7:16 ET –
For Notre Dame fans you can pretty much kiss the small chances of a New Year’s Six game away. Coming it at number 16 after dismantling what was a ranked Navy team doesn’t earn you a bump over Auburn. Sure there are guaranteed loses still coming for several teams ahead of the Irish but where they’re at now after a pretty nice win over Navy and no team with any credibility remaining means Notre Dame fans can probably start booking those flights to Orlando for the Camping World Bowl.
7:23 ET –
In regards to the Notre Dame ranking – I’m not complaining, I’m just noting it. They got destroyed by a good, not great Michigan team and their best win on the year is over a USC team who is fortunate to be in the top 25 and a Virginia Tech team that didn’t even sneak in this week’s top 25. They don’t deserve a NY6 game, I’m simply noting the dream of that is just about dead based on no movement after last week.
7:24 ET –
Interview with Mullens focuses on Alabama, at least early on. I need help understanding why you should be punished for a player getting hurt, especially if you’re Alabama who has as much talent as anyone in the country. Based off of where they were ranked last week, if they win out and what they’ll accomplish if they do, they should be a CFP team, assuming LSU beats Georgia in the SEC title game.
7:26 ET – The Penn State being ranked back over Minnesota thing is laughable, as is Penn State being ranked ahead of Oklahoma. Penn State’s best win is over No. 13 Michigan – it’s a nice win, it’s not a great win. Minnesota’s win over Penn State is better than anything Penn State has and it’s not like losing at Iowa is some kind of an awful loss. I hate the idea of head-to-head being equal to how you’ve fared against common opponents. Just dumb. If we don’t let the on-the-field result matter, then why even play the freaking game?
7:34 ET – I’m glad Kirk Herbstreit at least addressed the head-to-head stuff, but are we being real with this stuff? Not saying they will be what if Alabama beats Auburn by 50 in a couple of weeks without Tua and LSU falls in their SEC Championship Game against Georgia. Would Alabama then deserve a playoff spot over LSU because they were more impressive against a common opponent? Unless you’re in the Yellowhammer State I’m guessing you’re saying no.
7:39 ET – This hypothetical that they just came up with on the rankings show:
What happens if Georgia wins out and hands LSU their only loss of the season in Atlanta? And that Minnesota runs the table, handing Ohio State their only loss of the year in Indianapolis all while Clemson runs the table as the only unbeaten.
How with this scenario can you not reward the conference champions first and foremost? Clemson is clearly in, as is Georgia and Minnesota. The debate is up to who gets No. 4 and that comes down to LSU, Alabama, Ohio State and a potential 12-1 Pac-12 champion? Why have conference championship games if you’re not rewarded for winning them, but only punished for losing them?
Also none of this matters (famous last words) because Ohio State will be 13-0 without much of a problem whatsoever and if Georgia were to win the SEC Title, the debate would turn to one-loss LSU and a one-loss Pac-12 champion in my eyes.