When the head guy makes a statement like "LSU has beaten 6 teams with winning records," as a justification for something, you know they really aren't paying attention.
I'm not really put off by bullshit like that but the committee justifications seem to change with every new year when, for example, in one year, legitimate SOS matters, seemingly encouraging teams to beef up their schedules and a year later it is "LSU has beaten 6 teams with winning records" when by almost all SOS ratings out there, ND has a stronger strength of schedule than LSU.
In the end, if ND wins out, all of this will likely work itself out unless the committee pulls out another eye test bullshit justification like that to put in a one loss Michigan over ND.
I have a hard time believing that that would actually happen but every time one of these guys says something, it is pretty obvious that they will rationalize whatever they do to protect their own.