1) The SEC benefited, SOS-wise at least, for the entire season and in the committee "deliberations" (LOL), from an egregious officiating failure by SEC officials in the ND-TA&M game and, it appears, nobody even raised the issue in the rankings.
2) The ACC's only playoff-worthy team did not receive the automatic bid as conference champion because of the ACC's own stupidity in not having a rankings-related tiebreaker for its CCG. The ACC wasn't made to pay for that error, ND was.
Because of these mistakes of others, an ND-team capable of winning the championship was excluded from that opportunity. That is not just.
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Replies to: "2 things I won't forget."
- 2 things I won't forget. - lacan - 3:41pm 12/9/25
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- 9/11 and the final episode of Lost? [NT] - LanceManion - 6:23pm 12/9/25
- I feel for the ND players. They got screwed over because of politics and won't have a chance to - jray - 4:13pm 12/9/25
- agreed with All [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 10:07pm 12/9/25
- It's a deeply flawed process without a doubt - McIrish - 4:22pm 12/9/25
- And this is where the only real solution... - irishboyd - 5:43pm 12/9/25
- If I understand it correctly, the ACC likely had no intention of changing their tie-breaking rule. - NDblues - 3:46pm 12/9/25
- Life isn't fair, unless we accept this reality we are haunted by resentment of life not being fair. - iairishcheeks - 3:46pm 12/9/25
- Based on the first 5 games next year... - irishboyd - 5:45pm 12/9/25
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