In today’s Fact or Fiction, I look at three big recent topics in college football and decide whether the statement is indeed FACT or if it’s FICTION.
1. Florida State should boycott the Orange Bowl.
Farrell’s take: FACT
Why not? Yes, the players deserve a bowl game and to finish the season, but college football has clearly forgotten the players in all of this, and why should anyone make a cent off the Seminoles being relegated to an exhibition game against UGA instead of the college football playoff? They got screwed, and they should screw the NCAA and committee back by saying no thanks and watch them lose millions.
2. Collin Klein is making a lateral move.
Farrell’s take: FICTION
People love to make fun of Texas A&M as a mid program, and so do I, since they’ve never really won anything. But for a coach like Klein, it’s a move up as the OC of the Aggies over Kansas State, where he was a star. Why? Recruiting territory, NIL, talent, and the like. He can work with better players against better players in the SEC and has more resources. Some like to call this a lateral move, but they are wrong.
3. Brian Kelly is right.
Farrell’s take: FACT
Kelly’s LSU team played Florida State and Alabama this season, so listening to what he has to say about the snub of the Seminoles is interesting. And he’s right…
BK knows what conference he’s in
— Mike Farrell (@mfarrellsports) December 5, 2023
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Kelly’s main point is that the FSU team that beat LSU with Jordan Travis at QB is different than the one we saw against Florida and Louisville and he’s absolutely correct. Does it make it right? Nope. But this is the point he makes as to why Alabama is more deserving of the college football playoff, and you have to respect it. Kelly oddly said there are five Power Five conferences for four spots, ignoring he got there as an independent at Notre Dame, but hey, that’s okay.
