The Faculty Soccer Playoff Choice Committee sparked outrage Sunday when officers selected Alabama to be within the four-team subject over Florida State regardless of the Seminoles going unbeaten.
Former Georgia Bulldogs star quarterback Aaron Murray appeared on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” on Monday and broke down Alabama and Florida State’s bonafides.
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Mike Norvell of the Florida State Seminoles seems to be on after a sport towards the Florida Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 25, 2023 in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Photographs)
“You have got a 12-1 Alabama soccer workforce that simply gained the SEC, that beat the No. 1 workforce within the nation – that workforce had 29 straight wins, back-to-back nationwide champs,” Murray stated. “Your solely loss is to the No. 3 workforce within the nation in Texas. That’s an unimaginable argument. The one factor towards Alabama is you misplaced to Texas, who’s the No. 3 workforce within the nation. That’s a fairly strong resume.
“Florida State, what’s your resume? You went 13-0. You gained a Energy 5 Convention. What’s your destructive? Your beginning quarterback is damage. That’s so nitpicky for each these groups to not be within the dialogue for the ultimate 4 or to be within the Playoff.”
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Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide runs onto the sector throughout workforce introductions previous to the SEC Championship sport towards the Georgia Bulldogs within the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 2, 2023, in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Photographs)
Murray steered the distinction for the committee is that they’re selecting between Alabama and one other faculty. He stated it added a special degree of stress for officers making the ultimate determination.
“I feel it might be totally different, not if it was Georgia however one other workforce,” he continued. “When it’s Alabama, who has the best coach of all time, who has gained six, seven nationwide championships within the final 20 years, has been the face of school soccer, I feel that’s additionally a special stress for that committee to say this isn’t simply every other workforce that gained the SEC and we’re making an attempt to determine if we will get them in or not.”
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“That is Nick Saban. That is Alabama. That is the face of school soccer. That goes into the human aspect of making an attempt to determine who will get that No. 4 spot.”
Florida State was ranked No. 5 and can play No. 6 Georgia within the Orange Bowl.
Aaron Murray #11 of the Georgia Bulldogs throughout their sport at Memorial Stadium on August 31, 2023 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Photographs)
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No. 1 Michigan will play No. 4 Alabama and No. 2 Washington will tackle No. 3 Texas. The semifinals might be held on Jan. 1.
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