[Purple Haize]

Ok even though the Championship game is in 2019

This is why UCF should have been in instead of ND. They could have given Clemson as good if not better game. You also would have had more eyeballs on the game. The novelty of a G5 which also is the largest University in America would have been a viewer windfall.
Regardless of their record ND should never be ranked higher than 5th

[thepostman]

Careful. UCF doesn't spell SEC.

[ballcoach15]

I believe the Refs were told at halftime to get ND back in the game.

[Purple Haize]

I believe the Refs were told at halftime to get ND back in the game.

Pray tell how are they accomplishing that?

[thepostman]

I believe the Refs were told at halftime to get ND back in the game.

[LU 57]

No offense intended to ballcoach, but I am sick of Alabama. Hoping Clemson can get through this one healthy in order to give the Tide a game.

[Purple Haize]

No offense intended to ballcoach, but I am sick of Alabama. Hoping Clemson can get through this one healthy in order to give the Tide a game.

Well the NCAA is already helping Alabama win by suspending Clemson’s best defensive player

[Purple Haize]

On a side note I love watching this in ESPNews and the Coaches Film Room

[ballcoach15]

If this game continues as is, UCF, Florida or LSU could have given Clemson a better game.

[ballcoach15]

I just saw on Twitter where someone posted :

"After tonight, Notre Dame will be looking for a conference to join, because they will never again be in playoffs as an independent."

[thepostman]

Well if someone on Twitter said it...

[LU 57]

What a joke these semifinals are. Bring back the BCS.

[Purple Haize]

How can you NOT want to play for Herm Edwards?

[Purple Haize]

OU went for it on 4th and 5 on the 25. I thought no one did that

[Purple Haize]

Oklahoma has proved they belonged in the Playoffs. ND......not so much

[ballcoach15]

That is debatable, whether or not the Okies belonged.

But I am glad they lost.

[JK37]

UGA obviously belonged over ND. But I still would’ve put ND in. And I despise the Golden Domers. How do you leave an undefeated team out that played their schedule? Wasn’t the best schedule, but it was good enough, an they went undefeated.

A 1-loss UGA probably gets in over 1-loss OK/ND/OSU. But not two losses.

OK belonged. Many saying they wish they could’ve seen UGAvCLEMSON. I agree.

[alabama24]

A 1-loss UGA probably gets in over 1-loss OK/ND/OSU. But not two losses.

Devil's advocate. UGA only had one loss... until the conference championship game. Which, as we all know, ND didn't play in. I don't think the extra loss should have counted against GA any more than the "didn't play in a championship game" should count against ND. If GA was viewed as the better team BEFORE the game, you would have to ask: Did GA's performance in the game change the way you viewed them? The answer: Absolutely not. They hung in with BAMA who was viewed as the "better" team.

The conference championship game should be one tool to evaluate the teams. The lack of playing in one OR the loss in one should not DQ a team.

As I have said before... (a flawed illustration, I know)... If the BEST 13 teams all play one another and IF the BEST team ALWAYS wins, you would have an 0-13 team which would beat any and every other team not in the "top 12." I know my illustration is a bit silly, but there is some truth in it. If you are looking for the "best four teams," ND's 12-0 shouldn't have made a difference.

[Sly Fox]

How do you know they are the best? Oh wait, if they play in the SEC then they clearly are better than every other team in the nation because, yeah, they are the SEC. I forgot for a moment.

[JK37]

How does the committee defend a 2-loss UGA over an undefeated ND?

I wish it could be “best 4”. But we all know that’s not reality. Have to take care of business on the field.

The point of the CFP is do give us an undisputed National Champion. UGA lost to a team in the playoff. So they don’t need to be in it for us to know they’re not the national champion.

[ballcoach15]

Georgia, Ohio State, Florida and LSU were all better teams than Notre Dame. ND got in because they "won one for the Gipper", years ago.

[thepostman]

That and they were undefeated..I can see the Georgia argument (though I disagree) but the other 3? Come on man.

UCF, your defending national champions!

[Purple Haize]

That and they were undefeated..I can see the Georgia argument (though I disagree) but the other 3? Come on man.

UCF, your defending national champions!

UCF would have done better against Clemson than ND

[JK37]

Georgia, Ohio State, Florida and LSU were all better teams than Notre Dame. ND got in because they "won one for the Gipper", years ago.

I don’t disagree with the first part. The latter played into it. But the fact remains they were undefeated against a good enough schedule.

I would’ve much rather seen UGAvCLEMSON. But the point of the playoff is to eventually give us the best team. Every game before that gets us whittled down to 4. UGA had already been shown NOT to be the best team. We didn’t know about ND yet because they hadn’t been beaten. Now we know.

[ballcoach15]

ND played a far weaker schedule than all SEC schools.