Florida State was one of the biggest stories of the 2023 college football season. There was a perfect chance they had what it took to win it all. Still, a season-ending injury to their quarterback, Jordan Travis, late in the season hurt their title hopes. After a 13-0 regular season finish and winning the ACC title, Florida State saw themselves on the outside looking into the playoffs.
The Seminoles were the first power-five team in the history of the college football playoff to go undeafted and not make the College Football Playoff and saw two one-loss teams, Alabama and Texas, jump over them as the last two teams in the playoff.
For weeks, Florida State’s not making the playoffs was a huge talking point. They played in the Orange Bowl against Georgia and lost 63-3. Many opposing fans were making fun of them because they made a huge deal about not going to the playoffs and getting beatdown in the bowl game. Still, opposing fans are currently having a great time on social media after what Florida State revealed this week on their X account.
To the UNCONQUERED go the spoils
16 garnet stones, one for each ACC championship in program history
ACC championship trophy and Seminole head logo on top
Highlighting back-to-back state championships#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/TdlbGGbgBZ— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) April 19, 2024
The Seminoles posted pictures of their 2023 ACC title rings, and on the side of the rings, they showed the record of 13-0, but the only issue was they lost their bowl game, which made them 13-1, and many rivals fans went on social media to attack them.
13-1?
— Aggies Recruiting (@AggiesRecruitEx) April 20, 2024
I knew I saw this before. pic.twitter.com/Su3Bml8wsk
— Billy Roberts (@wepriv) April 20, 2024
Florida State has made “Unconquered” rings to celebrate their incredible season that started 13-0, and then ended by being conquered 63-3 to finish at 13-1. https://t.co/E0cuguShG0
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) April 20, 2024
I understand the rings were for their regular season and for the ACC, which they did go perfect in. At the same time, they had to know that putting 13-0 on the ring was going to get a lot of harsh feedback since they did lose a game, and bowl games do count towards records in college football.
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