Kirk Herbstreit reaffirms stance that Florida State is not one of 'the best 4' teams

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Florida State fans will probably never get over the fact that they are not bidding for a national championship this season.

The Seminoles went 13-0 and won the ACC, but with Jordan Travis' injury, the College Football Playoff committee opted to leave them out of the final four.

Alabama's upset victory over Georgia in the SEC championship and Texas' dominant victory in the Big 12 title game was enough for the committee to decide they were better than Florida State, and/or they deserved the third and fourth seeds more.

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ESPN College Gameday host Kirk Herbstreit listens to the conversation prior to a college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Wisconsin Badgers on Sept. 25, 2021 at Solider Field in Chicago. ( Photo by Dan Sanger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

However, for Seminoles fans, the excuses will never be understandable, and Kirk Herbstreit was put to the test for sharing the opinion of the committee.

In Herbstreit's defense, though, he had this opinion even before Travis' injury. So, a user on X asked Herbstreit why he "had Bama in and FSU out" beforehand.

The analyst was blunt.

"Because Alabama is BETTER!! Period!" he replied. "So is Texas. So is Michigan. So is Washington. So is Oregon. So is Georgia…"

"If FSU doesn’t like itbis [sic] "The BEST 4" tell the conference commissioners to change the protocol to "MOST DESERVING… Don’t like it-change it."

Herbstreit then reminded the fan of when the Seminoles went to the BCS championship over Miami in 2000.

Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell before the game between the Florida Gators and the