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Of course, the real menace to FSU’s NCAA-record bowl streak was the NCAA, which insisted on not counting it as an NCAA record. FSU lost to Florida at home on Saturday 41-14, which brought the Noles’ record to 5-7 on the year.

Now, the streak has officially come to an end. But it was late, and the Noles said Reddit had gotten it wrong anyway. Some incredible Reddit sleuthing appeared to reveal that DSU didn’t meet the scholarship requirements for FSU to count that win toward bowl eligibility. They also had to count a win against FCS Delaware State. The Noles were 5-6 and had to beat ULM the week after Jimbo Fisher left for Texas A&M to secure eligibility. There was some thought the streak should’ve ended in 2017. We know that was a record because we have visual evidence that FSU played in all of those bowl games. The Seminoles passed Nebraska in 2017, long after the Huskers’ 35-in-a-row spell from 1969 to 2003 had come to a close. Heading into the 2018 season, Florida State had played in a bowl game 36 years in a row.