2025 College Football Playoffs

[Dale]

Damien Harris and Mark Ingram both advocated for ND over Alabama

 

[IrishinSyria]

I guess one potential explanation is if you look at our fan base, Miami’s, Alabama’s, and BYUs, they left the two teams out that are least likely to have a Luigi type in their midst.

 

[BeauBenken]

Damien Harris and Mark Ingram both advocated for ND over Alabama

Most Bama fans I saw online didn't think they deserved to be in either. They know they are fraudulent, or at least they have been for the past month.

 

[Blazers46]

Use AI, it’s the only way…

 

[Dale]

First ND remarks:

 

[Bane]

I assume Pop Tart with Utah, looking at the lineup.

Fine with this. I don't want to play BYU where their entire team of 25 year old Mormons will play like it's the Super Bowl and World Cup final combined and a bunch of our starters won't play and they'll think the outcome proves something. Utah fans are way less annoying and don't have a chip on their shoulder.

 

[Bane]

Damien Harris and Mark Ingram both advocated for ND over Alabama

When your employer doesn't have a massive financial stake in the SEC, you can be more honest.

 

[NDWarrior]

One good thing will come of this:

MF now KNOWS he cannot keep coming out of the gate slow like he has
we have got to start the season stronger

Or, figure out how to get some better late season games set up (conference team tie ups, not called the ACC or top P4 teams). Late games against suck-ass Stanford, Syracuse, and BC did us no favors.

 

[KPENN]

First ND remarks:

Wait… they all go make presentations? Blow this fucking shit up

 

[IrishTusker]

Or, figure out how to get some better late season games set up (conference team tie ups, not called the ACC or top P4 teams). Late games against suck-ass Stanford, Syracuse, and BC did us no favors.

Did that really matter? Who did Miami play? It was just going to happen when we both ended up 10-2, regardless of the schedule.

 

[CoachB]

Fine with this. I don't want to play BYU where their entire team of 25 year old Mormons will play like it's the Super Bowl and World Cup final combined and a bunch of our starters won't play and they'll think the outcome proves something. Utah fans are way less annoying and don't have a chip on their shoulder.

Pass. Unless it is SEC, not interested.

 

[CTIDANDREW]

Damien Harris and Mark Ingram both advocated for ND over Alabama

Not a surprise since they achieved their position and media position based on merit and being world class at their craft (playing college football).

Unfortunately morons like Hunter Yuracheck who have likely never done an impressive athletic achievement in their life make these decisions that effect millions.

The sport has turned into boxing, and it is worse because of it.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Disappointed but not really upset.

I've never been more firmly convicted that ND needs to stay Indep. and push every one else's shit in from here until the end of time. Conferences want a piece of ND's pie. The bottom feeders want to suckle off the teet. Screw them all!

This. Everybody hates us. They despise us. They will screw us over any chance they get. That's the mindset this program has to have going forward.

Slash and burn every team we play.

 

[Huntr]

Thinking more about it...

OSU - lost CCG close, dropped ranking, stayed in CFP
BYU - lost CCG huge, dropped ranking, fell out of CFP
UVA - lost CCG close, dropped ranking, stayed out of CFP
Bama - lost CCG huge, stayed same ranking, stayed in CFP

 

[Bane]

Wait… they all go make presentations? Blow this fucking shit up

That stood out to me, too. It really is just a beauty pageant.

 

[IrishTusker]

Thinking more about it...

OSU - lost CCG close, dropped ranking, stayed in CFP
BYU - lost CCG huge, dropped ranking, fell out of CFP
UVA - lost CCG close, dropped ranking, stayed out of CFP
Bama - lost CCG huge, stayed same ranking, stayed in CFP

And there are tons of similar examples going back years. It's a joke.

 

[sfk324]

At the end of the day, this should all be seen as a signal that Sankey and the rest of the SEC were scared to play ND in the playoff and connived with their partners at ESPN conjure up a narrative to keep them out. It's unfortunate for ND and college football as a whole that they have allowed one conference to have this much control of the narrative and the process.

 

[sfk324]

Thinking more about it...

OSU - lost CCG close, dropped ranking, stayed in CFP
BYU - lost CCG huge, dropped ranking, fell out of CFP
UVA - lost CCG close, dropped ranking, stayed out of CFP
Bama - lost CCG huge, stayed same ranking, stayed in CFP

BYU was never in the CFP. They had to win to get in. They were 11 and only top 10 were "in" with where the conference champions were slotted.

 

[Chino Cherokee]

Playoffs gonna suck this year. DGAF about any of them.

I am curious about what bowl we'll go to. Other than that, I'm done for the year.

 

[Bluto]

Use AI, it’s the only way…

Be careful what you wish for.

Some nerds/well paid hackers will goose the algorithms and you’ll get MIT, Cal Tech and the Pyongyang Institute of Technology vs a bunch of SEC teams and Ohio State.

 

[NDRock]

Playoffs gonna suck this year. DGAF about any of them.

I am curious about what bowl we'll go to. Other than that, I'm done for the year.

Time to pivot to the NFL and the EPL for me.

 

[Huntr]

First ND remarks:

Many stakeholders across college sports — perhaps even some in the CFP selection committee room — have expressed public and private belief that the Irish should join a league.

On Sunday, Bevacqua strongly pushed back against that notion. Notre Dame is one of the country’s most valuable brands, holds a lucrative independent television contract with NBC and has one of the richest apparel deals with Under Armour.

“We love being independent in football. It’s part of our DNA,” Bevacqua said. “We have zero intention of changing that. It’s part of who Notre Dame is. Quite frankly, this further cements our independence. We are out there fighting for ourselves. That’s something we accept.”

"My order to you all is simple, yet heed it well, and exert yourselves to see it done.

They are coming. Kill them all."

 

[BeauBenken]

Wait… they all go make presentations? Blow this fucking shit up

Well, they wanted a more formal exchanging of cash-in-palm handshakes. Felt wrong to keep doing business in back alleys.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

That stood out to me, too. It really is just a beauty pageant.

It's not even a beauty pageant. ND had more beauty, that's why this stings. We're not here trying to convince ourselves that ND was good. Look up every single respectable metrics and you'll see ND between 3-7, ahead of Miami and Alabama. In every single one that I could find anyway.

 

[NDFAN2008]

All these conference got pissed because ND made tons of money last year they weren’t letting it happen again

 

[IrishTusker]

It's not even a beauty pageant. ND had more beauty, that's why this stings. We're not here trying to convince ourselves that ND was good. Look up every single respectable metrics and you'll see ND between 3-7, ahead of Miami and Alabama. In every single one that I could find anyway.

It's really like the game didn't happen. I mean, the eye test? What eye test? It's extraordinary.

All these conference got pissed because ND made tons of money last year they weren’t letting it happen again

This.

 

[Edge]

First ND remarks:

Pete should’ve spoke up Wednesday after Bama moved ahead of ND. Was in plain sight what the plan of this corrupted committee was to do.

 

[NotKoon]

Love that Pete’s interview was an exclusive with Yahoo. No more clicks for you ESPN

 

[CoachB]

Well...Sadly this frees up a ton more time for me. See you guys in Spring Ball.

 

[Big23Head]