New York Jets defensive lineman Jermaine Johnson, who played his final year of college ball at Florida State, believes his Seminoles missing out on the CFP is “bad for the sport.”
Add New York Jets defensive end Jermaine Johnson to the list of disgruntled Florida State football fans after seeing the 13-0 Seminoles out of the College Football Playoffs’ final four teams.
Johnson is far removed from his days as a top prospect with Florida State, where he spent his final year of college after two seasons at Georgia before becoming a first-round draft choice by the Jets.
Reporters asked Johnson on Monday about the selection committee’s decision to put the SEC champion Alabama Crimson Tide in at No. 4 instead of the undefeated Seminoles for a chance to play for the national title. Alabama lost to No. 3 Texas earlier in the season, bringing their record to 12-1.
Johnson was very detailed about his thoughts on it all.
“Personally, I think it’s bad for the sport to not put those guys in the playoff, and I’m just not just speaking as a salty alumni,” he began via SNY. “I think it’s bad for the sport [because] since we were kids we’re taught to win. That’s why you prepare week in and week out. It’s to win. That’s the most important thing and, I mean, when you turn around and tell a group of young men that all you did is win and didn’t lose and you still don’t get rewarded, what do you say after that? What else is there to chase?”
“It almost attacks the epitome of what is, in essence, football.
