@AllThePhilz@WorldWideWob Nope I got it. Complete overreach fining the Jazz and to a lesser extent the Pacers. They set an awful precedent and if they were going to fine them then why wouldn’t they do it now. Blatant “tanking” has been going on for decades, the one season Indiana does it, it’s a problem?
@CollegeGameDay@KirkHerbstreit@KirkHerbstreit where was this energy post game of the Rose Bowl yesterday? It’s almost like Alabama was outclassed and someone else deserved their playoff spot. But “we can’t penalize a team for losing the SEC championship game”.
@KBowen1070 Sounds like Ballard & Steichen knew AR was about to be cleared and didn’t want him starting. The “we have to get him physically ready” line doesn’t really hold water when you just trotted a 44 year old out there in 4 days after not having started a game in 5 years.
@JoshPateCFB Bama was behind ND in the rankings for two weeks, with the “best win in the country” already on Bama’s resume. They flipped them after Bama beat Eastern Illinois and Auburn by 7. Those two wins were clearly more impressive than beating Syracuse by 63 and Stanford by 29.
@KirkHerbstreit@Joey_Galloway Where did the “conference championship losers shouldn’t be penalized” talking points come from this year? 86/88 conference championship losers since 2014 have dropped at least one spot in the final rankings? The only other time it didn’t happen was 2017 TCU, the lost by 3 in OT.
@ErnieMillsJr@BruceFeldmanCFB@dpshow Duke winning in South Bend, 9 years ago? Let me ask you…College Gameday has visited Duke one time, can you guess who they played that week?
@975Hans Ya because nothing screams “SEE we got snubbed” more than getting to eat a life sized pop tart after you win a meaningless game that’s missing countless starters due to opt outs. It’s an embarrassment ritual, not an accomplishment.
@FrankieV_UHND So the whole argument that Bama “had the best win in the country” is a moot point. They had that two weeks ago and ND was still ahead of them. The 7 point win vs a 1-7 SEC team moved them ahead, and a 21 point blowout loss to UGA kept them ahead.
@FrankieV_UHND The committee had ND ahead of Bama after they’d already beaten UGA. So the committee was saying ND is the better team right now, even with the “best win in the country” on Bama’s resume. It’s not until a 7 point win vs Auburn that they move ahead.