ESPN college football writer Harry Lyles Jr. was focused on his job when he received some harsh criticism from Florida State University athletic director Michael Alford.
On Tuesday, Alford spoke with Danny Kanell and Dusty Dvoracek on Sirius He was rehashing what happened.
Alford believed that playoff rights holders ESPN and Florida’s conference, the ACC, knew the Seminoles would be eliminated before the results were announced.
“When I kind of realized it, when I had an idea, I was walking from the locker room to the bus with some of the players, and there was a conversation between two people, one of them said, “I’m not going.” “And the other person said, “I’m not going.”” “What are you talking about?” said Alford.
“And this guy who’s not with us anymore is like, ‘Follow the money.’ We’re not in it. Alabama won.” [the SEC championship game versus Georgia]. we’re not going ”
Alford thought his team was still in a secure position after winning the ACC with a 13-0 record, but he changed his mind the next day.
“The next day I went to the selection show and when I got there I looked up and saw who was covering us. [veteran ESPN reporter] “Marty Smith is in Tuscaloosa, that was the shock. We’re not going. I wasn’t really concerned until I saw that. Then I knew we might not be going.”
But it was Lyles who was running the selection show for Florida State, which lost star quarterback Jordan Travis during the season.
After seeing the clip, Lyles tweeted a meme from the Netflix series “I Think You Should Leave” on Tuesday. In this meme, Tim Robinson’s character thinks the hat he’s wearing is cool, but realizes that everyone else thinks so. fool.
Lyles joined ESPN in 2020 after working at SB Nation.
