Quick – name something absurd you’ve done during your time having to stay home during the Coronavirus pandemic we’re all living through.
I’ll start:
I stayed up until almost 3 a.m. on Saturday night and into Sunday morning as I not only started but completed the entire seven episodes of “Tiger King” on Netflix. Thoughts: humans are just the worst, I’ve never rooted so hard for a team of tigers in my life and, uh, I have a lot of questions but will save them for another place and time.
Perhaps even more absurd is trying to project bowl projections right now in a season that may or may not be played and at that, very possibly would at least start after a significant delay.
Now enter Pete Fiutak, my partner on the College Football News Podcast (I’ve got technical issues on my end so recording has hit a snag for the time being). Pete runs College Football News and his idea for fun was to try and project each and every bowl game for the 2020 season.
Yes, he’s crazy but we already knew that. Now to answer your immediate question of “Where did he put Notre Dame!?!!”
The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl facing off against Florida.
He had a lot of positive things to project about Notre Dame a few days back when he claimed they’ll knock off Clemson and be a player for a College Football Playoff spot but in his projections kept them just short of the CFP here.
Take all complaints up with @PeteFiutak.
Would this count as satisfying for you as a Notre Dame fan? For me it’d be satisfying, sure, but it’s not often a schedule sets up to be both as strong but also as favorable in terms of being very top-heavy but also allowing for a potential playoff berth even if there is a loss in there.