I hate to say or think this but here is how I see this playing out.
ND loses to Clemson - Tigers must win Saturday
Ala beats Fla - remains #1 in polls
OSU runs it up on NW
Final 4 seeds Tuesday look as follows:
1 - Ala
2 - Clemson
3 - OSU
4 - ND
Ala vs ND in Sugar bowl - home game practically for Ala
Clemson vs OSU in Rose bowl
Committee would love this because none of these teams played in the regular season
Ala vs Clemson in title game
Tell me again why a conference is a good thing for ND?
generally very difficult to do. Plus better recruiting areas come into play besides the normal national attention we get. How's that?