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College football is officially BACK and the the marquee matchup of Week Zero (which is still the dumbest name) features the Florida State Seminoles taking on ACC rival Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland.
As such, ESPN’s College GameDay flew across the pond to hype up fans prior to the game.
Florida State fans, however, used the opportunity to take shots at College GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit. Herbstreit notoriously applauded the College Football Playoff for leaving out the Seminoles last season despite an undefeated regular season and an ACC Championship Game victory.
While Seminoles fans ruthlessly booed Herbstreit, one fan took things a bit too far.
Witnessed: This guy was forced to leave by @ESPN https://t.co/8ZBkYWgdqZ
— Skip Foster (@skipfoster) August 24, 2024
ESPN reportedly kicked out a Florida State fan who had a sign that featured Herbstreit’s face and the words “pin the nose on the clown.”
Perhaps ironically, these are the exact fans that Herbstreit referred to as the “lunatic fringe” of the Seminoles fan base.
“Its funny when FSU went ahead of The U in 2000 after Dorsey and the boys beat the Noles and FSU went instead of a deserving Canes team to the BCS Championship where they lost to Oklahoma I didn’t hear from all of you about the system being rigged and it’s not fair,” Herbstreit posted on social media. “You were big fans of the turnout back then-of course most of you, in this despicable lunatic fringe, probably didn’t even know about 2000 when the Noles got the benefit over a GREAT Miami team!
“Listen man I have always loved FSU going back to the 80’s. Bobby Bowden-the uni’s-the swag-the consistency-something about that brand I was always attracted to. And what happened with 5-6 teams having a shot at the playoff and the Noles being undefeated and left out-SUCKS. But I have to give an opinion on who I think the best 4 teams are. I’m not on the committee. I don’t vote. I watch games, I analyze teams and I give my take. That’s it. And if you think I have an agenda or a motive I’m sorry you feel that way but it’s wrong. “
The truth hurts, Noles fans…