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ND got left out for a bunch of reasons, but the G5 auto-bids are definitely one of them.

Right, the point of the auto-bids is to get teams in that would not otherwise get in. And from what I have read, the SEC is content with simply putting in the top 12 teams. It's the Big 10 that wants auto-bids. I don't know if ND took a position on this when the whole thing was being developed...

Honestly, who cares? Does the rest of CFB normally love us?

Yeah, the seeding means nothing. Sagarin had Miami higher than A&M and Bama higher than OU. If these teams are going to prove something, it would be in the next round.

Did MF say something that upset them?

Ok. Does how we look affect something? They can talk about ND as much as they want. Maybe they should be focused on OSU.

I'll give them all the credit they want. Has nothing to do with us making money for a conference/network that campaigned for our exclusion for the playoff.

Yes, because it's a middling conference that screwed us out of a CFP spot. There's one legit title contender in the conference this year (UGA). But five teams made it because of $$$$$. That's it.

No, my point is that the A&M game cost us the playoffs. And we would have had decent odds to win it all. We weren't making the playoffs in 2016, and certainly weren't winning it all.

Denbrockian play calling from A&M

Could that team have won a NC?

Yes, but I think the selection is at least in part about distributing money to conferences. This year, no Miami meant no money for ACC teams. And if ND played OU (or Alabama) and won, that's only one check for the SEC (from that part of the bracket). Or, if ND lost, that's two checks. By...

After the game, I considered the A&M loss the worst I've seen since following ND (2013). The playoff sub + this performance confirm that.

The selection is mostly about money. Not team quality.

We gave up 41 points to this team, at home. Weep. Lol.

If it was the perfect storm, what was the A&M game? An absolute failure by the staff. Defense was as bad as I've ever seen against A&M. There's plenty of blame to go around.

Miami's kicker had no issue hitting a big kick against us lol. The magic of ND

Oh, and never schedule the two toughest games as the first two on the schedule. I can't imagine that will happen again -it's very rare it happens at all, for ND or any team- but the athletic department should have taken active steps to avoid it. It was one of the long list of things that ruined...

He also didn't run the ball enough. MF needs to take control and order him to do that. Wasn't the hurricane air raid another Denbrock special? I don't remember.

The fact that we lost to these teams is a indictment of the coaching staff, I'm afraid. Really, really bad.