Notre Dame played Georgia in 2017 and 2019, losing both times. The programs currently are not scheduled to meet again in the regular season. But they could meet in the expanded College Football Playoff, and that isn’t lost on one Georgia writer.
The writer, known as GlimmerTwinDawg, is part of Dawg Sports, the SB Nation site for Georgia athletics. He wrote that if the Irish finish the season undefeated, it won’t trouble him. That’s because it wouldn’t prevent the Irish from being locked out of the top four seeds of the College Football Playoff. He also factors in the Irish’s favorable 2024 schedule and the likelihood of them making the playoff regardless.
But then, he presents the scenario that many outside the Irish fan base would love:
“I relish the idea of their success, overrated as always, will not be rewarded. And instead actually punished for their ham-handed stance on conference memberships. Sure, they might get to host a mid-December playoff game at home. But they will inevitably get shellacked by an SEC or (Big Ten) team itching to knock off their gipper. This is a variation of schadenfreude – I want them to succeed only to lose out on an opportunity. And then fall short. Again.”
So we have another writer who can’t stand the Irish’s independence and how it lets them keep their status as a blue blood. That’s what this all comes down to.
All we can say is that’s why they play the games. The Irish surely know what other people think about them, and that should give motivation to prove everyone wrong. Whether they can do it though is another question they’ll have to answer themselves.
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