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There will be no Big 12 team in the playoffs.
I am not the smartest person in the world but I can see the writing on the wall sometimes.
ESPN does not want ND in the CFP.
ND doesn't have the audience many of you think but they do have loyal fans because of this ESPN wants their football rights to be a part of the ACC network.
If they can say that the 13th data point caused ND to miss the CFP then they can pressure the ND fanbase.
That's laughable Notre Dame getting pressure to join ACC. ND does whatever ND wants and as long as their football program can leech off the ACC. That's NDs MO. they drained The Big East dry by using the football side of their athletics as the carrot.
I hate Notre Dame but I don't see ESPN being able to bully them into anything.
Ohio St lost to a 6-6 Va Tech team and got in
Oklahoma lost to a 5-7 Texas team and got in
Clemson lost to Pittsburgh and got in
Oklahoma lost to Iowa St and got in.
Losses are unimportant.
It is like this.
Ratings drive the CFP narrative.
There has been three eras of CFB in TV
Before 1990
1990-2010
2010- present
Texas has the top rated game in the first two eras.
Texas also has 2 of the Top 5 rated games in the first 2 eras
If ND loses to either Florida St or USC and Texas wins out Texas is in.
Texas
Alabama
Ohio State
Clemson
What would make ESPN cream their panties would be
Texas
ND
Alabama
Ohio State
Ohio St lost to a 6-6 Va Tech team and got in
Oklahoma lost to a 5-7 Texas team and got in
Clemson lost to Pittsburgh and got in
Oklahoma lost to Iowa St and got in.
Losses are unimportant.
Wrong again. It's more important WHEN you lost (and what everyone else does).
Losing early benefits Texass if they win out. WVU losing to either UT or OU, takes them out of the running. The ONLY way WVU gets in is if they go undefeated and UT and/or OU don't have late season meltdowns and drop a couple of games.