Brian Kelly nails it: They should not play the 1st round of the CFP in the "Rose Bowl" unless it's move out of Cali

Maybe COVID kills off the antiquated bowl system? I wouldn't mind seeing all of these games replaced with a 16 team playoff. Some network will pay the NCAA huge money for the exclusive television/streaming rights and the NCAA can set aside a big revenue sharing pool to distribute to colleges that didn't make the playoffs. It works for college hoops.

He has a point.

But him talking about this is putting the cart before the horse.

I agree also. California is the Alt Left experiment of a future United States of America and science says it is failing. The Rose Bowl and all of its history and beauty just dropped a few rungs.

middlingNAIAcoach wrote:

He has a point.

But him talking about this is putting the cart before the horse.

Yes. There’s a very good chance ND is very overrated yet again and won’t factor. There’s no way the committee can keep the loser of Clem-ND in the final 4.

Ighting Firish wrote:

middlingNAIAcoach wrote:

He has a point.

But him talking about this is putting the cart before the horse.

Yes. There’s a very good chance ND is very overrated yet again and won’t factor. There’s no way the committee can keep the loser of Clem-ND in the final 4.

Unless Clemson wins by about 50, they are both already in oh clueless one.

Dezyherbie wrote:

Ighting Firish wrote:

Yes. There’s a very good chance ND is very overrated yet again and won’t factor. There’s no way the committee can keep the loser of Clem-ND in the final 4.

Unless Clemson wins by about 50, they are both already in oh clueless one.

Yep it is ALL about $$$$$$ these rankings are not even legitimate never have been and they don't care how obvious it is. Hilariously obvious in fact with IOWA STATE ranked 6th in the playoff rankings they have 2 losses, one of which is to Louisiana--who has 1 loss and is ranked way behind Iowa St while Coastal Carolina is unbeaten and has handed Louisiana their only loss in a close game yet theyre too ranked way back of Iowa St. WHY? BECAUSE money. Iowa St is in the Big12, one of the "power" conferences that make and have big money for the greedy pricks. The less obvious example is Texas A and M (and the SEC entirely) who has 1 loss in the money ridden and overrated SEC but only one win over a team that is any good/above .500 including a blowout loss to the God moms tit team Alabama. They have done NOTHING but are going to get in the playoff if Ohio st (or maybe clemson) loses. This stuff is laughable and the non power 5 have no shot. Undefeated Cincinnati, coastal, anyone else not power 5 NO CHANCE believe me I'm an expert no non power 5 is ever getting in with this format it is a business first and foremost.

Ighting Firish wrote:

middlingNAIAcoach wrote:

He has a point.

But him talking about this is putting the cart before the horse.

Yes. There’s a very good chance ND is very overrated yet again and won’t factor. There’s no way the committee can keep the loser of Clem-ND in the final 4.

If Clemson loses they're out (it would be their second loss of the season). If #2 undefeated ND loses they're possibly still in depending what happens with #7 Florida (8-2) vs #1 undefeated Alabama & #5 Texas AM (7-1) vs unranked Tennessee (3-6).

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Rojo never misses an opportunity to push his right wing agenda

Newsome is such a tool. Epitome of today’s Democrat leaders - narcissistic, hypocritical, power hungry little tyrants.

Brian Kelly has no right to speak out about anything football related since his decisions (and Jack Swarbrick's) only hinge on money and prestige for Notre Dame.

He's one of the few coaches in NCAA football that is responsible for a tragic death.

How he and Jack have jobs at all astounds me.

Notre Dame can play in Satan's lair for all I care.

RIP Declan Sullivan

Amen.

Notre Dame is a has-been program that annually feasts on weak programs like Army, Navy, Boston College.

It looks like their schedule is a little tougher this year, but with many players and teams wracked by covid, I don't know how prestigious any of their victories really are.

They beat two of the top teams in the country playing only 5 games this season. I guess that you are free to live in a fantasy in your own head just because you don't like them, but don't spew lies here. Try to name 5 teams out of the 130 who should be ranked ahead of them. Typical LetsRun garbage. Sort of like saying some runner who is top 5 in the world is not that good because there are a few runners faster than them.

Stoppit Smith wrote:

Brian Kelly has no right to speak out about anything football related since his decisions (and Jack Swarbrick's) only hinge on money and prestige for Notre Dame.

He's one of the few coaches in NCAA football that is responsible for a tragic death.

How he and Jack have jobs at all astounds me.

Notre Dame can play in Satan's lair for all I care.

RIP Declan Sullivan

Amen.

I have a family member who is good friends an old Michigan State U president. When they were looking for new head football coach (I'm guessing it's before the D'Antoni hire), they interviewed Kelly for the position. In the words of my family member "The president said directly to me that they would make sure the university never hired him in any role, whether they were still there or not" and said that they both (the Pres and the AD) thought he was the one of the most "smug, egotistical, better than you" coaches they had ever interviewed. Basically they thought he was a massive jack@ss.

quote post wrote:

Rojo never misses an opportunity to push his right wing agenda

Rojo is a registered Democrat, bud.

The Irish are Watching You wrote:

They beat two of the top teams in the country playing only 5 games this season. I guess that you are free to live in a fantasy in your own head just because you don't like them, but don't spew lies here. Try to name 5 teams out of the 130 who should be ranked ahead of them. Typical LetsRun garbage. Sort of like saying some runner who is top 5 in the world is not that good because there are a few runners faster than them.

I absolutely can not stand Notre Dame....and what you said is exactly true. I watched their games against Clemson and North Carolina and this team is a legit top 5 team.

Notre Dame has a bit of a better reputation than Michigan State in every respect.

The Irish are Watching You wrote:

They beat two of the top teams in the country playing only 5 games this season. I guess that you are free to live in a fantasy in your own head just because you don't like them, but don't spew lies here. Try to name 5 teams out of the 130 who should be ranked ahead of them. Typical LetsRun garbage. Sort of like saying some runner who is top 5 in the world is not that good because there are a few runners faster than them.

That's why I qualified my post re: covid -- it's hard for me to know how good some of those teams are this year. I know they beat Clemson by a touchdown in overtime, but Clemson was without their all-word QB, right? Was ND at full strength or also missing players? I truly don't know.

I do know that every year ND homers think they're the best even though they spend time beating up Ball State, Wake Forest and a bunch of other garbage teams.

They need to join the Big Ten East and see if they can ever get past Ohio State. That would be impressive.

Throwing out opinions and general statements does not build credibility. They do not need to join any conference. They have the largest fanbase in the country and they earn more money by not being in a conference. I challenge you to provide a schedule from one of the past few years and try to justify a team that should have been ranked ahead of them that was not. You are literally claiming that the rankers are dishonest or inept. I guess one LetsRun poster knows more than everyone else.

The rankers are dishonest and inept....and political. I said my feelings about Notre Dame... But they saved a spot for Clemson. Each year, they put in a team that is questionable into the BCS mix or leave someone out with a carefully planned explanation. It was even worse pre-BCS, where Boise State barely got a whiff of suitable postseason despite going undefeated or "and 1" for years. At least teams can't play a div 1AA school and whip them 69-6 to look good anymore.

Real Dealer wrote:

Throwing out opinions and general statements does not build credibility. They do not need to join any conference. They have the largest fanbase in the country and they earn more money by not being in a conference. I challenge you to provide a schedule from one of the past few years and try to justify a team that should have been ranked ahead of them that was not. You are literally claiming that the rankers are dishonest or inept. I guess one LetsRun poster knows more than everyone else.