2024 College Football Playoffs

[ndfanatic78]

I wanna beat the shit out of Tennessee in South Bend

I want to beat the shit out of any SEC team in South Bend in the winter and unlike some none of the SEC teams scare me not even big ole bad Alabama.

 

[IrishSpartan]

Saw something interesting earlier saying the committee meetings should be broadcasted. Anyone else interested in this?

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

A lot of people talked shit last year during the first half of Michigan’s season because they had a light schedule. A good team like IU blows out inferior opponents. Their schedule, not their team, is below average/mediocre. Ohio State will be a completely different kind of test, and we’ll see if they’re ready for the spotlight.

Kinda gross using that as an example to defend IU, IMO. So, everyone should just do the scUM model and schedule crap teams and go undefeated? Their nonconference schedule in '23 was a fuckin joke and so is IU's. Pathetic, really.

scUM did defeat two top 10 teams in PSU and anOSU in 2023. IU hasn't even played a ranked opponent. They'll get that chance, but it will be their ONLY one. Also, Indiana won by 14 against Maryland, 17 against a very bad NW, 14 against UW, and 5 against 2024 scUM, which is ass. I'm not knocking a 2-score win, but that's not exactly "blowing out" 4 of their 9 wins, so let's calm down the "blows out inferior opponents" rhetoric just a tad.

In a year where you're not getting Oregon or Penn State (heck, even USC) in conference, a team should be criticized for a nonconference slate like that.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

A bit ironic ND fans are talking about weak schedules for other contenders. Our schedule isn't a murderers row either.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

A bit ironic ND fans are talking about weak schedules for other contenders. Our schedule isn't a murderers row either.

We are talking specifically about IU, ranked 100th, and dead last among P4 teams. It's better than that.

Also, not ND's fault that FSU and USC decided to be ass this year, and Miami (FL) backed out. Nobody was talking about how "weak" our schedule was in the offseason.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Honestly, at this point I kinda hope OSU squashes IU like a bug and they lose out on the playoff at 11-1. That would be a deafening statement by the Committee to say "schedule somebody, or risk missing out."

Not unlike ND needing to go 11-1 just to get in. We all know we aren't getting in at 10-2 this year. If FSU and USC were still top 10 caliber? Maybe. But not happening this year.

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

We are talking specifically about IU, ranked 100th, and dead last among P4 teams. It's better than that.

Also, not ND's fault that FSU and USC decided to be ass this year, and Miami (FL) backed out. Nobody was talking about how "weak" our schedule was in the offseason.

It's ranked differently by different systems. Which one has them 100th? Per Sagarin, for example, IU has the 76th schedule and Notre Dame has the 66th.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

It's ranked differently by different systems. Which one has them 100th? Per Sagarin, for example, IU has the 76th schedule and Notre Dame has the 66th.

ESPN's FPI, which breaks it down based on SOS to date, and then remaining.

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IU listed at 100th for SOS, and 8th for remaining (OSU). ND 73rd (again, admittedly bad, but not our fault FSU and USC shit the bed and still not apples to apples with IU) and 37th remaining.

 

[irish4ever]

ESPN's FPI, which breaks it down based on SOS to date, and then remaining.

2025 Resume College Football Power Index - ESPN

View the 2025 Resume College Football power index on ESPN. The FPI is the best predictor of a team's performance of the season.

www.espn.com

IU listed at 100th for SOS, and 8th for remaining (OSU). ND 73rd (again, admittedly bad, but not our fault FSU and USC shit the bed and still not apples to apples with IU) and 37th remaining.

And ND has beaten (3) top 25 teams throughout the season and IU has yet to even play one!

 

[RDU Irish]

Win out and host a playoff game. Lose one and watch from home. I don't see how it is any more complicated than that for ND. I really DGAF about how the rest of it plays out - we will get someone out of the #9 thru #12 finishers at home which is almost guaranteed to be a 2 loss team of some sort with plenty of flaws to exploit. The committee is almost guaranteed to give us the one with the strongest front 7 defense.

 

[stlnd01]

Win out and host a playoff game. Lose one and watch from home. I don't see how it is any more complicated than that for ND. I really DGAF about how the rest of it plays out - we will get someone out of the #9 thru #12 finishers at home which is almost guaranteed to be a 2 loss team of some sort with plenty of flaws to exploit. The committee is almost guaranteed to give us the one with the strongest front 7 defense.

I mean, we need something to talk about for the next few weeks, but yes. All of this seems self-evident.

 

[NDQuebec]

We are talking specifically about IU, ranked 100th, and dead last among P4 teams. It's better than that.

Also, not ND's fault that FSU and USC decided to be ass this year, and Miami (FL) backed out. Nobody was talking about how "weak" our schedule was in the offseason.

