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Posted On November 8, 2014By Ascher RobbinsIn Sports, Sports Takes

College Football Playoff: Better, but Still Flawed

With just over a month left to play in the 2014 NCAA football season, one thing is becoming abundantly clear: even with the switch from the dreaded BCS to a 4-team playoff system, there is an overwhelmingly good chance that there will be all sorts of controversy over whether the four best teams in America actually make college football’s new Final Four. As things currently stand, the four teams that would vie for the National Championship would be Mississippi State (obviously), Florida State (obviously), Auburn (okay…), and Oregon (ummm). LeftRead More
The final installment of the BCS National Championship Game could shape up to be one of the best, largely because it’s got everything you want in a great sports setting: two schools with championship pedigrees. Jimbo Fisher’s Florida State Seminoles were ranked 11th in the preseason before climbing into the top-5 in week eight and eventually overtaking Alabama (thanks to Auburn) for the top spot in week 15. The Auburn Tigers, coached by Coach of the Year Winner Gus Malzahn, could theoretically be viewed as the underdog, if it weren’tRead More
At the time I’m writing this, Florida State is currently a consensus -10 favorite, and the O/U is at 68. This post will reflect those numbers. -Florida State Seminoles vs. Auburn Tigers- Well, here we are. The final chapter of the 2013-14 college football season and the final chapter of the much maligned BCS system. Let’s just take a second and thank whatever deities we believe in that we don’t have to watch Florida State take on Ohio State, after seeing them fall to Clemson…cause we all remember how thatRead More