Notre dame has lost 8 straight Major bowl games. ( rose, sugar, orange cotton)...they have LOST 13 out of the last 18!! Bowl games before yesterdays loss...now 14 losses out of 19 bowls....
I will wait while we ponder that for a minute.
What does that tell you? That they are ALWAYS ALWAYS over rated. Always. I remember many times back in the 90s and early 00s.... ND could have 2 losses and always be ranked ahead of good, P5 schools with only 1 loss...
Lose 3 games and be in the top 10 or 15 in the polls. Back then, polls determined everything, including championships. Also controlled the bowl matchups...thats why ND got dirtnapped every stinkin year....
Crooked, homer catholics always voting their school way, way higher than they should ever be ranked. Its a sham, has always been a sham...and it has hurt UT before several times. I hate em...love it when they get beat and their bandwagon fans cry and switch to somebody else for a few years. Anybody who was honest knew that UGA and OSU were far better than ND this year, and they had no business being in the playoffs. They didnt evem come close to scoring a TD...against a Clemson defense that is good, but not great. A defense that gave up 35 points to south carolina, 23 to syracuse, 21 to Gtech....and they held ND to 3 points. What a joke...i wish ND would have drawn the Gumps or Sooners...either of them would have put half a hundred on ND....
Sadly, this dirtnap yesterday will change nothing...the catholics will vote them ranked top 10 or so preseason next year...they will play nobody all year long, since stanford and USCw are both down....they will still drop a game somewhere, and be in the discussion for a playoff spot again. Hopefully the playoff committee at least learned something....but I doubt it.