If asked, like any coach, Link Jarrett would say there are no moral victories.
When the plane took off from TLH, he aimed to bring a brown trophy home but left empty-handed. That sting will always be deeper than the comfort of knowing that Florida State was playing with house money by the time it hit Omaha, but even then, it feels hard not to be amazed at what Florida State accomplished.
Florida State proved they could win against the best in the sport and validated their shared success during the regular season. This team will be remembered as the group that brought life back into a dying program as Link Jarrett proved himself to be the man capable of leading the program back to its status as a standard bearer — and potentially, eventually, even greater heights.