LSU Should Not be Ranked Above ND

[pavyracer]

Their resumes are indeed not comparable. LSU played with the best teams in the country. Notre Dame played wirh the worst. Give Notre Dame SEC schedule and they will lose to Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida etc. They needed a last stance at home to beat Vanderbilt for Christ's sake!

[mtneer1212]

Their resumes are indeed not comparable. LSU played with the best teams in the country. Notre Dame played wirh the worst. Give Notre Dame SEC schedule and they will lose to Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Florida etc. They needed a last stance at home to beat Vanderbilt for Christ's sake!

Nobody has played a tougher schedule than LSU.

[jtoler]

If you REALLY want a 8 or 16 team playoff........ you should be rooting for Alabama, LSU, Georgia and Notre Dame to make the playoff. 3 SEC and Notre Dame would mean 4 Power conferences get shut out...... and then, you will get immediate action on playoff expansion.

i think a few years of that would definitely push for a 6 or 8 team playoff but its basically impossible since lsu or bama would play in the cc. those year bama didnt play in the cc saban went on tv crying about how they deserved to be in and they let them in. so there is precedence twice for that. but lsu and uga cant both have 2 losses for that to happen at least 1 would need to be undefeated after the cc.

[pavyracer]

I don't want an 8 team playoff. I don't need to see Alabama beat #8 seed Central Florida or Boise St 56-10.

[ikid2groove415]

LSU got the toughest schedule in college football - take notes rook

[jtoler]

LSU got the toughest schedule in college football - take notes rook

other than playing miami that came with just being in the sec. miami wasnt good when they scheduled that game

[ikid2groove415]

ND mostly play PAC 12 and ACC- trash Confrence and the Big 10 was overrated

[bababoyee]

It doesn’t matter who is ahead of who at this point.
If they both win out, they both make it.
That’s all that matters.

ND getting no love in this thread.
Personally, I think they are the 2nd best team in the country, after Bama.
If LSU upsets Bama, ND could be your National Champions.

[2daBank]

It doesn’t matter who is ahead of who at this point.
If they both win out, they both make it.
That’s all that matters.

ND getting no love in this thread.
Personally, I think they are the 2nd best team in the country, after Bama.
If LSU upsets Bama, ND could be your National Champions.

I like ND since the qb change, I still really think someone upsets them before end of season, my guess is usc but could happen sooner. Doesn’t mean i think they trash, just the nature of college fb. Bama only dominate team and everyone else beatable any given Saturday imo. I do think some guys judge Irish unfairly based on some ugly games before qb change..

Def agree it doesn’t make a lick of difference where teams positioned now (damn sure don’t matter where they ranked in preseason!!!), pretty much every power 5 team and ND controls their own destiny and all the ones w 1 loss pretty much still do!!!

[BadNina]

In 2008, the SEC and ACC put forth the 4 team playoff. The Big 10, Pac 10, Big 12, Big East and ND turned it down. I find it funny when that they now all complain there needs to be more teams in the playoffs.

ps. ND barely beat Vandy, who just won their 1st conference game against Arkansas. So...just hush.

UCF...has yet to play a team THIS YEAR with a winning record. Best record of teams they have played is Memphis who is 4-4 and that was a really close game. So...hush. You want to play big boy football...call the AD of a big boy school and schedule them.

[19th Hole]

Gotta luv ND's cupkake schedule.

[Johnny Gunn]

When they play Northwestern this weekend there will be more Irish fans in attendance but that won't phase NW. The grass will be a half foot long like usual so that will slow down ND's speed. NW wins the turnover battle and maybe they can pull off the upset. I got that annoying Irish fan friend that jacks off to midgets in leprechaun suits. I can't take it anymore I need them to lose!

[unde0087]

In most cases I would agree but it is ND. They are frauds. If they actually make the playoff they will get massacred in the first round by anyone just like every other year. Their coach is a total clown.

[jjgold]

We will see this weekend

If Irish win at Northwestern they are good

[Sam Odom]

Means nothing now

Correct... LSU gotta win Saturday and in SEC Champ game. Its all in their hands

[swordsandtequila]

In 2008, the SEC and ACC put forth the 4 team playoff. The Big 10, Pac 10, Big 12, Big East and ND turned it down. I find it funny when that they now all complain there needs to be more teams in the playoffs.

ps. ND barely beat Vandy, who just won their 1st conference game against Arkansas. So...just hush.

UCF...has yet to play a team THIS YEAR with a winning record. Best record of teams they have played is Memphis who is 4-4 and that was a really close game. So...hush. You want to play big boy football...call the AD of a big boy school and schedule them.

They do, and they have. Problem is none of the power 5 schools will schedule them, certainly not a home and home. Boise St, USF, etc. had the same issues when their programs were taking off. How about the big boys accept a home and home series against some of the better non-power 5 teams instead playing the likes of the Citadel, Austin Peay, etc. No, more likely they demand a 3 game series with 2 at home, then buy out of it like Michigan St. did to USF. Not saying any of these teams would beat Alabama, but if we're pre-determining who would win, why even bother playing the games? Upsets are what makes college ball great, and these are kids, it does happen.

[ikid2groove415]

We will see this weekend

If Irish win at Northwestern they are good

NW is very sneaky - wouldn’t shock me if they win - Most schools need ND 2 lose

[Slipknot26]

We will see this weekend

If Irish win at Northwestern they are good

Just think about that for a minute . Literally , if ND beats an average fukkin Big 10 team at home , yep , they're real . They lost to Akron at fukkin home , that's downright sad . Damn near lost to the worst team in D1 , Rutgers , but if ND beats them , they're real . ND will stomp a mudhole in them but it means nothing .
ND is garbage , just like when they shoved them in the BCS title game vs Bama , it was over in 3 minutes flat . They're not ready to play the big boys , they'll get their shit shoved in yet again .

[kingdom]

They use it to subtly set precedent, so it can matter...

And the crazy part is Alabama can punch their ticket into the CFP this weekend by....LOSING

They would finish up their schedule with Miss State, CITADEL, and Auburn and proceed to beat them in p*ssed off fashion.

Committee would give a Rat's A about strength of schedule ( they didn't care last year) and what is more, is that even though Bama seems to be historically good this year, the same would be true if they were 20% worse.

They talk about the strength of a 4 team playoff is that every week is like a playoff game, but it is it? Really. They get to decide which losses matter, what teams to reward for winning big most weeks, but losing the one tough game on schedule. This thing has gotten away from us. Has to be switched to an 8 game playoff.

* And trust me, I completely favor strength of schedule and rewarding teams with guts(THAT'S HOW WE GET GOOD GAMES IN SEPTEMBER), but it is too inexact (unfair) of a formula at this point.

solid post and true. there is no reasonable excuse whatsoever to not have at least 6 teams. top 2 seeds get a bye. only creates one more game for 4 teams that are fighting to win a national championship. i have no idea why cfb sees the need to slowly grind the gears for 20 years before coming up with an amicable solution.