UCF had a better case for being in the top 4 than FSU does. Their Colley Matrix strength of schedule was much higher.
From a pure sports standpoint, both should have been in. That's what real sports fans want. But we are the minority. The majority is casual fans who will turn it off if it's a blowout. It's not that the network guys are sure a UCF or a Cinci or a TCU or an FSU will get blown out. But there is a risk that they will, and that risk is unacceptable to the female genitals running things, given the amount of money that those genitals are paying up front.

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