I posted that a week ago along with the fact that our boys are a better team then last year. The gap between ND& OSU is minimal. Another thing is our favor is the defense is getting better each week.
Until the committee shows that they agree with the media generated drama of ND v Miami, I won’t worry about it. If, come Tuesday, we’re both slotted where we have been (or Miami is jumped by Vandy, which is a real possibility) those odds will shoot right back up, because it will prove that the committee doesn’t give a shit about public/media opinion on the matter. Personally, that’s exactly what I see happening.
I think those odds are a lot less about Miami and a lot more about Bama winning the SEC and BYU beating TTech.
Yeah good call that’s definitely fair. That’s about the only scenario that really actually worries me.
If there's a path to us being left out of the CFP, it's more about this than the Miami noise.
I don't care who the Irish would host, just that they do indeed become a host team again this yr.
Agreed but I think the nightmare scenario is Bama and BYU winning their conference title games.
They are probably ranked too high to drop all the way out for losing a CCG. But what exactly is the argument for Texas Tech to get an at-large bid?
I think it was Brice who noted that most fans assume it’s a bunch of ADs but they forget there are former on the committee like Mark Dantonio & Chris Ault who are far more qualified than ADs & fans to employ the “eye test”. You all heard Saban talking positively about ND on GameDay w/ the same perspective. They know what ”good” looks like & they have no biases in favor of ND. I would think Dantonio would be more likely to have a bias vs ND but is professional enough to set it aside for voting purposes.
That is a nightmare, but at least BYU beating Texas Tech is something that can only happen in dreams.
We did lose to NIU last year the week after we beat A&M in College Station. Then we we went on a 10 game win streak to end the season (13 over all). Texas lost to Billy fucking Napier by 8, got blown out by 25 against UGA, and had to go to OT to beat multiple shit teams.
Does anyone ever think we’ll see a coach say “Hey fanbase we lost 3 games we don’t deserve getting into the CFP! There are other more deserving teams. We’ll take our pop tarts bowl!” Sounds like a good AI headline
Of course he’s going to make the argument, the worrying thing is that people are starting to agree:
It doesn't matter, at all, that some random writer at the NYT agrees. The majority of the sports media has been pounding the table about "head to head" for a month now and Miami is still solidly behind ND.
Maybe if Texas didn’t have the Drunk, Temu Sean Mcvay coaching them
Also, can the media stop calling him “Sark” dude has accomplished fuck all nothing as a HC to have a nickname
I feel like we end up at 8 with the committee after the CCGs
