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....It's a sample of one game but do you remember the 2010 Sun Bowl between ND and Miami? Temperature below freezing and the Miami players looked like they'd rather be doing anything else than playing a tackle football game under those conditions.....
And a USC fan. The dummy slipped out of character and outed himself. He is not here as a ND fan just to troll.
I believe ND is 10-0 against USC at Notre Dame Stadium since 1977 when there is measurable precipitation - during the game. Anecdotally, I have been to a handful of games in South Bend when the weather has been miserable and we played teams from warm clients. The difference in player attitudes/energy is evident from the stands, not as obvious on TV when rewatching the game. I can say as someone who has played football in extremely cold climates, there is a big difference hitting, being hit and the impact with the ground when the weather is cold. Helmets, pads and turf don't respond the same when it is cold. Add into it the fact that these are kids, many of whom have never seen snow, much less played football in it - it makes a difference. ND could have a decided advantage playing at home in December.
How the heck is Ole Miss still ranked? They beat . . . South Carolina. oh and SEC.
It comes down to $$$ SEC and BIG10 are the premier conferences in college football, and they will get as many teams as they can in the CFP.
Is it fun? Not really but if you dress for it you are okay. Years ago I was at a very cold ND vs USC game and I could tell USC was not prepared on the sidelines and their fans were not as well. Meanwhile being from Canada I own proper footwear, gloves, a "touque" and a warm water resistant jacket....so no it was not pleasant as the USC sweater girls were covered up.
Florida Schedule:
Miami
Samford
TAM
At Mississippi St
UCF
At Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
At Texas
LSU
Mississippi
At Florida St.
If Notre Dame went 9-3 against this schedule, they would deserve a playoff spot.
2018 teams #10-#12 finished 9-3 with a G5 team finishing ahead of those three (so all three would have been in the playoffs). 2016 USC finished #9 with a 9-3 record.
It can and should happen on occasion IMO.
I still see there's a robust obsession with who 'deserves' to get into a playoff. And it must needs be decided by men in suits, and not ball players in uniforms. Play your seasons out and then we'll pour ourselves some scotch, good scotch, and light up some stogies from Cuba, only the finest cuban cigars for these honorable deliberations.... and we'll pass judgment on who deserves to get in to the expanded playoff. And I can tell you right now no three loss team belongs. Because three losses is three more than zero losses, and going undefeated is really the only criteria that matters. Then you deserve it. And for the tiebreakers among the various 2 loss teams we'll just come up with some expedient reasoning pulled out of our asses, and that serves our preferences tidily enough and then call it a night!
This was a big reason I was always opposed to a 12 team (or even more) playoff.
Notre Dame's schedule? Correct.
If Notre Dame went 9-3 playing Florida's schedule, they deserve to be in.
Not all CFB schedules are created equally.
While I admit its a tough schedule, there will be ZERO teams in playoffs with three losses
Ridiculous, yeah its much better to just vote on who we think is the best team. Heaven forbid it gets solved on the field.
Has zero to do with polls or voting. They lost three games. Three game losers should not be playing for championships. They have already proved they are not worthy.
Why? They have beaten no one, lost two games and one of them was to KY. Oh I forgot, they are SEC
If you lose three playing Notre Dame’s schedule, we agree.
Florida’s schedule, 9-3 is playoff worthy, IMO.
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