Florida State legend unhappy as Seminoles snubbed from CFP: 'It broke our hearts'

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Peter Boulware, a former Florida State star linebacker who won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, was unhappy with the College Football Playoff Committee’s decision to keep the undefeated Seminoles out of the field of four.

Boulware told TMZ Sports on Monday he was "shocked" and "heartbroken" after Florida State missed out. The Seminoles won the ACC Championship and finished undefeated, but the committee suggested that the season-ending injury to Jordan Travis changed the make-up of the team too much to keep them in.

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Peter Boulware of the Florida State Seminoles looks on during a game against the Virginia Cavaliers at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Scott Halleran  /Allsport)

"A Power 5 school that's undefeated never gets left out," he told the outlet. "It broke our hearts. And we were just — we were truly devastated."

Boulware added that he hoped there was a process "to make it right" so a team like Florida State doesn’t get left out in the future. However, if there was a larger field this year, the Seminoles would have been a lock.

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Players celebrate during the ACC Football Championship Game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Florida State Seminoles on December 2, 2023 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Florida State was ranked No. 5 in the final placements and will meet No. 6 Georgia in the Orange Bowl. Georgia, despite being the top team in previous CFP rankings this year,