Former SEC Coach Gus Malzahn Gives His Take On FSU Being Left Out Of College Football Playoff

Of all the coaches I could've expected to say Florida State deserves to be in the College Football Playoff, it certainly wasn't Guz Malzahn, who lost to the Seminoles in the final BCS National Championship as Auburn's head coach. Yet, here we are, without any comments from ACC coaches so far. 

As we've documented a couple of times, media members around the country are asking head coaches what they thought of the College Football Playoff Committee's decision to leave undefeated Florida State out of the Playoff in favor of two one-loss teams in Alabama and Texas. Here's what Malzahn, now the head coach at UCF, had to say about it. 

"I mean, I was real disappointed. You know, what football really is, is finding a way to overcome obstacles. I texted him after the game that was one of his best coaching jobs. I mean, their third quarterback in and that team finds a way," Malzahn said. "Defense played their best game against a top 20 offense, and they win, and they don't get rewarded, I think that's a bad look for football. I was deal disappointed personally. I'm one of those old school high school guys, worked my way up, not that I'm a Florida State fan by any means, I'm a Mike fan. I don't think it's good for football and they should be in."

"I'm sitting there trying to figure out like, Georgia, they haven't lost in three years and they lost by three points and they don't make it? I don't know. I think they need to take a serious look at how they're evaluating," Malzahn continued. "The good thing is that it's going to 12 and so this is probably the last year you'll have that but, I don't know – an undefeated team in a Power 5 conference, wins their conference championship, and they leave them out? And they use the excuse their quarterback's hurt? Nah, I don't go for that one."