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I still firmly believe that ND was going to be in the playoff before Miami until the ACC shit the bed with their tiebreaker, forcing the doomsday scenario to become a possibility. Once in became a reality, they really had no choice but to flip Miami and ND. Could I be wrong and what Dan Patrick's source told him is what actually was happening? Sure, but I honestly don't think the committee wanted Miami in the playoff. They are nowhere near the TV draw that ND is and their fanbase doesn't travel as well as the ND fanbase.

ND was screwed indirectly by Miami/the ACC, but that only came about because the committee was too chickenshit to move Alabama out, and if you do that, you can still finally move ND about Miami. A few people might have questioned moving Miami above ND, but it wouldn't have mattered because both would be in the field.