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Social media makes obvious Georgia football comparison after Notre Dame opts out of bowl game
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Social media makes obvious Georgia football comparison after Notre Dame opts out of bowl game
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As was painfully taught to me…."Life is NEVER Fair, you play the cards you're dealt or you fold"…..the ONLY way you move forward and grow is to play the cards you're dealt…..one thing is absolutely true, The Irish will not only fall in the final rankings but they sure as hell won't win a Natty in 2026….how do you recruit players to a team of QUITTERS?
I as many, despise all things notre dame. When things dont go their way, they show their true colors. I do agree with their arguement on being left out of the playoffs though. How do you move Miami ahead of them in the final ranking when both were idle that week? Same with bama not dropping 1 spot after a lopsided loss to UGA, along with 2 more losses, 1 to an abysmal fsu team. Any other team drops at least 3 spots with a loss.I know miami beat ND, but that was several weeks ago. ND has been ranked ahead of Miami in every cfp ranking to date, except the most important one, the last. That loss to miami shouldve been reflected in the cfp rankings weeks ago, not this week. I guess the committee didn't want backlash for not putting at least 1 acc team in the field lol, and made that call.As I've said..the committee will do what they want to do, regardless of the outcome. Their metrics changed on a weekly basis this season as to what qualified you as a playoff team.
Notre Dame didn't think this one out. By throwing their little tantrum and opting out, they deprived their players of development during bowl practice, and the university of all the bowl game funds since they don't have to share. Not mention the endless mocking that damages their brand. Cut off their nose to spite their face. LOL!
Not a good look for Notre Dame whatsoever. They don't even belong in a conference to maximize their dollars. They are highly overrated every year but draw eyes due to the national Catholic diaspora. Declining a bowl just because they didn't make it on the cusp of the CFP is extremely arrogant and puerile. Certainly not a good role model to our youth, for sure. On the other hand, why is not Georgia the #2 seed in the CFP. Georgia avenged its only season loss by blowing out Alabama. Las Vegas would probably favor UGA over either Indiana or OSU right now. Seems like the Big10 has more influence on the committee than is appropriate. Also, it is scandalous that Alabama actually was included in the CFP final 12 after an inconsistent season ending in a complete beatdown by UGA where they had a total of -3 yards running the ball. Other better teams were displaced by the Alabama mafia, mainly Sankey who needs to retire at his earliest opportunity. What a hack.
I, like many others around the country, have had my fill of all of ND whining and preening each season. Either join a conference fully (don't cherry pick Wake Forest, NC State, Cal, etc for your conference games) or play a difficult schedule. People keep trying to make noise about how they "handled their business" after losing the only 2 tough games they had by whipping everyone by double-digits. Look who they applied the whipping to; any major conference champion or runner up would have run that schedule equally well. They had 2 good losses and ZERO good wins; that is a losing hand no matter how you try and spin it.
If college football had any integrity, they would drop the ridiculous rule around ND automatically getting in the CFP if they are 12th or higher, and force them to match up on strength of schedule. We have seen all year how useless the AP polls are so being ranked 12th for them and their pitiful schedule is not a difficult hurdle to overcome. Vanderbilt has a better argument than ND and you don't see all of the talking heads grabbing their pearls worrying about that. ND - please just shut up and take your little entitled ego and just go away.
I don't think any school left out of the college playoffs should complain after what happened to Georgia and Florida State in 2023. Both teams went undefeated through the season. Georgia was ranked number 1 for most of the season and lost a close game to Alabama. Florida State went undefeated through the season and won the ACC. The conference championship should not have any data points for who makes it or not. Everyone plays a 12 games season and it should be based off that. This year I see the committee decided to do that by leaving Duke, the ACC champion out and allowing Bama to be in with 3 three loses, including a lost in the SEC championship game. Personally, I think the committee should be structured with ex-NFL coaches and GMs that know what good teams looks like and who have talented roster and coaching staffs. Get away with from the schools affiliate ADs and coaches.
Lol....you're right. The attitude toward Notre Dame....exposes the whole thing, for anybody interested enough to look.
I'll just let that marinate a minute. Think on it. Lol.
@Henddawg Let's not go overboard here. Sure, put Notre Dame in a conference. Result?
