The thing about a conspiracy is that you can't be to obvious. It has to be just credible enough to be believable by most. Miami over ND? Sure, head to head. Alabama over ND? Sure, tougher schedule.
But at 11-1, ND would have been safely in at around 2/3. Miami would have been kicked out with a two loss record and no one would have been concerned at all. It would have tested all credibility to move an 11-1 ND down past so many 10-2 teams and then drop out of the final rankings.
The thing I keep reminding myself is that there was a perfect storm of events that happened to screw us. I truly believe that the committee actually wanted us in. If they had their way, I suspect we would have been selected over both Alabama and Miami. But an unfortunate loss to Oklahoma by Bama here, a Duke over Virginia there, and a few other events put them in the position of - credibly - having to decide between the SEC runner up, leaving out the ACC altogether, or us. And politics being what it is... Had Bama beat Oklahoma, the Sooners would be on the outside looking in and we'd be playing. Had Virginia made the comeback, Miami would be out while Virginia and ND are in. Had the holding call been made during the A&M game... Yeah. Same result.
We did get screwed but, ultimately, this was a weird season that just so happened to line up for us to be able to get screwed.
Lets take care of business next season and win the whole thing.
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I doubt it.
Replies to: "I doubt it."
- They could have kicked ND out at 11-1 - OklahomaIrishman - 9:23am 12/11/25
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- If ND enjoys its indepedence. Dont lose. Simple as that. [NT] - Karamello - 12:49am 12/12/25
- Doubt they would, but the definitely showed they can do whatever they want - NDNEIL - 1:53pm 12/11/25
- That's why the MOU for 2026 is meaningless & should never have been made public. - ELP - 5:38pm 12/11/25
- Ahhhh Wilbon - NDNEIL - 6:24pm 12/11/25
- He's the guy screaming about ND whining while he's whining about it. No self awareness. - ELP - 6:57pm 12/11/25
- Ahhhh Wilbon - NDNEIL - 6:24pm 12/11/25
- That's why the MOU for 2026 is meaningless & should never have been made public. - ELP - 5:38pm 12/11/25
- It's possible with this system...if they believe their controlled media can give them enough cover.. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 11:06am 12/11/25
- Per the head to head logic, ND should have - DiscoRick - 11:03am 12/11/25
- In 1993 the (stated) rationale was that ND's loss was later and "worse". In 2025, Miami's 2 losses - TakethetrainKnute - 11:28am 12/11/25
- That's how I see it. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:29am 12/11/25
- In 1993 the (stated) rationale was that ND's loss was later and "worse". In 2025, Miami's 2 losses - TakethetrainKnute - 11:28am 12/11/25
- And A&M under your silly scenario? [NT]
- LanceHarbor - 9:47am 12/11/25
- That's why the "ND plays a weak schedule" mantra is touted. - DiscoRick - 11:08am 12/11/25
- I doubt it. - IrishTiger - 9:33am 12/11/25
- Can't be too obvious? I think there's been a lot of obvious ones lately. - DiscoRick - 11:38am 12/11/25
- Alabama's performance against Auburn and in the SEC championship suggest otherwise. - NDblues - 9:50am 12/11/25
- For Bama, the fix was in. They rose after a bad win and then never dropped after getting killed. If - jray - 9:59am 12/11/25
- Yep, it was far to subjective. There has to be limits on the committee's subjective assessments. And - DiscoRick - 11:15am 12/11/25
- For Bama, the fix was in. They rose after a bad win and then never dropped after getting killed. If - jray - 9:59am 12/11/25
- If Virginia won I think Virginia and Miami would have both been in [NT] - OklahomaIrishman - 9:36am 12/11/25
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