And Sleeper, the fact that you think anyone involved gives two shits about the "integrity" of college football is laughable. It's a business. Saying the CFP committee isn't interested in putting together games that would garner the highest ratings possible is like saying that the players don't ever accept cash handshakes from boosters. You're crazy if you think the CFP committee doesn't want the teams that bring in the most money and generate the highest ratings in the CFP.

sleeper;1753550 wrote:I think its funny that ND fans talk about fan base, revenue, contracts, etc. and not anything that actually matters.

I don't give a flying fuck how much money or fans OSU has and I never will. When is ND going to grow up and join a conference like everyone else? No wonder they can't win anything; everyone is focused on money rather than winning. LOL

sleeper;1753551 wrote:LOL. You aren't answered my question nor do you have a clue on how "money" works in college football. The NCAA already sold off the rights so their money is made already for the next 7 years. The network that owns the contract then goes out and sells ads and can garner bigger deals if they get more ratings. Putting ND in a championship game because they will draw more viewers is asinine at best because it benefits no one but the network. Your knowledge of business is beyond lacking and embarrassing at best.

sherm03;1753555 wrote:They'll join a conference when they have to. But so far, they haven't had to because (1) they haven't been good enough to warrant it for awhile, and (2) an undefeated ND team will make the CFP every time.



I understand how that works. If you think execs at ESPN don't have any influence at all on CFP committee members, you're retarded. They want to protect their investment. There will absolutely be shady deals that go on as we get further into this CFP process. We may never know about them. But they will happen.

sleeper;1753560 wrote:An undefeated ND is not guaranteed anything. If there are 4 undefeated teams with a conference title, they get in 10/10 against ND. Sorry, but this isn't the 1970's anymore and ND isn't going to be gifted anything.

sherm03;1753562 wrote:I disagree. And since that situation will never happen, we don't have to worry about it. A more likely situation is one that Ironman described where there are 2 undefeated teams and a bunch of 1 loss teams crowded together fighting for the last 2 spots. Even then, I think ND has an advantage.

sherm03;1753562 wrote:I disagree. And since that situation will never happen, we don't have to worry about it. A more likely situation is one that Ironman described where there are 2 undefeated teams and a bunch of 1 loss teams crowded together fighting for the last 2 spots. Even then, I think ND has an advantage.

Azubuike24;1753634 wrote:The talk of having 5 unbeaten teams is about as likely as Notre Dame winning the title.

Azubuike24;1753634 wrote:The talk of having 5 unbeaten teams is about as likely as Notre Dame winning the title.

Azubuike24;1753653 wrote:(23) West Virginia at (15) Oklahoma
Texas Tech at (5) Baylor
(1) Ohio State at Indiana
Minnesota at (16) Northwestern
Kansas State at (20) Oklahoma State
(3) Ole Miss at (25) Florida
(21) Mississippi State at (14) Texas A&M
(6) Notre Dame at (12) Clemson
(13) Alabama at (8) Georgia

Great slate of games this weekend.

bigkahuna;1753726 wrote:I wonder where Gameday will be. UGA or Clemson?

sportswizuhrd;1753566 wrote:Hypothetical about the ND talk and because its a slow night at work...

Big 10 - Ohio State 0 Losses (wins vs Minnesota, Michigan St(only loss), at Michigan and Wisconsin in Big Ten title game)
Big 12 - Baylor 0 Losses (wins vs WVU, at Kansas State, vs Oklahoma, at TCU (only loss) and at Oklahoma St.)
PAC 12 - UCLA 0 Losses (wins at Arizona, vs Arizona St, at Stanford, Cal, at Utah (only loss), at USC and Stanford in PAC 12 title game)
SEC - LSU 0 Losses (wins at Mississippi St., vs Florida, at Alabama, at Ole Miss(only loss), vs A&M, UGA (only loss) in SEC title game)
Notre Dame 0 Losses (wins vs Georgia Tech, vs Navy(only loss) at Clemson(only loss), USC, at Stanford)

ACC - Clemson 1 Loss to ND

Who gets left out? Is it down to Baylor and Notre Dame?

Azubuike24;1753717 wrote:...and I still wouldn't pick Georgia. Until their QB shows he can do anything but complete 90% of 6-yard dump passes and basic routes, I won't pick UGA to even win the East