All in all, I guess we just disagree that that past is prologue to the new system.
As for the other stuff, there is lots of football to be played.
And when you look at the first playoff listings, ND is @ 10 and without any meaningful win in the future, the prospects to move up are based on certain teams losing. The downside possibilities exceed the upside and @10, we are deservedly on the bubble. The committee won't need much of an excuse to drop us out if the crumbling cookies fail to bail us out. The NIU loss is just killing us, perhaps the worst loss of the entire season in college football.