2025 College Football Playoffs

[DCK_1981]

The committee just awakened a monster for 2026. It sucks for now but this team will be on a f—-ing mission

 

[IrishTusker]

Is it true that the chair basically said Miami was put in to give the ACC a spot? If so, I'm surprised he said it out loud.

 

[Huntr]

I’m sure that’s why every talking head at ESPN started reading from the same “Miami > ND” script in unison two weeks ago.

You couldn't watch ANY game on ESPN without hearing a 100x per broadcast that Miami should be in over ND because H2H has to matter.

Even in completely unrelated games.

So, yeah, they had a funny way of showing how badly they wanted ND in...

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

We should schedule a FCS team for the extra data point like all those pussy SEC teams do.

"Hurr durr CCG hurr durr ignore the 8th ranked OVC–Big South team on our schedule hurr durr 13 games"

Fucking cock suckers.

Brick should go fuck all their significant others.

 

[PittFanIAm]

Because they OPENLY and AGGRESIVELY lobbied against ND

I think you might be overestimating the Acc's pull. Nobody cares what the Acc wants.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

The writing was on the wall when Bama jumped us. The whole system sucks. All of us knew we had to win one of the first two. Feel bad for the team, they gave us a heck of a season and deserved another shot.

 

[notredomer23]

Virginia dropped 2 spots for an OT loss. Alabama doesn’t drop at all for a blow out.

I just want consistency, or at least have the question asked why Alabama didn’t drop. Couldn’t even get that.

Miami is one of the 12 best teams. I have no problem with them being in. It’s the way this all occurred that’s the problem. Burn it all to the ground

 

[NDMatt91]

Based on what these ass holes are saying we never had a chance to be in since last Saturday night.

Correct, and that was made clear to the public on Tuesday. Bama moves up despite needing Auburn to gift them that game, and saying that idle teams can move up. They basically told us that Bama was in no matter what and that they'd move Miami over ND because of the H2H.

 

[Meatloaf]

Last thought- Assuming things move to a 16 team playoff next year; this reminds me a lot of what happened with Florida state a few years ago. The committee politicized the process and kept them out knowing they wouldn’t have to deal with a similar scenario in the 12 team model. This feels like more of the same, make a “narrow ruling” and punt everything to the next model.

 

[IA4irish]

Am I the only one that thinks these playoff games are dog shit? Tulane and ole Miss already played. Same for bama/oklahoma. Oregon and jmu? Have fun with that crap pile

 

[Terry Jillery]

ND and Texas should reject their bowl games and set up their own game in a neutral site.

 

[ND88]

What they need to do is go to the Pop Tarts bowl but not partake in any of the side show stuff.

Show up, win, go home.

Just be a humorless terminating machine going forward.

I love this. Great take. Now extend this attitude until the title is in our hands when we are STILL pissing them off for not being in some suck-off cult conference. I'm serious.

 

[OhioIrish]

Their rights with the Playoff itself are WAY more valuable than either conference deal.

It's not close.

It's like 4x.

Sure, but you are talking about improved ratings in 2-4 playoff games with ND in versus damaging your relationship with your conference partners. They chose their conference partners because they can, this system is an abomination.

 

[rtrn2glory]

Yep who ever wins this year deserves an asterisk more than Michigan did

 

[ColinKSU]

Am I the only one that thinks these playoff games are dog shit? Tulane and ole Miss already played. Same for bama/oklahoma. Oregon and jmu? Have fun with that crap pile

I’m not watching any of that shit. See everyone next season.

 

[Bane]

You guys are retarded. ESPN DESPERATELY wanted Notre Dame in the field for the ratings.

I would agree with you if they weren't actively campaigning against ND for the past 5 weeks all the way up until the very last possible second. Every single broadcast included the announcers pontificating about "head to head." I didn't watch it, but I can GODDAMN guarantee that the MAC championship had the announcers going on and on about how Miami should be in.

ESPN is the corporate owners of the SEC and have a massive financial stake in the ACC. Their constant clamoring for Miami and the PR campaign about the "bonus game" this morning show that. They have no piece of ND. They get ratings from us, but they will always get ratings.

