ESPN's Paul Finebaum Supports CFP's Florida State Decision, Calls Out 'Fake Outrage' For ACC Champs
It has been nearly two weeks since the College Football Playoff committee revealed that they chose 12-1 Alabama over 13-0 Florida State for the final spot in the playoff, yet those around the sport are still outraged.
It has gotten to the point that Florida's attorney general will be investigating both the NCAA and the CFP Selection Committee in regard to whether the organizations were involved in “anti-competitive conduct" or not. The reasoning that the committee provided for leaving out the undefeated ACC champs was that they were not the same team without their injured quarterback Jordan Travis.
However, ESPN's Paul Finebaum revealed that he thinks it was the right decision on McElroy and Cubic in the Morning, and that the playoff is about the best teams not deserving. Something he thinks is being ignored.
"Really unprecedented, Greg," Finebaum said. "I understand the frustration. But the complete and total reinterpretation of what college football, and the College Football Playoff, is about, to me, has been truly astonishing."
Finebaum even went as far as to say that the outrage by fans and analysts alike isn't authentic.
"I never get too upset, or maybe upset at all, about what I read on Twitter because I realize those are just people who can't get into your show or any other show and are expressing themselves," said Finebaum. "But more from just people in the industry—people who do understand how the CFP is developed and designed—to me, it's just complete and unadulterated fake outrage."
While Finebaum feels that there is an epidemic of "fake outrage" around college football, the decision by the committee does have many worried about the direction the sport is headed, and questioning if a conference like the ACC is viewed as lesser to the SEC and Big Ten. It has also kickstarted rumors of conference realignment again.
