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The College Football Playoff Selection Committee’s decision to exclude the Notre Dame from Sunday’s final bracket exasperated Fighting Irish icon Joe Theismann. Notre Dame, which was ranked 10th going into the conference championship weekend and Miami at No. 1, has moved up to No. 1. The Fighting Irish were the first to be eliminated from the final rankings, ranking 11th. They chose not to participate in the Pop-Tarts Bowl at BYU.”It was disgusting, it really was,” Theismann said on SiriusXM of Notre Dame’s playoff exclusion. You look at the ranking, for instance, Miami and Note Dame should’ve made it in. What is Alabama doing? They have lost three games. This is the first time a team has ever had three losses. Notre Dame ranked ahead of Miami the whole year up until the CFP selection committee made the decision. It’s insulting. It’s deplorable. You’re being honest is just plain wrong. “BYU only dropped two games. Texas lost two games. Alabama is still at number 9 despite losing three games. With three losses, Alabama is still at No. No three-loss teams should be allowed to play in the playoffs. They lose to Florida State … I guess I’m getting on a little bit of a roll, okay? Bottom line, I feel that Notre Dame was treated unfairly.”BYU’s 27-point defeat to Texas Tech was sufficient to knock the Cougars off the bubble and move Miami just behind the Fighting Irish. This gave the selection committee the chance to finally accept the results of the match-up and promote the Hurricanes.
Hunter Yurachek stated that “we felt the way BYU played in their championship game and the second loss they suffered to Texas Tech was worth Miami moving up in the rankings.” “Once Miami was ranked ahead of BYU we could compare the two teams side by side. … The one metric we had to fall back on was the head-to-head. We asked the members of the committee to go back and watch Miami-Notre Dame.”Duke’s win over Virginia and the idea of the ACC exclusion from the bracket “had absolutely no impact” on the decision to include Miami at No. 10.
In Alabama’s situation, the committee pointed out that regular-season wins against Georgia and Vanderbilt among others were primary factors in Alabama holding on to their No. 9…
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