Jordan Travis 'heartbroken' over Florida State College Football Playoff Snub: 'I thought results matter'

Florida State players, coaches and fans are all devastated after the 13-0 Seminoles were not selected to the College Football Playoff despite their incredible undefeated season and ACC title.

However, no one person felt the gut punch quite like quarterback Jordan Travis. He was a Heisman contender for most of the season and led FSU to a tremendous year before going down with a gnarly leg injury in one of the last games of the season.

Even without him, Florida State finished off the year with wins at Florida and over Louisville in the ACC title game. Yet, the ‘Noles were ultimately passed over for the playoff. To add salt to the wound, the CFP chairman, Boo Corrigan, came out and admitted that the Travis injury was a huge reason why the committee left FSU out of the field.

In wake of such news, Travis himself posted a message on Twitter expressed how torn up he is over the situation.

He tweeted: “devastated. heartbroken. In so much disbelief.”

Since Corrigan noted that Florida State just didn’t impress the committee enough without Travis, the FSU quarterback asserted that FSU would have been better off losing him earlier in the year so they could have proved how great a complete team they are.

“I wish my leg broke earlier in the season so y’all could see this team is much more than the quarterback,” he added. “I thought results matter. 13-0 and this roster matches up across any team in those top 4 rankings. I am so sorry. Go Noles!”

Tough day for ‘Noles everywhere.

Statement from FSU AD Michael Alford on CFP omission

In light of the decision Sunday morning, Florida State athletic director Michael Alford rallied to release an impassioned statement explaining what a miscarriage of justice the committee made by stranding the ‘Noles outside the College Football Playoff. You can view Alford’s full comments right here:

“The consequences of giving in to a narrative of the moment are destructive, far reaching, and permanent. Not just for Florida State, but college football as a whole.”

“The argument of whether a team is the ‘most deserving OR best’ is a false equivalence. It renders the season up to yesterday irrelevant and significantly damages the legitimacy of the College Football Playoff. The 2023 Florida State Seminoles are the epitome of a total TEAM. To eliminate them from a chance to compete for a national championship is an unwarranted injustice that shows complete disregard and disrespect for their performance and accomplishments. It is unforgiveable.”

“The fact that this team has continued to close out victories in dominant fashion facing our current quarterback situation should have ENHANCED our case to get a playoff berth EARNED on the field. Instead, the committee decided to elevate themselves and ‘make history’ today by departing from what makes this sport great by excluding an undefeated Power 5 conference champion for the first time since the advent of the BCS/CFP era that began 25 years ago. This ridiculous decision is a departure from the competitive expectations that have stood the test of time in college football.”

“Wins matter. Losses matter. Those that compete in the arena know this. Those on the committee who also competed in the sport and should have known this have forgotten it. Today, they changed the way success is assessed in college football, from a tangible metric – winning on the field – to an intangible, subjective one. Evidently, predicting the future matters more.”

“For many of us, today’s decision by the committee has forever damaged the credibility of the institution that is the College Football Playoff. And, saddest of all, it was self-inflicted. They chose predictive competitiveness over proven performance; subjectivity over fact. They have become a committee of prognosticators. They have abandoned their responsibility by discarding their purpose – to evaluate performance on the field.”

“Our players, coaches, and fans – as well as all those who love this sport – deserve better. The committee failed college football today.”