Herbie, to stay relevant, has to reach younger generations who want to see this reaction
Herbie feels they "deserve hatred or contempt" such as they feel he deserves apparently
Again, you're making something out of nothing here. Herbie's job to get attract attention as it helps ratings. Look at everything he does. Remain critical if you want but this won't hurt him.
And, again, you only care because you think he's wrong. He wasn't wrong. Once Travis went down FSU should have been out. They weren't impressive with him let alone without him. He's not alone in his take nor did he determine who was in the field. If he influenced them that further illustrates the power he has and why he can respond in this manner.
Have you actually read some of the things said about him? You're just blindly going against him because it's what you do.
Again, the point of my post was not to argue the playoff merits of Florida State but rather laugh at Herbie's over-the-top reaction to the heat he's taken from Nole fans.
No, I don't think Herbie feels Nole fans "deserve hatred or contempt." Rather, I think he doesn't know what the word "despicable" means.
I think Herbie's an excellent commentator. I also think and have seen that he brings his own biases to the job, and I therefore don't appreciate him posing as somebody above such things.
If FSU should have been out once Travis went down, then why did the committee have them ranked #4 going into conference-championship weekend?