Starting the season as the third-ranked team in the nation, Florida State has had a nightmare year. Starting quarterback Deondre Francois went down with a season-ending injury in their first game and the team never really recovered.
Still, the Seminoles were able to win four of their last five games to finish the season at 6-6 and become bowl eligible.
Or so they thought.
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While Florida State will still play in the Independence Bowl against Southern Mississippi, it turns out that the team never should have been invited in the first place. As Reddit user bakonydraco explained in a detailed post, Florida State's win over Delaware State should not have counted towards their bowl eligibility according to NCAA rules.
Delaware State is an FCS school, and NCAA rules state that an FBS team's win over an FCS school can only count towards their bowl eligibility if that FCS school
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