You're saying IF we won 1 or both of those, so we're already in hypothetical land without even considering how winning 1 or both might have affected the remainder of the season.
It's a FACT that with those losses already on our resume we were #10 (in the field) in the first CFP poll, then we moved up to #9 (even more in the field) for 4 weeks straight, then they dropped us 2 spots (out of the field) for completing a 10 game win streak by blowing out a P4 team on the road.
Can you show me another time, even ONCE, in all of CFB history where a team on a 10 game win streak was dropped 2 spots for blowing out a P4 team on the road in its last game? ...even worse, one of the teams moved ahead of them lost 2 of their last 4 games (1 by blowout) with the 2 wins over a 3-9 FCS team and a narrow escape vs a 5-7 rival.
I'll wait.
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Replies to: "It's an unknown because you're dealing in hypotheticals while I'm dealing in FACT"
- And this is why we aren’t in the CFP…we lost to BOTH these teams [NT]
- WoodstockIrish - 3:21pm 12/20/25
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- And Alabama lost to a decent Oklahoma team, a hapless FSU team, got boat raced by… - Domer From Hell - 9:00pm 12/20/25
- And Alabama lost to a decent Oklahoma team, a hapless FSU team, got boat raced by… - Domer From Hell - 9:00pm 12/20/25
- Except that's NOT why we aren't in... factually, we were at #9 AFTER losing those games - Chrisb - 4:03pm 12/20/25
- True or False: We win either or both of those games we would have played this weekend. - WoodstockIrish - 9:00pm 12/20/25
- True or False: We were already in the field for 5 straight weeks with those losses already on resume [NT]
- Chrisb - 9:28pm 12/20/25
- Independence doesn’t bring much support against leagues of many. Only winning. [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:09am 12/21/25
- Am I wrong? [NT]
- WoodstockIrish - 10:13pm 12/20/25
- It's an unknown because you're dealing in hypotheticals while I'm dealing in FACT - Chrisb - 9:39pm 12/21/25
- Don’t bother. Dude is an SEC homer [NT] - Domer From Hell - 9:49pm 12/20/25
- True or False: We were already in the field for 5 straight weeks with those losses already on resume [NT]
- Chrisb - 9:28pm 12/20/25
- Except if we beat either, we'd be in and hosting. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 4:55pm 12/20/25
- Thank you. We shit the bed in the first two games and blew it. - WoodstockIrish - 9:01pm 12/20/25
- You just might have a point there. Two biggest games and the D sucked. [NT]
- whatsamataU - 5:41pm 12/20/25
- Oh no, I think we're pretty aligned on that, with a caviat... - iairishcheeks - 6:18pm 12/20/25
- True or False: We win either or both of those games we would have played this weekend. - WoodstockIrish - 9:00pm 12/20/25
- Yep...3 point loss to Miami and missed extra point cost ND... [NT]
- SanJoseCAFan - 3:36pm 12/20/25
- If ND makes the Extra Point, A&M still scores. Now it's OT. Do we think ND wins in OT? - ELP - 4:25pm 12/20/25
- Maybe if we didn’t give up 41 pts it wouldn’t have mattered? - WoodstockIrish - 9:02pm 12/20/25
- Maybe if they had called the holding, we wouldn't have given up 41 points - McIrish - 9:09pm 12/20/25
- Are you actually defending how shitty the defense was in that game? - WoodstockIrish - 10:14pm 12/20/25
- Are you really reading into my statement that I'm defending how shitty the defense played? - McIrish - 11:36pm 12/20/25
- Are you actually defending how shitty the defense was in that game? - WoodstockIrish - 10:14pm 12/20/25
- Maybe if they had called the holding, we wouldn't have given up 41 points - McIrish - 9:09pm 12/20/25
- Maybe if we didn’t give up 41 pts it wouldn’t have mattered? - WoodstockIrish - 9:02pm 12/20/25
- Re: Yep...3 point loss to Miami and missed extra point cost ND... [NT]
- SanJoseCAFan - 3:37pm 12/20/25
- And the no-call on the blatant holding [NT] - McIrish - 3:41pm 12/20/25
- If ND makes the Extra Point, A&M still scores. Now it's OT. Do we think ND wins in OT? - ELP - 4:25pm 12/20/25
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