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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is very "I'm taking my ball and going home behavior"

Just because you write your own schedule doesn't mean you can predict the playoffs.

ND should have been in, but they were on the bubble the whole time and it was never guaranteed. You want to keep decision out of the committees hands, you join a conference and win it.

If all you care about is winning the National title, there are plenty of "it doesn't matter" games. The Pop Tart bowl would be one, but Indiana played a game on Saturday that didn't matter one bit as far as the national title goes, and it was thrilling. It's  what college sports are all about. [/quote]

This. We are not talking about a group of teams where ND is the clearly superior team and everyone else is much worse. It was close. These teams are fairly comparable, as comparable as college football teams who do not play in the same conference (or any conference) can be.

ND is mad that they didn't get that little extra "ND boost" they sometimes get. You know, the boost that led to a 12-team CFP in the first place. The little, often unspoken, but assumed belief that ND "deserves" to be among the best teams in college football because, you know, it's [i]Notre Dame[/I]. Its brand is college football. That's why they have the sweet TV deal and the sweet sponsorship deals.

But instead the CFP ignored that factor and just evaluated the best they could based on merit on the football field. This year for these teams, not based on some historical belief about the strength of the football programs. And this year, Miami beat ND and they had the same record. This year, Alabama beat Georgia and Vandy and had to play a much tougher schedule than ND. It was subjective, and that sucks because sports shouldn't be subjective but the CFP is always somewhat subjective, but there is a strong reason why Miami and Alabama deserved spots over ND. Unless you just instinctually believe ND always belongs in the CFP, which is how many ND boosters feel. Only then does it feel "unfair".[/quote]

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