As a fan would you rather see Notre Dame hoist a trophy because they won against some really good teams or lose like they did against Alabama or Clemson in previous years? If they could even compete that's one thing but this whole season will be forgotten because of what Clemson did & what Alabama will probably do. A nineteen point underdog? That's the largest gap since they've had the playoffs. If they formed that second tier it would be no cakewalk. In back to back game your playing against Top Ten teams.