You can also say that it's not Indiana's fault that some of the teams that were supposed to be good ended up being not so good. Before the start of the season, Indiana's strength of schedule was tougher than ND's (63rd vs 67th).

https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/2024-college-football-strength-of-schedule-rankings-1-134

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

You can also say that it's not Indiana's fault that some of the teams that were supposed to be good ended up being not so good. Before the start of the season, Indiana's strength of schedule was tougher than ND's (63rd vs 67th).

https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/2024-college-football-strength-of-schedule-rankings-1-134

They have NIU as our easiest game. Not to pick a wound.

 

[stlnd01]

You can also say that it's not Indiana's fault that some of the teams that were supposed to be good ended up being not so good. Before the start of the season, Indiana's strength of schedule was tougher than ND's (63rd vs 67th).

https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/2024-college-football-strength-of-schedule-rankings-1-134

Eh. They can’t control their Big Ten schedule, but look at their non conference opponents.

End of the day we came in with three opponents with high talent and expectations of being good (A&M, FSU, USC). Indiana came in with two (OSU, Michigan). I’d say Louisville and Washington are probably a wash on that front, as are the rest of our respective ACC and mid-B1G slates.

Ours looked stronger, at the top end, but we all knew this year wasn’t really murderers row. And to be fair, IU probably doesn’t schedule with an eye to playoff seeding in quite the same way we do. If they did they’d have a nonconference game tougher than FIU.

 

[Irishokie]

They have NIU as our easiest game. Not to pick a wound.

You mf, the forum almost made it 15 minutes without bringing them up.

 

[greyhammer90]

You mf, the forum almost made it 15 minutes without bringing them up.

You can't say "Excited for the game on Saturday," without some clever poster responding "The NIU game was on a Saturday you know."

It's becoming borderline neg-worthy

 

[NDWarrior]

This is f------ hilarious! Debating Notre Dame's Deserved Rank in College Football

 

[GATTACA!]

This is f------ hilarious! Debating Notre Dame's Deserved Rank in College Football

That fat fuck should keep his mouth shut. He’d eat less.

 

[rtrn2glory]

He is quite thick

 

[irishnd31]

He is quite thick

Thicker than a bowl of oatmeal

 

[DillonHall]

We are talking specifically about IU, ranked 100th, and dead last among P4 teams. It's better than that.

Also, not ND's fault that FSU and USC decided to be ass this year, and Miami (FL) backed out. Nobody was talking about how "weak" our schedule was in the offseason.

Literally everyone in the preseason said we had to go 12-0 or 11-1 to get in the Playoff because the schedule was weak

 

[sportallyr]

I apologize if this question has been asked already somewhere in the thread...but who referees the first round playoff games? Just curious if we can expect these same terrible ACC refs in the playoffs if ND gets a home game?

 

[yankeehater]

Tell me you don't watch college football without telling me. What a joke! The ND haters just want to screw them in the playoff system.

 

[SDIrishFan]

Tell me you don't watch college football without telling me. What a joke! The ND haters just want to screw them in the playoff system.

You know, I can see an argument for those 4 sec teams being ahead of ND. ND would be a dog to all 4 on a neutral field.

But, does anyone really think PSU or Indiana could beat them either? And I think PSU and Indiana would both be dogs to ND on a neutral field.

So drop PSU and IN behind ND and slide everyone else up, problem solved. Also flip flop GA and MS

 

[irishff1014]

Tell me you don't watch college football without telling me. What a joke! The ND haters just want to screw them in the playoff system.

He is another ESPN idiot so this shouldn’t surprise you.

 

[calvegas04]

You know, I can see an argument for those 4 sec teams being ahead of ND. ND would be a dog to all 4 on a neutral field.

But, does anyone really think PSU or Indiana could beat them either? And I think PSU and Indiana would both be dogs to ND on a neutral field.

So drop PSU and IN behind ND and slide everyone else up, problem solved. Also flip flop GA and MS

Betting wise I don't think ND would be favored against psu, maybe against IU

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

The precedent is set for 1 loss ND yo be tanked ahead of the 2 loss SEC teams. Something would need to happen to change that, like a close win by ND or TAMU to fall completely off.

 

[spoonidentity]

He is another ESPN idiot so this shouldn’t surprise you.

Joel Klatt? The guy who broadcasts every FOX Big Noon game is an ESPN idiot?

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Betting wise I don't think ND would be favored against psu, maybe against IU

Disagree. I think ND would be favored on a neutral field but it'd be close to a pick em.

 

[LifelongFan]

S&P+ would have Penn State as a 1.5 point favorite against us on a neutral field, essentially a pick. Same against Georgia, 4.5 against Bama, favored over IU.