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

I am who I am wrote:

However, I am not a fan of AD Swarbrick or of Coach Kelly, and one more game where ND gets blown out against an elite team should be the end for at least one of those two.

Kelly being proven to be such a shaky human being is the only thing keeping nationwide celebrations that Jimbo Fisher did not get in.

The whole thing is a mess and there should be an asterisk by all of it.

The Big Ten set a minimum number of games that were required before making it to the conference championship, then changed the rules in Ohio State's favor at that last minute to let them in. It should have been Northwestern vs. Indiana.

Notre Dame is in the CFP after being completely dominated. They made it in on name alone, their season doesn't impress. Clearly Texas A&M belonged in the game. Hopefully Notre Dame gets smoked.

rishierish wrote:

Ighting Firish wrote:

What’s even more amazing is Kelly promoted their two wins over top-15 opponents as justification, one of which was a Lawrence-less Clemson (also missing two prominent DEs) in South Bend in a 2 OT game. When they played the real Clemson at the end of the season when it counted, they got smoked. So, I guess ND’s signature win of the season was UNC. So impressive.

Keep the excuses coming. It is great.

What will be really great is when Bama makes them look like a Mountain West team, as Clemson did.

Oh, the formidable Irish and their idiot fans who rushed the field in a meaningless game.

Timmy Treadwell wrote:

The whole thing is a mess and there should be an asterisk by all of it.

The Big Ten set a minimum number of games that were required before making it to the conference championship, then changed the rules in Ohio State's favor at that last minute to let them in. It should have been Northwestern vs. Indiana.

Notre Dame is in the CFP after being completely dominated. They made it in on name alone, their season doesn't impress. Clearly Texas A&M belonged in the game. Hopefully Notre Dame gets smoked.

Good post. Accurate. I’m the biggest Bama fan suddenly

Ighting Firish wrote:

rishierish wrote:

Keep the excuses coming. It is great.

What will be really great is when Bama makes them look like a Mountain West team, as Clemson did.

Oh, the formidable Irish and their idiot fans who rushed the field in a meaningless game.

Cool story. It’s almost like Bama is better at football than Notre Dame. I’ll be so sad watching that on January 1st in the CFB Playoffs.

Brass Tacks wrote:

rojo wrote:

A parent wants to watch their kid. If they are the safety, that's hard to see from home. Same thing with many wide receivers, etc. Unless there is an all-22 camera angle, the tv shots are terrible for parents.

Yet one static spot and viewing angle dozens of yards from the field is better? Get your head out...

My son played in college and I'd always prefer to be at the game over watching on TV. It's not simply a site line issue.

Timmy Treadwell wrote:

Notre Dame is in the CFP after being completely dominated. They made it in on name alone, their season doesn't impress. Clearly Texas A&M belonged in the game. Hopefully Notre Dame gets smoked.

If it was clear, A&M would have been there. In the end which game would you rather see

AL versus and A&M team they had already crushed this season or an Al versus a ND team that just got crushed. Really hard to get excited about either of them.

rishierish wrote:

Cool story. It’s almost like Bama is better at football than Notre Dame. I’ll be so sad watching that on January 1st in the CFB Playoffs.

I don't think anyone debates that. Bama has already A&M look at a mountain west team already. I expect them to do the same thing to ND.