ADVERTISEMENT

5th slot in the 12 team playoff

I agree, I have a feeling they will start reseeding after 1st round because of the advantage.
I don't see them reseeding. NFL, NHL, NCAA BB don't reseed. They'll expand to 16 before they reseed. Top 4 are set as conference champs, they aren't going to reseed the winners of 5-12
1 vs 8 or 9
2 vs 7 or 10
3 vs 6 or 11
4 vs 5 or 12
If an upset happens in round 1 it happens. Why complicate and make things more controversial.

Autograph has officially cleared beta stage!

Autograph announced today that its app has officially moved beyond the beta stage.

I've told you about Autograph before. It's a free app where you get rewarded to consuming content about your favorite team, and our Notre Dame content is featured in it. Download the app today with referral code INDS


Login to view embedded media
  • Like
Reactions: NDinNJ and melstew

5th slot in the 12 team playoff

Provides a much easier path to the final 4 than 6-11.

The 5th seeded team will most likely play the G5 team in the 12th slot at home. Win this game and they go on to play either the B12 or ACC champion in round 2. Obviously much easier than having to play a P4 team and then an elite team like UGA or OSU.
Yes 5 seed us a huge advantage. That's been the goal since the new system came out. Also, 6 is pretty nice as well

Why don’t people see losers for losers?

It will come down to the SC game

If they are 10 and 2 with 0 or 1 ranked wins, I don't think so

If they get to 11, they're in
My very premature prognostication for the 12 playoff teams

SEC will get 3, hell or high water…first seed will be one of UGA, Bama, Ole Miss, Texas and they will have one in 5-8, maybe 2 in that group

Big10 will get 3, hell or high water …second seed will be one of OSU, Mich, PSU, and then one in 5-8, one in 9-12 group

ACC champ will get one- Miami, 4th seed

Big 12 champ will get one - Okie St, 3rd seed (because anti bias of ACC)

ND, between 5-10 seed

That leaves 3 more at large.. they will give a 4th to SEC and then fight over the last 2 spots among ACC runner-up, 4th place Big10, 2nd place Big12 and best poll finish of anyone in ACC/Big12…

Again way too early and premature prognostication …

Why don’t people see losers for losers?

Switch Penn state's schedule with Notre Dame schedule and Penn state's win-loss record would be significantly greater

That's why you use a tool like f Plus that adjusts for opponent quality and when you do that Penn State has had the better program over the last several years. They've just played a tough slate of teams in the Big ten
Nonsense.

Why don’t people see losers for losers?

“That's a pretty low bar. Florida used to be a top 15 job. Not so sure now.”

What’s a pretty low bar? Going 9-4 twice & 11-2 once at Minnesota? I don’t think that’s easy to do. But I’m no fleck lover. He’s just far and away more successful than Napier has been. That’s why I didn’t get your comment about him being the “PJ fleck of the SEC”. My point was he kinda wishes he was as good as fleck at this point.
PJ was just another in a long list of flavors of the month. That boat he likes to row has been taking on water for some time. My point was both were hyped and neither has lived up to it. You'll never here either of them mentioned for a big time job again going forward.

Herbstreit

Connor Weigman absolutely sucked. Obviously our defense had something do with that, a lot to do with it. But the idea that this plodding, thus-far underachieving, very likely to be yet another five star bust/disappointment QB was all set to shred ND apart and take his place in the pantheon of great QBs of the last thirty years, but our defense was such a towering colossus that we made him look like a shitty walk-on instead, is not accurate. It's in the same vein as the whole Anthonie Knapp is an OL of destiny thing that preceded the game.

Knapp got the nod by force of unfortunate circumstance, which happens sometimes and teams have to start a true frosh for lack of a preferred alternative and it is what it is, and it worked out tolerably enough and we got the win. And Connor Weigman just plain sucks, even though of course the defense was all over him, and shut him down, and he played like shit. Both with excellent individual play, and presumably good tactical scheming to throw him off his rhythm and whatnot. But he definitely did suck all on his own to the point where it was almost annoying, and insulting. As if to say, god damn dude, you suck. How many times are you going to miss your WRs that are being well defended, but not that well defended, and make some shitty lame throw that lands at their feet, or sails ten feet over their head?

But whatever, we got the win. And we'll be 11-0 heading into the big USC game, and maybe USC will still be nursing playoff possibilities of their own, as their defense looks much improved...
Worked out very well with Knapp given the environment of the first game. The future is very bright with these young guys upfront. The longer the game went on the better they got.

Football Notre Dame Football Live Chat has gone LIVE ... and will be until around 3 ET


Here's a shortcut to the question queue and/or lurking portal to follow along live:

ADVERTISEMENT

Filter

ADVERTISEMENT