TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis took the College Football Playoff committee to task on Tuesday, slamming its decision to exclude the undefeated Florida State football team from the four-team playoff. DeSantis, speaking at a news conference to detail his proposed $114.4 billion budget for Florida, said he is asking for $1 million to let FSU sue the CFP committee even though the championship will be decided months before a budget is approved. "My first-grader, my fifth-grader and my preschooler ... they are all 'noles and they are big-time...

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., wants answers as to why Florida State University's undefeated football team failed to qualify for the four-team Division I playoffs. FSU fans have expressed outrage on social media since Sunday, when the College Football Playoff selection committee included two one-loss teams (Texas, Alabama) among its four playoff teams instead of the 13-0 Seminoles. Scott, who's running for reelection next year, wants to know why FSU became the first undefeated team from a "Power 5" conference to be denied a chance to play for the championship. The...

Tech’s last two victories came after dropping a 74-71 decision to UMass-Lowell at home and then getting throttled on the road against Cincinnati (89-54). Georgia hasn’t been hiding from competition either. This will be their fourth game against an ACC opponent. In addition to beating the Seminoles (68-66) last Wednesday, the Bulldogs defeated Wake Forest 80-77 on Nov. 10 in Athens. They lost to No. 11 Miami 79-68 on Nov. 17 in the Bahamas Championship. The Bulldogs also have close losses against Oregon and Providence. Georgia is the only power...

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is demanding answers from the NCAA College Football Playoff Committee after the Florida State Seminoles were left out of the playoffs despite an undefeated 13-0 season. "Yesterday, for the first time in its 10 year history, the College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee (the "Committee") made the shocking decision behind closed doors to exclude an undefeated, Power Five conference champion from the playoffs," Scott wrote in a letter to CFB Playoff Chairman Boo Corrigan after Florida State defeated Louisville 16-6 on Saturday to win the ACC...

Even former President Donald Trump weighed in, posting on Truth Social that FSU was “treated very badly by the committee” and then added “really bad lobbying effort. … Let’s blame DeSanctimonious.” DeSantis and Trump are currently engaged in a fight to win the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Scott on Monday sent a three-page letter to Boo Corrigan, the chair of the selection committee asking for detailed information about the process used to deny FSU a spot in the playoffs. Scott called the decision to slide FSU out of the playoffs...

Former President Trump is blaming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his bitter rival in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination, for the College Football Playoff committee’s decision to exclude Florida State’s football team from the playoffs despite its undefeated season. “Florida State was treated very badly by the ‘Committee,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. “They become the first Power Five team to be left out of the College Football Playoffs. Really bad lobbying effort…Lets blame DeSanctimonious!!!” Trump often refers to DeSantis, who was previously an ally but has...

Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) is demanding that members of the College Football Playoff committee turn over text, emails and notes related to its decision to exclude Florida State University’s undefeated football team from the college playoffs. Scott in a letter to Boo Corrigan, the chairman of the selection committee, demanded “total transparency from the committee regarding how this decision was reached and what factors may have been at play in reaching this outcome.” He argued that it was the first time in its 10-year history that the selection committee...

Politicians in the Sunshine State are bashing the College Football Playoff committee's decision to exclude the undefeated Florida State Seminoles from the four-team playoff on Sunday. The Seminoles were ranked fifth in the final standings after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference and going undefeated, behind Alabama, who went 12-1 and won the Southeastern Conference. The unprecedented decision to exclude an undefeated Power Five conference champion from the playoff was met with fierce backlash. GAVIN NEWSOM MOVES TOWARD THE MIDDLE AS WHITE HOUSE RUMORS PERSIST Rep.

Former President Trump took a swing at fellow Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday as he commented on Florida State missing out on the College Football Playoff. The former president took to Truth Social to pin the blame on the Florida governor for the Seminoles being the odd team out of the four-team field over the weekend despite finishing the season undefeated and with an ACC Championship. "Florida State was treated very badly by the ‘Committee,’ he wrote on the social media platform. "They become the first Power...

You may already know Ohio State will be taking on Missouri in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 29, but there are 42 other games to keep track of, running from Dec. 16 all the way through the national championship on Jan. 8. Fresno State vs. New Mexico State Albuquerque, New Mexico 5:45 p.m., ESPN Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion Charlotte, North Carolina (usually Nassau, Bahamas) 2:30 p.m., ESPN No. 24 SMU vs. Boston College Boston, Massachusetts 11 a.m., ESPN No. 18 NC State vs. No. 25 Kansas State Orlando, Florida...