
Schedule wasn’t the problem, it was the QB who was the source of all their best wins being out for the season in a format where only 4 teams could even get in. They would’ve 100% been in if Jordan Travis was healthy or if their backup wasn’t demonstrably fucking terrible in the last couple games before the CFP
I still think they should’ve been in just because it’s not fair for the rest of the guys (cause there were studs on that team, dudes like Keon Coleman, Jared Verse, Braden Fiske) that they too did everything right they could’ve done but were snubbed because they wouldn’t be “entertaining enough”
Ultimately it comes down to a philosophical difference: should CFP spots go to teams with the best regular season performance or the highest likelihood of winning the championship? At least personally I think with a 4-team CFP it should be the 4 most likely teams to win and with a 12-team CFP it should be the teams with the best regular seasons.
I generally agree with you, 4-team playoff is just a shitty format so I only support Bama being in over FSU in 2023 for that reason. With any future format (or even a more sensible 8 team playoff w/ no byes) FSU would’ve deserved to be in that year to get their God given right to have their ass handed to them in the first round