We won and that counts. While a solid win, it wasn't an impressive win.
It wasn't a blowout but almost any definition of the term with a 14-7 halftime lead AND only a 24-7 3rd quarter, especially when one considers that GT was playing with a backup qb.
Those points-in-time do matter because the committee members aren't going to look at every second of every game for those on the bubble. They will be dealing, partly, with perceptions. Nobody, and mean nobody is going to go "wow" over those scores. And way too many people here don't realize that ND is clearly on the bubble and needs to be impressive in all of their games. Perception will matter when ND won't have any friends in the room while the other 4 conferences will and there is a lot of "resentment" from many, including the ACC, that ND is not in a conference. Our selection has to be a no-brainer, especially with the anchor that is NIU.
Replies to: "I worded it poorly"
- Irish get jumped by BYU in AP poll after blowing out GT [NT]
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- DonMiller - 2:08pm 10/20/24
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- CFB Got what it wanted: noise. Really all conferences need to be abolished. - LanceManion - 7:35am 10/21/24
- Some voters have an agenda - Tongal - 9:53pm 10/20/24
- Iowa State and BYU squeaked by again. Neither team is particularly good. [NT] - ND521 - 3:48pm 10/20/24
- BYU did not lose to NIU at home [NT]
- irish93 - 3:06pm 10/20/24
- They haven’t lost to anyone, let alone at home to a team like NIU that lost again yesterday. - Frank L - 3:18pm 10/20/24
- All true [NT] - irish93 - 3:43pm 10/20/24
- They haven’t lost to anyone, let alone at home to a team like NIU that lost again yesterday. - Frank L - 3:18pm 10/20/24
- Poll voters aren’t impressed by our team. Loss to a team like NIU at home will do that. [NT] - Frank L - 2:45pm 10/20/24
- "blowing out?" - D2 - 2:35pm 10/20/24
- "At home"???? [NT] - McIrish - 5:09pm 10/20/24
- 31-7 before garbage points that may have sabotaged remainder of their season.. - Chrisb - 2:46pm 10/20/24
- I wouldn’t describe it as a blow out win. More like a comfortable win that was never in jeopardy - Frank L - 3:15pm 10/20/24
- They played in Atlanta. [NT]
- Hensou - 2:39pm 10/20/24
- And where is Georgia Tech? - D2 - 3:32pm 10/20/24
- You wrote it as if ND was at home, and who cares what score was at end of third? - Chrisb - 4:37pm 10/20/24
- I worded it poorly - D2 - 7:19pm 10/20/24
- Ok, it happens...I still don't agree that a 31-7 game prior to garbage points scored on backups - Chrisb - 10:25am 10/22/24
- I worded it poorly - D2 - 7:19pm 10/20/24
- Read your own original post. - Hensou - 4:08pm 10/20/24
- You wrote it as if ND was at home, and who cares what score was at end of third? - Chrisb - 4:37pm 10/20/24
- And where is Georgia Tech? - D2 - 3:32pm 10/20/24
- Undefeated BYU [NT] - ndunabomber - 2:26pm 10/20/24
- A ripoff. [NT] - Hensou - 2:26pm 10/20/24