12-08-2025, 04:15 PM
Good insight from the WSJ (and a touch of snark):
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/notr..._permalink
That being said, if you are going to make someone mad, it might as well be the Domers (or Trojans). To be fair, I agree that the weekly playoff show is a traveshamockery, but that was always going to be the case. And if the final playoff were announced without weekly reveals before that, someone would complain about the lack of transparency. People always want a reason to be mad.
In other news, apparently Notre Dame is pissed that the ACC was lobbying for its own member to make the playoffs and not Notre Dame. L-O-friggin-L.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...670481007/
Pretty rich for a team that, time and again, has turned down an opportunity to join a conference, is now complaining that a conference that wanted them was politicking on behalf of a conference member. Sorry to the cake-eater-havers in South Bend, but if you want a conference behind you making the case for you to be in the playoffs, there’s an easy solution.
Anyway, fair or not, someone was going to be screwed and I can’t say that I am not kinda happy that it was the Domers.
BC
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/notr..._permalink
Quote:It’s college football. If it didn’t make people mad, it would be pizza.
That being said, if you are going to make someone mad, it might as well be the Domers (or Trojans). To be fair, I agree that the weekly playoff show is a traveshamockery, but that was always going to be the case. And if the final playoff were announced without weekly reveals before that, someone would complain about the lack of transparency. People always want a reason to be mad.
Quote:Frustration is a feature, not a bug. Teams have been getting robbed as long as we’ve been doing this; rage long precedes the 12-team format. Auburn had an undefeated team in 2004 that got squeezed out of the championship game. How about Florida State just a couple of years ago? They’re still seething in Tallahassee about that one.
Folks, I’m so old, I was alive last week when BYU fans were annoyed in advance of their conference championship, worried that the committee was protecting Notre Dame and were going to squeeze the Cougars out. I’m also very aware that I could get a hearty case from a fan of the Cougars, the Vanderbilt Commodores, the Utah Utes or even the Texas Longhorns.
And yes, it’s surely true that this again shows the hazard of Notre Dame’s independence, the lack of a conference structure (and pathway) to give their process some clarity. If Notre Dame played in, say, the ACC, this whole drama might have been avoided.
In other news, apparently Notre Dame is pissed that the ACC was lobbying for its own member to make the playoffs and not Notre Dame. L-O-friggin-L.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...670481007/
Quote:According to Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, the blatant politicking done by the conference against the Fighting Irish — including repeated ACC Network airings of Miami's Week 1 win over Notre Dame and turning its social media accounts into a Miami highlight reel during the final week of the regular season, not to mention graphics comparing resumes — the actions of the ACC are going to have a longstanding effect.
Pretty rich for a team that, time and again, has turned down an opportunity to join a conference, is now complaining that a conference that wanted them was politicking on behalf of a conference member. Sorry to the cake-eater-havers in South Bend, but if you want a conference behind you making the case for you to be in the playoffs, there’s an easy solution.
Anyway, fair or not, someone was going to be screwed and I can’t say that I am not kinda happy that it was the Domers.
BC