Wolverine 73

December 19th, 2020 at 9:34 PM ^

Mante Te’o girlfriend joke?  Every time ND parlays a decent team and weak schedule into a potential playoff berth, they seem to eventually get exposed.  Guess Clemson with Trevor is a different team than Clemson without Trevor.

DoubleB

December 19th, 2020 at 6:13 PM ^

Clemson has one decent win this year, Miami. No other team they've beaten is ranked. If ND can make this close, you can make a case--maybe not a strong one with Clemson's COVID issues--ND should STILL be ranked ahead of Clemson. 

ND's schedule may not be great. It is better than Clemson's who, you know, actually lost a game.

Bo Harbaugh

December 19th, 2020 at 6:01 PM ^

And ND is a good, not elite team, that has handled this COVID year much better than UM and many other teams.  They’ve had a few good upsets in the streak.
 

They are still nowhere near a healthy Bama or Clemson squad this year.  Their program is also nowhere near OSU, although OSU seems to be a bit down this year compared to Bama and Clemson.

DonAZ

December 19th, 2020 at 5:44 PM ^

Watching Clemson is somewhat painful ... it reminds how large a gap exists between the truly elite and pretty much every other program not named 'Alabama'.

scfanblue

December 19th, 2020 at 6:26 PM ^

ND is missing the elite athletes. They are coached very well and Kelly does a great job but they simply cannot match teams like Alabama and Clemson, OSU and frankly Texas AM this year.

AMazinBlue

December 19th, 2020 at 6:27 PM ^

ND getting trucked.   If you lose by 30 or more you don't deserve to be in the playoff, but they vote ND in b/c their ND.  OSU  doesn't deserve it either.

Cincinnati deserves it more based on their record as of this moment.

This is just proving that Bama and Cle.son are better than everyone else.  Bama will destroy Florida later.

Bo Harbaugh

December 19th, 2020 at 6:38 PM ^

Notre Dame not getting in if this score holds.  A&M has 1 loss against the best team in the country (Bama) and was more competitive than ND tonight.

A&M will pass ND in the standings and possibly even OSU after their performance today in the B1G championship, even though they were missing 20 players. Also, I think the committee wants to avoid a Bama-A&M (sec) rematch in the semifinal.

Bama is by far the best team this year, then Clemson a half rung below.  The rest will get run over.

I predict

1) Bama

2) Clemson

3) A&M

4) OSU

And Bama trucks OSU and Clemson on their way to the title.

Bo Harbaugh

December 19th, 2020 at 8:26 PM ^

It's a weird year and I think everyone is getting donkey punched by Bama this year.  They have an NFL O-line, NFL 1st or 2nd round QB, and 3 NFL WR (2 now with Waddle injured).

I think they smoke everyone including Clemson.

Looking at Notre Dame's schedule and performance today, it makes no sense to put them in - especially given that their biggest victory was against a severely depleted Clemson team that just exposed them.

 

M-Dog

December 19th, 2020 at 7:02 PM ^

WTF?? Herbstreit / Fowler saying they still think Notre Dame is in no matter what? 

Notre Dame beat a depleted Clemson and is now getting stomped.  They would be an embarrassment in the CFP.  They do not belong in the CFP.