TALLAHASSEE — Despite initial reports that Florida State's 77-6 win over Delaware State should not count toward the Seminoles' bowl eligibility, the victory will indeed count, the university stated in a Friday night release.
After initially appearing on Reddit's college football subreddit, r/CFB, reports circulated throughout the week indicating that FCS school Delaware State did not use the required 90 percent of scholarship grants-in-aid, thus declaring FSU's 77-6 win on Nov. 18 would not count for bowl-eligibility.
According to an FSU release, those reports neglected to account for a long-standing NCAA rules interpretation that permits institutions (Delaware State) to use academic scholarships and other forms of non-athletics institutional aid received by student-athletes in the computation of this requirement. The reports, according to FSU, represent incomplete information and only reflect athletics scholarships received. :tu: