Greg McElroy says FSU deserves more credit, too much focus on Alabama
By Andrew Olson
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No. 8 Alabama’s stunning 31-17 loss to Florida State on Saturday rocked the college football world. The Crimson Tide had won their last 23 season-openers and were multi-touchdown favorites facing an FSU team that won only 2 games last season.
Much of the coverage about the outcome of the game is focusing on UA, and Alabama alum Greg McElroy feels that Florida State’s success deserves more coverage as opposed to what went wrong for the Crimson Tide.
“What I found kind of amazing, though, in kind of reading and surveying the entire landscape of reaction from this game, so much of it was about Alabama and not nearly enough of it was on Florida State,” McElroy said on Always College Football. “I thought Florida State looked fantastic.
“I was actually having this conversation: How many teams this weekend looked better against real competition than Florida State? Because the only one that I think you can make a case for was Ohio State. Could maybe make a case for Utah, but how good is UCLA? I don’t know. But still, for the most part, man, that was a really impressive performance from Florida State.”
While the FSU fanbase has a strained relationship with the media, especially ESPN, some FSU fans will likely appreciate that McElroy is calling for the Seminoles to get more credit in the postgame coverage of the big upset.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
