That is and always has been the "deal". If it werent teams would stop playing in them. CCG's are a huge revenue stream for the conferences, so they dont want to give them up. If a team in Alabama's position (nothing to gain by playing in the CCG) why would they play in it? Even UGA really didnt gain anything by playing that game. Started 3 ended 3. Why would OSU play that game against IU? If they win they are #1 seed same as if they dont play. There's no upside, and you put every player on the field at risk. So if you want to see fewer games between top ranked teams.....
Yes Im sure they did but they werent ranked high enough to make the PO's.
No ND was punished for having a dog shit SOS and losing the H2H with Miami. ND lost both games they played against good teams. They then played a cupcake schedule. They should have never been in the top 10, and were there based on name only. If you switched all the players and coaches on the ND and JMU squad, and had the "New JMU" play the ND schedule and the "New ND" play the JMU schedule with the same results people would be make the same argument for the "New ND" they are making right now for ND.
Teams would stop playing difficult OOC teams, and they likely will. If UT doesn't play OSU this year they are likely a PO team....
USC was not a good team and they were a horrible road team they had 3 losses and all of them on the road. Pitt isnt ranked. Where a team is ranked when you play them is irrelevant it's where they end up see Penn State this year preseason #2 and currently a .500 team. South Carolina was ranked as high as 11, they are 4-8. FSU as high as 7, they are 5-7. LSU #3, 7-5, Clemson #4, 7-5. I can go on and on. ND had to beat either TAM or Miami and they didnt. That's why they are not in the CFP. ND wants all the benefits of not being in a conference but none of the risk.
Alabama getting in has zero to do with ND being out. Alabama was in last week as well when ND was in. Miami replaced ND not Alabama.
Yes that is correct. The best win in ND's schedule (the only win against a ranked opponent) is USC. Who is currently ranked 16.
Why is this a question? Why is the default that ND gets in? They didnt have the wins to get in. Join the ACC and they are in the PO. This is the risk of not being in a conference.
Right, and he didn't like what was lined up. Seemed like, anyway..
OMG here we go with the "it's the refs fault" bullshit. They lost. That's it.
Why is it so hard for you to grasp that the CCG's have no bearing on whether teams get in or not. The committee said this last year, (SMU anyone?), this has nothing to do with Alabama.
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Not above Alabama. Alabama has 3 wins over top 15 schools. 2 over teams currently in the PO's.
BSU, Ark and NCST were never ranked. Ark is 2-10. NCST is 7-5.
That is an odd leap.
College teams set their schedule. They decided to play cupcakes. You dont think there's a reason they scheduled their 2 toughest games that early? They know people like you will forget those loses or discount them because they are so far in the "past". The committee didnt.
OMG here we go with the "it's the refs fault" bullshit. They lost. That's it.
Why is it so hard for you to grasp that the CCG's have no bearing on whether teams get in or not. The committee said this last year, (SMU anyone?), this has nothing to do with Alabama.
ND has the 2nd largest fanbase in the us at 8.21 million fans (OSU is #1) Alabama is 8. Miami isnt even on the list.
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Your look at which college football teams have the biggest fan bases.
This isnt about TV ratings. Not entirely.
Not above Alabama. Alabama has 3 wins over top 15 schools. 2 over teams currently in the PO's.
BSU, Ark and NCST were never ranked. Ark is 2-10. NCST is 7-5.
Why does it "have to count"? Why should teams who are good enough to play in their CCG be punished? OU, TAM, Ole Miss all have 2 losses, would have likely lost to UGA had they been good enough to play in their CCG but get in because they werent? What kind of fucked up logic is that? Oregon as well would have lost to IU or OSU but gets in because they didnt have to play that game?
How does that makes sense?
One is a regular season game ND v TAM. The other is a post season game the most recent Ala v UGA game.
So ND rolling over Syracuse and Stanford who are both 4-8 is supposed to be compared to playing UGA?
