been announced.
Yep, and they aren't going to sway public opinion or force the reinvention of a self serving system here.
The ACC is the one who started all this by raiding and blowing up the Big East in the early 2000s. Kind of ironic.
As the plot goes, they show up enjoy the week get their swag and then without notice refuse to take the field. It's the ultimate go **** yourself.
Wouldn't blame them one bit. This all shook out this way to make ESPN more money. ESPN broadcasts the Orange Bowl. Stick them with some ****** off advertisers and pull out.
