Danny Kanell dishes on CFP, Florida State snub: ‘Not a true playoff’
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Florida State being left out of the College Football Playoff is still a major topic of conversation around the sport.
The Seminoles went 13-0 during the 2023 college football season, won the ACC title, and was not selected as one of the four teams that get to compete for the national title.
The Florida State Seminoles celebrate after defeating the Louisville Cardinals in the ACC Championship at Bank of America Stadium on December 2, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)
Florida State became the first undefeated Power 5 conference champion to miss out on the CFP, which set up a massive debate among those who cover and watch the sport.
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Danny Kanell, who played quarterback at Florida State and now co-hosts a show on SiriusXM Radio, joined OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich" on Thursday and discussed the snub.
"I thought time would heal all wounds because I was p---ed off," Kanell said. "When Florida State got left out, I was p---ed off. I thought 'Bama should have been the team that was left out. I thought there should have been a debate between Texas and Alabama. It turns out, Texas was just in. They weren’t even in the discussion. It came down to Florida State and Alabama. So, I was p---ed off when I found out about it."
Kanell told Dakich of a recent celebrity golf tournament he played in where a heckler razzed him about Florida State after a missed putt, forcing him to be reminded of the snub.
"I miss a putt and it lips out. Almost goes in. Just left out," Kanell said. "And this heckler from the crowd goes, ‘Just like Florida State to