 

[IrishTusker]

The writing was on the wall when Bama jumped us. The whole system sucks. All of us knew we had to win one of the first two. Feel bad for the team, they gave us a heck of a season and deserved another shot.

I agree, but two 10-2 teams and a 10-3 team got in. We're the best of the group if anyone watches the games.

 

[TracyGraham]

We should not take the high road, but we will. It should be full scorched earth on the ESPN/ACC industrial complex.

This has less to do with Bama, imo. This is all about ACC not losing the $ if they don't get a team.

The narrative was so blatantly obvious. Every game for 2 weeks we got a 10 minute monologue about Miami getting in.

Yeah, but ESPN wanted us badly

 

[sfk324]

I would like to see ND bury every ACC team on their schedule next year. Every one.

Starters must not be pulled at any time in ACC games going forward.

Call TO and throw while up 50 with 5 seconds left in the game.

Yep, game control has been ruled irrelevant. Back to the days of running up scores for the eye test.

 

[NorthDakota]

What a crock of shit lmao

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

Virginia dropped 2 spots for an OT loss. Alabama doesn’t drop at all for a blow out.

I just want consistency, or at least have the question asked why Alabama didn’t drop. Couldn’t even get that.

Miami is one of the 12 best teams. I have no problem with them being in. It’s the way this all occurred that’s the problem. Burn it all to the ground

There are guys like this on the committee:

Mike Riley - Selection Committee - College Football Playoff

Mike Riley - Mike Riley spent 48 years as a coach at the collegiate and professional levels, serving as the head coach at Oregon State from 1997-98 and 2003-14 and

collegefootballplayoff.com

Bama grad. Played for Bear Bryant.

Not to mention the commissioner is an SEC AD.

Idk in what world you can have a committee with people who have inherent biases. Just let the computers and metrics decide. This will never work.

 

[KMac151993]

Get together with Texas and create the FuckESPN bowl and play in it.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

I can’t describe to you how pissed I’m going to be if Marcus and next year’s team gives even a shred of respect to anyone on the schedule or the national media and ND beat.

Exactly. There is zero “high ground” with these slimy assholes.


This was an eye opener. Hope we plan accordingly.

You can show respect, but you simply cannot show quarter. EVER.


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[The Backer]

W bedwetters

 

[Bane]

This is beyond dumb because this was a year ND could (and likely would have) won a natty. It also highlights how stupid the ND admin was to front load the schedule like that. Marcus has to figure out how to have the team ready to win in September just like November. This sucks donkey balls but a lot of the blame falls squarely at ND’s own feet. Also fuck Miami, the ACC the SEC and ESPN.

And this is why we need 16 teams. Some years there could be a theoretical team ranked 17 that could have put a run together, but this year there was a team with the 3rd highest betting odds who got left out.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Many of the national media will be happy because they eliminated the threat of a dangerous ND team winning a title when they had a real chance, per every betting website, to do so. ND had a better chance than all but the top 4, per the betting websites.

Now Oklahoma and Bama get to legitimize each other by playing another close game and these hollow voice boxes will reverberate the message that the committee got it right.

 

[GowerND11]

Alabama 100% doesn’t deserve to be in.



But the whole thing is politics. I’ve never liked the playoffs going back to the 4 team one. This isn’t sour grapes, but truth.



If Virginia wins last night, ND is in and Miami left out. But because Duke won, the committee puts Miami is so an ACC team is represented.

And to add to this:

The committee and talking heads made the entire subject about Miami v Notre Dame. The reality is it should have been Miami AND Notre Dame v Alabama.

But they wouldn’t ever do that.

 

[NDMatt91]

Does not making the playoff hurt us at all with 2027 recruiting?

 

[wizards8507]

Sure, but you are talking about improved ratings in 2-4 playoff games with ND in versus damaging your relationship with your conference partners. They chose their conference partners because they can, this system is an abomination.

You guys are vastly overestimating the degree of coordination between the business people and the on-air talent, and between ESPN and the Committee.

 

[ND4LIFE]

Stfu losers… who takes time. For a victory lap on something like this . Take a hike

Nobody's celebrating anything. It was a statement to enlighten some that none of us knew how this was gonna turn out and factually being worried was justified. I won't apologize that your feelings are hurt or recognize your opinion has any more value than any other member of this board. So no, I think I will stay!