DeSantis Has a New Enemy, and it’s the College Football Playoff Committee.

He had to find someone, right?

Lauren Elizabeth
4 min readDec 6, 2023

Of all the things the right wing has told us about themselves over the years, one of them would certainly be that they’re never shying away from finding another target. They love having something to point a finger at, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is no exception. The Presidential hopeful has found something else in recent days, and it just so happens to be the college football playoff committee…

Let’s backtrack for a moment, shall we, and we’ll discuss why.

I’ve come to love football over the years, and my Buffalo Bills in particular. I’ve learned to appreciate just how smart you have to be to play this sport successfully, and I absolutely love spending Sundays in the fall and winter watching the carefully orchestrated chaos that is the sport of football.

But, this is the first year I’ve really paid any attention whatsoever to football at the collegiate level, and there weren’t many teams more fun to watch than Florida State. Of course, quarterback Jordan Travis being one of the main reasons. But two weeks before the end of the season with playoffs and major decisions for the selection committee looming Travis broke his leg, and the team would have to find new ways to win the next two…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx