realize that ND cannot lose more than one game per year to have ongoing placement in the playoffs. And, that's assuming the schedule is worth a shit. Why people believe a league offers a better schedule is a mystery to me; however, it's clear the Big 10 and SEC are going to accept only more teams in a playoff if they get more automatic qualifiers. ND always will be on the outside looking in.
As long as conference championships exist, I would like to see ND find a way to get a 13th game on the schedule against a group of 4 team. Perhaps the highest rated conference team outside the top 12, 16 or whatever playoff spots. In this case, it would either by Vanderbilt, Texas or Utah...or even Miami, again.
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