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but it is also why it was ludicrous for fans to be upset about ND giving up meaningless TDs after going up 42-3 early in the 3rd. That quote tells you that the committee was going to find something, anything, to justify doing what they needed to do in order to protect certain teams in the event no major upsets solved the problem for them. In this case, I think they are protecting Alabama and the ACC as a whole, with ND likely being the odd team out. They protect an Alabama that loses the SECCG by not bumping them for 2 teams from the B12 should BYU win. They protect the ACC from not even making the field if Puke and Texas Tech wins and at the same time, conveniently put ND and Miami next to each other in the rankings, thus allowing them to say it is too close and finally using H2H as the tiebreaker. You asked earlier why not just put Miami ahead of them now, and then answer is easy, it would look way obvious what is going on and why. With the scenario above, they have very little but some plausibility this week and next.

I would also agree that if Virginia, Georgia and Texas Tech all win, the committee can save itself once again by re-flipping ND and Alabama, with ND at 9, Alabama at 10, Miami at 11, but Virginia being the ACC representative. If Puke, Georgia and BYU all win, well, that might implode the system or force an unneeded expansion to 16 or more teams.