re: ESPN said the quite part out loud about why FSU got snubbed

So from reading the CFP information from there website. There is a lot of ways they went way from what they were supposed to do.

When they created this, they for one were supposed to eliminate the eye test. So they are supposed to compare teams with similar records. 3 teams of undefeated should have been compared then the teams with other records. So the three with undefeated records should have been left in and then move on to the next comparisons. That would have been the next in line with teams with one lost, as those are not comparable with a no loss team. So to the part about an important player is mute, because only 3 teams were "at the margin" were comparable.

They have another section that says the regular season is unique and should be "preserved".

In another section they went out of their way to make sure {teams who "deserve" to be selected} are not to be left out. So the narrative, on the most "deserving" or the "best" , is also mute, because they have it listed.

So they went out of their way, to go away from what they were supposed to do, because of their "eye" test, which is not supposed to be part of the selection process.