Bowls/Playoff Selection Sunday

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lstewart53x3 said:
Miami has *1* top 25 FPI win all season and so does Notre Dame. Alabama has *5*. BYU has 2.

Give me BYU over Notre Dame and Miami. Leave Alabama.
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No way Alabama should be in. They looked like absolutely crap yesterday and they have 3 losses. The favoritism towards the SEC is ridiculous.

And BYU would get annihilated by either ND or Miami. Definitely not close to one of the best 12 teams in the country.

Miami belongs in it and ND belonged in it. IMO ND has a legitimate complaint.
 
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Other Big Ten bowls-

Washington vs. Boise State in LA Bowl (Dec. 13) Inglewood
Northwestern vs. Central Michigan in GameAbove Sports Bowl (Dec. 26) Detroit
Minnesota vs. New Mexico in Rate Bowl (Dec. 26) Phoenix
Penn State vs. Clemson in Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 27) Bronx, N.Y
USC vs. TCU in Alamo Bowl (Dec. 30) San Antonio
Iowa vs. Vanderbilt in ReliaQuest Bowl (Dec. 31) Tampa
Michigan vs. Texas in Citrus Bowl (Dec. 31) Orlando
Nebraska vs. Utah in Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 31)
 
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mattcoldagelli said:
But this is the bed ND makes with their schedule, right? If they want to be category-of-one special unicorns, they’d better beat the playoff-caliber teams, regardless of when they play them.
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Yes. I think ND needs to schedule at least 5 or 6 games against the top half of the BIG and SEC and win those games. This year they played 4 P2 games; they lost one game and 2 teams they beat were a combined 0-17 in conference. Otherwise I think ND will live on the bubble and the powerbrokers in the P2 will keep them out. I was surprised that they were ranked as high they were going into this weekend. My guess is the “debate” this weekend was still won by those P2 powerbrokers.
 
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Mr. Tibbs said:
and give up 10 days of practice and deny the lads a holiday trip is selfish, imo
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I think both of these programs had their players take a vote, and both opted out. This was as much players as the administration. We should not be surprised with coaching changes. ND on the other hand...sour grapes.

www.nytimes.com

Iowa State, Kansas State players vote to skip bowl games. Who could take their spots?

With the Cyclones and Wildcats declining bowl games, the spots fall to teams with 5-7 records and the highest APR scores.
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Yes. I think ND needs to schedule at least 5 or 6 games against the top half of the BIG and SEC and win those games. This year they played 4 P2 games; they lost one game and 2 teams they beat were a combined 0-17 in conference. Otherwise I think ND will live on the bubble and the powerbrokers in the P2 will keep them out. I was surprised that they were ranked as high they were going into this weekend. My guess is the “debate” this weekend was still won by those P2 powerbrokers.
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This would be fair if you also required this of Big 12 and ACC teams, but obviously that is not done. Texas Tech and BYU played a combined zero Big 10 and SEC teams. Miami played one bad SEC team and zero Big 10 teams.
 
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