I believe ND has typically received very fair treatment when it comes to bowl selections, and have no reason to think that is going to end. If we are ever in a one-loss situation and need help on the last week of the year, perhaps I'll rethink that. But a lot of stars have to align for that. Plus, we could not schedule any teams in conference championship leagues, and so we'd be targeting "lesser" opponents and might just be setting ourselves up for upsets. As for this year, I just don't see any chance of us being outside the top 4. As for being ranked 1, 2, 3, or 4 and whether we face Alabama or a weaker team in the semis, that also does not matter to me that much. If we can get by Bama in the semis, then I really like our chances in the final. If we can't, then we weren't the best team and I'm okay with losing in the semis.