Re: Notre Dame specifically, it sounds like they had no interest in playing in a non-playoff bowl game that would be broadcast by ESPN, who they felt slighted by.
My initial conspiracy theory was that everyone high up the chain didn’t want to be apart of it, and the team didn’t have a choice. But who knows, maybe they were all on the same page.
Lol, James Madison is 21 point underdogs against Oregon. Tulane is 17 against Ole Miss. Why the hell are they there for
Watch them win now
friendfromlowry wrote:Lol, James Madison is 21 point underdogs against Oregon. Tulane is 17 against Ole Miss. Why the hell are they there for
Watch them win now
They have to be. At least one of them. I dont think we need both, but you definitely need the highest Go5 there. You simply never, ever know.
Laley23 wrote:
They have to be. At least one of them. I dont think we need both, but you definitely need the highest Go5 there. You simply never, ever know.
I agree that one needs to be there...don't know why both are.
jmog wrote:
I agree that one needs to be there...don't know why both are.
Yeah, that part doesnt make much sense to me.
Laley23 wrote:
Yeah, that part doesnt make much sense to me.
I'm not a ND nor Texas fan, but no one can convince me that they shouldn't be in over one of those two teams.
jmog wrote:
I agree that one needs to be there...don't know why both are.
Basically, the current deal is that the five top-ranked division champions get in, which I'd guess was a way to placate the Big 12 and ACC since the current environment is centered so much on the Big 10 and SEC, as 99 times out of 100, you'd expect the Big 12 and ACC champs to be among the top five conference champs out there.
But this year, five-loss Duke both got into the championship game and won it, so the fifth-best champion wound up being another Group of 5 conference champ. I'd say that is just a weird anomaly that may have been set up by conference tiebreakers, since there were five different ACC teams that finished 6-2, with Duke (worst overall record of the bunch; also lost to Tulane) getting the nod. And I know for a fact that some of those tiebreakers are strange. Like in the MAC, where three teams tied for second place and the one who made the championship game (Miami) lost in the regular season to the other two (Ohio, Toledo).
So the culprit that got James Madison in was basically Duke/the ACC. The ACC for having a tiebreaker scenario that got possibly their worst-ranked team of the five (not sure how them, Pitt and SMU were ranked, as they were all in the 4-5 loss category; know they were below Miami and Georgia Tech) into the championship game and Duke for being that team and winning the damn thing.
jmog wrote:
I'm not a ND nor Texas fan, but no one can convince me that they shouldn't be in over one of those two teams.
I mean, its pretty easy. Texas didnt win the SEC, they are clearly not the best team in the country.
Tulane and JMU won their conference, there is a VERY, very small chance they are the best team in the country.
That is all I am saying, over 50 years, we may not have a single competitive game in 49. But that one outlier -- the Boise State of 2006/07 -- would make this very much worth it, imo. Of course no one is claiming they are worthy of being in the top-12, but everyone has to have a fair shot in this. I think giving just the 1 spot for Go5 is the way to go, but I would hate it if they eliminated it completely.
Laley23 wrote:
I mean, its pretty easy. Texas didnt win the SEC, they are clearly not the best team in the country.
Tulane and JMU won their conference, there is a VERY, very small chance they are the best team in the country.
That is all I am saying, over 50 years, we may not have a single competitive game in 49. But that one outlier -- the Boise State of 2006/07 -- would make this very much worth it, imo. Of course no one is claiming they are worthy of being in the top-12, but everyone has to have a fair shot in this. I think giving just the 1 spot for Go5 is the way to go, but I would hate it if they eliminated it completely.
I agree. Having 2 of them sucks though. But that’s life and arguing about subjective rating is what make CFB great.
The ACC and MAC tie breakers need adjusted for sure.
Duke is not good, played no one and beat no one…but had the tie breaker over everyone. They proved Virginia was nothing. Pitt proved Georgia Tech was nothing. Cal easily beat SMU. ACC wasn’t weak and it’s crazy Miami wasn’t in the championship game.
Going into Miami game Pitt had one loss and even had they beat Notre Dame they still would’ve been behind Virginia and SMU even after smoking Georgia Tech on the road. Had they knocked off Miami too they still would not had been over Virginia or SMU….and with the L to Miami they dropped behind Duke.
Crazy
Notre Dame is pissed at ACC for pushing Miami over them for the playoff. I hope this marks the beginning of the end of ND’s affiliation with the ACC. I’d love for them to be in the Big Ten where they have all the natural rivalries. The ACC needs them way more than they need the ACC. The Big 12 commish suggested ND owed the ACC for “keeping them afloat” in 2020. What a joke.
Sherrone Moore gone from Scum. Hearing he may have got a staff member preg
Lol
Late in the HC search will be interesting to see where they go
Cheat your way to a national championship, no problem. Screw a subordinate? You’re out!!!!
I always felt like Moore was a patsy placeholder to take the blowback from Harbaugh’s mess - with the assumption being that the penalty would be very severe. Since they got off with a fine only, they can clear him out and go find a Michigan Man.
Fucking pathetic institution.
Married with 3 daughters. Such “Michigan Man” behavior.
Cheats on the field, cheats on his wife. Math adds up!
Guys, they fired him. What else do you want?
They could’ve buried it and kept him employed for years like Ohio State did with Strauss.
Laley23 wrote:Guys, they fired him. What else do you want?
They could’ve buried it and kept him employed for years like Ohio State did with Strauss.
It sounds like an inappropriate consensual relationship, not serial rape.
I really believe he was never in the cards as a coach at Michigan. I doubt he’s the first HC to have an affair. But I’m sure the powers that be at that shithole are pleased as can be that he was doing it. Gives them the excuse they need.
Bro seems to have gone off the deep end since this all came out.
It’s crazy how you wake up normal one morning and 12 hours later you’ve lost your contract and job, probably your wife, you’re threatening violence on yourself and others and end up arrested.
justincredible wrote:Bro seems to have gone off the deep end since this all came out.
Yes he has.
friendfromlowry wrote:It’s crazy how you wake up normal one morning and 12 hours later you’ve lost your contract and job, probably your wife, you’re threatening violence on yourself and others and end up arrested.
Well that escalated quickly....
Heard he was fired yesterday afternoon, woke up this morning and he had been detained due to breaking into her house and threatening violence to hear and himself....
Oh, and based on his wife and the mistress he has a type, they look near the same just different age.
Also heard this morning he gave her a 55% raise this year...I'd think about sleeping with my boss for a 55% raise too, and he's a dude.
Yeah, that was just a crazy self-destruction. Take a few months off, go somewhere else as an assistant and maybe build yourself back into a head coach like Bobby Petrino did. Instead, he didn't, uh, take things well and his name is going to be toxic as hell for quite some time.
The guy’s got a wife and three little girls. This is so sad for them.