Tua Tagovailoa plays ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ on ManningCast, Peyton Manning takes shot at Florida State

Miami Dolphins (9-3) quarterback Tua Tagovailoa brought his guitar on set with him during an appearance on the “ManningCast” for the Jacksonville Jaguars (8-3) – Cincinnati Bengals (5-6) game.

While he opted not to sing, he did play the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic, “Sweet Home Alabama,” a nod to his days of playing for the Crimson Tide.

While Tagovailoa declined to play “Rocky Top” for Peyton Manning, the former Tennessee star, the two-time Super Bowl champion did enjoy the snippet of “Sweet Home Alabama.” He also made sure to take a dig at a fanbase which likely cringed hearing the iconic riff.

“I like that, I respect that,” Manning said. “Florida State doesn’t like that.”

Of course, this is in reference to the final College Football Playoff Rankings, which were released Sunday. SEC champions Alabama (12-1) was awarded the fourth and final spot over ACC champion Florida State (13-0). The Seminoles became the first undefeated power-five conference champion to be omitted from the College Football Playoff.

College Football Playoff selection committee chair Boo Corrigan said that the season-ending leg injury to quarterback Jordan Travis played a big role in Florida State being left out.

“We had eight really good teams this year, right?” Corrigan said. “Somewhat of a unique year in the last year of the four [team playoff] as we go through this. But looking at the player availability was really important to what’s going on, and I think someone said it there, you can lose a running back, you can lose a wide receiver, but a quarterback as dynamic as Jordan Travis, it changes their offense in its entirety. That was really a big factor with the committee as we went through everything.”

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