0. Notre Dame wins the ACC this year with a 12-1 record.
1. Notre Dame wins the Big 12 this year. 2 bottom feeding conferences right? No so fast!
2. Notre Dame goes 11-1 against Oregon's schedule (losing only to Indiana).
3. Notre Dame goes 11-1 at worst against Indiana's schedule (losing only to Oregon … maybe).
4. Notre Dame goes 11-1 against Ohio State's schedule, losing only to Texas.
5. Notre Dame goes 11-0 against Miami's schedule (ignoring the game against itself). What about the mighty SEC?
6. Notre Dame goes 10-1 against Texas A&M's schedule (ignoring the game against itself)
7. Notre Dame goes 10-2 against the Ole Miss schedule
8. Notre Dame goes 10-2 against Bama's schedule.
Meaning they totally make the playoffs. Their fans know this and it is a major reason why they are so upset. Of course the committee can't go by "what could have happened" but ND would absolutely be in the playoff had they played a typical P4 conference schedule this year.
Great article Connor. Kirby knows how to run his program where this kind of thing by Notre Dame would NEVER happen. The move by the Irish is worse than when FSU got left out and then we trounced them.
Notre Dame was trying to make a point. I get it. But, being a whining cry baby about it and opting out of a good bowl game shows no class whatsoever.
Notre Dame....doesn't "win" a darned thing on paper....imo.
If you want the Irish to WIN the ACC....then, they have to play by ACC rules and an ACC schedule.
That ACC schedule, could've included GT, FSU, Miami, VA Tech, etc......ALL of whom, are superior to most of the teams Notre Dame plays every year.
Texas lost by 7pts on the road in an out of conference game VS OSU.....and, missed out on the CFP.
Why should ND, who lost....not 1...but 2 games like that...make the CFP over anybody in a Conference like SEC or BIG10.
IF....you want to be an independent school in today's CFP Era....you better darned well schedule some SEC & BIG10 teams....on the "back-half" of your schedule.
And....stop loading up the front end of your schedule with the strong teams...when you know that's the only way, you'll be able to match-up. Early in the season....most teams are on the same level ground.
If....Notre Dame had Texas A&M on the schedule, in week 10 or later....it wouldn't be up to a Committee. Just sayin'.
Go Dawgs....get Kirby's 3rd. BTA, baby!
Everybody said Lane Kiffin did the scumbag move of the year.
Notre Dame said "hold my beer".
Go Dawgs!
Just bad Sportsmanship.....imo. No deeper than that.
We can all empathize....but, not follow.
This level of incompetence at ND reminds me of when they hired GT's Head Coach [O'Leary] out from under em with a big contract, back in the '90's.
THEN.....They fired him a couple of weeks later, for "lying on his resume' about his educational background". Lmao
Notre Dame ain't what she used to be. Lol
🤣🤣🤣....from the top rope...💥,BAM!!!
@BigDawg61 You mean the same Georgia Tech team that lost to Pitt 42-28 at home? Notre Dame pulled their starters after going up 37-9 against that same Pitt team except on the road.. Georgia Tech also lost 48-36 to Wake Forest. Notre Dame beat Wake Forest 36-7. Good grief. Yes GT took UGA to double overtime and upset Miami last season. But they still went 7-6 overall including losses to Syracuse, Louisville (by 2 TDs), 6-7 Virginia Tech (ditto), and 7-6 Vanderbilt. Wait a minute. That plus UGA only equals 5 losses you might protest. THAT IS BECAUSE GT LOST TO NOTRE DAME LAST YEAR 31-13 IN MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM. ND's hammering the same GT team that took UGA to 8 OTs predicted ND 23 UGA 10. Seriously, do do any research at all before claiming stuff like this? Notre Dame is a better program with better coaching and better players than Georgia Tech. Has been since Notre Dame hired Brian Kelly way back in 2010, when Georgia Tech was wasting 11 years of its time with a former Georgia Southern and Navy coach, digging themselves a hole that they still haven't crawled out from under even with them grabbing every SEC career backup (which is what Haynes King was at Texas A&M) from the portal because SEC backup = starter for a middle-of-the-road ACC team like Georgia Tech. Again, researching teams other than UGA helps.
Keep in mind: I am not saying that Notre Dame should be in the playoff this year. I am saying that had Notre Dame played Old Dominion, Kennesaw State (who won the C-USA title game BTW), Indiana State, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, UCLA, Maryland, Penn State, Wisconsin, Oregon and Purdue they are 11-1 against that schedule. Whose schedule is this? Indiana. Meaning that even had Indiana lost to Oregon and missed the Big 10 title game, they would have still made the playoff just like last year when they went 11-1 aginst FIU, Western Illinois, UCLA, Charlotte, Maryland, Northwestern, Nebraska, Washington, Michigan State, 7-5 Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue. Did you know Indiana's schedule last year or this year? Or Oregon's schedule this year? Of course not. Otherwise you would have agreed with me.
Most of ND's athletic teams are members of the acc, except the sport that supports them all. Wonder why that is?..let em whine.