Alabama win and Notre Dame is out of the playoff.

If ND wants to be in CFP they should be forced to join a conf. They get to pick their own schedule every year. They do not have to split earnings with any other team. I don’t know why they get special treatment. It can’t be for the sake of nostalgia because they’ve blown that up with the rest of CfB.

They get to beat up on garbage teams, run up the score in the 4th with their starters still in, and have the media drool over them. Its a joke.

This setup by the CFP is beautiful.

They are going to screw Notre Dame.

Look at the odds to make the CFB playoff. It's as obvious as can possibly be that somebody on the committee leaking news to Vegas after how Alabama was -3300 to make the playoffs even before the committee reveal.

Here are some things of note:

1. Most notably, ND's playoff odds are -520 to make the playoffs and +370 to not make the playoffs. Not coincidentally, those are almost exactly the same as the odds for Texas Tech to beat BYU.

2. Relatedly, Miami is -900 to not make the playoff and +570 to make the playoff. Apparently it's unlikely the committee will invite them even if Duke wins the ACC title. (Which would leave the ACC with no playoff teams.)

3. On a more minor note, Alabama's odds are actually now down to -1500 to make the playoff and +790 to miss the playoff. I guess there's a smidgen of chance that the committee will move Alabama out if they get routed by Georgia. The committee actually really didn't completely follow their "Championship Game can't move a team down in the rankings" philosophy last year with how SMU falled from 7th to 12th after losing to Clemson. However, they did follow a policy of not actually dropping a team from the playoffs due to a CCG loss.

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They are going to screw Notre Dame.

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I would love to see that happen but I won't believe it until I see it actually happen.