Paul Myerberg: “To date, the greatest asset on Notre Dame’s résumé is a loss: Georgia’s 20-19 win in South Bend on Sept. 10. More than an impressive win two weeks later against Michigan State, the defeat lent the Irish credibility. The unbeaten Bulldogs have likewise ridden that victory into the thick of the early College Football Playoff race.”
If the Irish manage to beat Southern Cal this weekend, they’ll probably jump into the top ten as a result. That, in turn, would make Georgia look better without even having to play a game.
And to think I used to complain about Notre Dame being overrated by the media. College football, I don’t know you any more.
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“And to think I used to complain about Notre Dame being overrated by the media. College football, I don’t know you any more.”
^^This
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That loss to Alabama in 2012 really buried their national profile.
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We’ll be amused at the ND situation until the end when ND gets UGA’s spot in the playoff. Then we’ll all be frowning.
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^^This.
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If Georgia wins the SEC, no one is getting “our spot.” If we don’t win the SEC we have no claim to any spot. Georgia fans would be livid if we beat Alabama in Atlanta only to be rematched with them in the playoff, so the narrative that we should get to put Alabama in double jeopardy ourselves is hypocritical and amusing.
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The only thing that’s amusing about it is if we beat Alabama, they are still assured a spot. If we lose to Alabama, we are not.
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God hates UGA football. I’ve been convinced of that for years. He does so, even in spite of the Saint Richt years.
I fully expect Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson and a 1 loss Notre Dame to be in the play offs, with a 1 loss UGA on the outside looking in.
Why? Because that’s the most heartbreaking way for this season to end, which is why it’s exactly what I expect.
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I can’t believe I have to pull for ND to win this season. I always root against them. I even pulled for the “Convicts” when they played the Golden Domers. Hopefully, the luck of the Irish shows up against USC this weekend.
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Not sure how ND gets in over an undefeated Georgia team…so, I personally don’t really care what they do or don’t do.
Yes, I said undefeated.
Screw Bama, ND, Florida, Auburn, Tech and everyone else that stands in Georgia’s way.
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The second greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing Georgia fans to pull for Notre Dame.
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Georgia fans need to get it through their heads now – when we play Alabama in Atlanta, that IS our playoff. If we win, we’re in. If we lose, we’re out, and rightfully so. If the point of a playoff is to decide on the field who the best team is, there’s no point in putting the loser of the SEC title game in because we already determined the winner was better.
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The fans working up the scenarios in their head in which we lose to Alabama and still get in is indicative of the mindset that still lingers from the Richt years in which we always had to hope for help from someone else to achieve our goals.
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Not sure that’s fair. Winning the SEC is a purely objective goal — team with the most conference wins in a division goes to Atlanta and team that wins in Atlanta is the SEC champ.
CFP is a subjective goal. Selection committee supposedly selects the four best teams regardless of record. If UGA is one of college football’s four best teams, why shouldn’t it be selected? (Yes, I know “supposedly” is doing a lot of work there.)
Before everyone starts jumping up and down about winning a conference as a qualifier, ask yourself what’ll happen if Notre Dame finishes in the mix at 11-1. Will they be automatically barred because they’re not in a conference? Yeah, right.
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which is why every coach in the SEC talks about objective goals. Win the East, Win the SECCG, in that order. until the CFP, you REALLY couldn’t control the post season, see 2002, 2005, 2007, 2012.
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Exactly. Win what you can control, and the conference championships are right in front of you, no excuses. Whatever you get after that, CFP, bowls, etc., are all a part of the subjective system and beyond a team’s control. Nice to have, but winning before that point can help you get a nicer toy, just no guarantees. We have been screwed before, but never out of a conference title. That means the objective has to be win the conference title, and the East is the first step. All this worrying about what happens five to six games beyond the present is simply premature, save it for your dreams.
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Circumstances could transpire in which we might be one of the most deserving teams to be in the four, after a loss in the title game to Alabama, but I can’t imagine any scenario in which that would be likely. The SECCG will be viewed as a playoff between Bama and Georgia for the CFP. It would take some unconscionable chaos for the loser of that game to be considered more worthy than three other conference champs.
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Chaos yes, but I don’t think its anywhere near unconscionable based on what the top teams from the Pac 12, Big 12, Big 10, and ACC have already shown us this year.
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Well said Chili.
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