It’s been over two weeks since Florida State was snubbed of its rightful spot in the College Football Playoff.
We’ve seen media outrage, fan outrage, and even congressional outrage. Sure it won’t change the outcome, but now is the time to voice your displeasure at a flawed system. Even if the playoff is changing next year, you need to speak up.
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips made this statement following the CFP Playoff Selection.
“It’s unfathomable that Florida State, an undefeated Power Five conference champion, was left out of the College Football Playoff,” Phillips said. “Their exclusion calls into question the selection process and whether the Committee’s own guidelines were followed, including the significant importance of being an undefeated Power Five conference champion. My heart breaks for the talented FSU student-athletes and coaches and their passionate and loyal fans. Florida State deserved better. College football deserved better.”
That was a nice start, and then we’ve heard nothing from Jim Phillips.
Even if ESPN wouldn’t interview Philips, the ACC Network certainly would have. It would have been plastered everywhere, but where was Jim Phillips? There’s social media and other media outlets that would have gladly had Phillips.
We got nothing from Phillips. We rarely get anything from Phillips on almost anything.
This has been a constant refrain from this blog. Phillips may be working for the ACC, but we rarely see anything but the most obvious moves like adding SMU, Cal, and Stanford.
Given an opportunity to defend a current member school and his conference at the same time, Phillips was a no-show after the initial statement.
He just doesn’t get it.
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