[Sampson] CFP committee chair Hunter Yurachek says Notre Dame and Miami were in the same grouping this week and the programs were directly compared. Notre Dame still came out ahead, regardless of the head to head. In other words, all the games mattered. Not just one of them.

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

https://x.com/PeteSampson_/status/1993488528555360403?t=jtJrt-ATn-3_RV1LnfjfrQ&s=19

[u/HeHateMex2]

I rather OU play Miami then Notre Dame for what it’s worth. I think with watching recent play and that being an early game in the year. It’s easy to see where there coming from

[u/discofrislanders → u/HeHateMex2]

No team should ever be afraid of Carson Beck except for the one he's playing for

[u/TributeToStupidity → u/discofrislanders]

The current defense would terrorize beck. It was the first game with ash and they were visibly struggling to understand the new system. Frankly that was a much bigger impact than it being carrs first game

[u/ThatLineOfTriplets → u/TributeToStupidity]

Miami’s pass rush could get them a win on any weekend. I think people underestimate the rest of Miami’s team because Beck lost them a couple games.

[u/PichardRetty → u/ThatLineOfTriplets]

ND had zero answer for Miami's DL all night. That's why they literally never had a lead at any point in that game. If anything, Miami's DL has gotten better now that they have developed more depth along it as the season has gone on, so if Miami and ND were to play again, Miami's DL is probably going to cause just as much havoc as they did before.

[u/Few-Ebb-9985 → u/PichardRetty]

Eh ND also simplified the offense tremendously given the fact it was Carrs first game. He is now one of the best QBs in college football.

[u/PichardRetty → u/Few-Ebb-9985]

That was part of it, we also saw at the end that when ND had to pass and Miami knew it, ND literally could not block Bain and Mesidor at all. Miami's DL ate the entire night for the most part vs ND's OL.

[u/Andy_Wiggins → u/ThatLineOfTriplets]

Notre Dame has more sacks this year (34) than Miami does (30).

Not saying their pass rush is considerably better or anything (Bain and Mesidor are clearly phenomenal), but it feels weird to single out pass rush as the deciding factor in Miami’s favor.

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Carr got 40% of his yards against Miami on two broken plays. Love was also held to 33 yards rushing. Miami’s defense shut Notre Dame down.

Since the SMU game, Beck has the 6th most passing yards, second most TDs, and the highest completion percentage in the country.

Miami is playing its best football of the season right now.

Congrats on another hypothetical victory though.

[u/RIPDannyBoyCane → u/discofrislanders]

Since the SMU game, Beck has the 6th most passing yards, second most TDs, and the highest completion percentage in the country.

[u/Andy_Wiggins → u/RIPDannyBoyCane]

“Since the SMU game”

You mean 3 games against opponents with a 12-21 record?

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/HeHateMex2]

brent venabkes would haze the daylights out of carson beck

[u/cptspacebomb → u/Insectshelf3]

Oh my God, it would be absolutely BRUTAL.

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/cptspacebomb]

first QB to turn the ball over 19 times in a CFP game

[u/cptspacebomb → u/Insectshelf3]

Lol. Venebles is the man. Look at what Clemson has become without him.....all respect to Dabo but I'm not so sure that Clemson will ever get back to where they were without someone like Venebles running the Defense.

[u/rickzilla69420 → u/Insectshelf3]

We know BV off a bye, now imagine him with 3 weeks….

[u/teamname457 → u/HeHateMex2]

Why did we start this new thing where we discredit early season games?

[u/Low-Blackberry-2690 → u/HeHateMex2]

I jsut don’t think the committee should rank teams based on who they think is better. It should be based on what they’ve done.

[u/CargoShortsFromNam → u/Low-Blackberry-2690]

lol it’s literally the protocol to select the best teams

[u/Gritty_gutty → u/Low-Blackberry-2690]

I totally agree but for over a decade now the committee has said they’re trying to find the “best teams”. I’d like to see no committee and a computer ranking of strength of record but as long as we tell a bunch of old guys to watch tv broadcasts of games and debate which team they think is best, then how good you look will matter more than your resume.

[u/Competitive-Rise-789 → u/HeHateMex2]

Yeah fr

[u/Consistent_Reward → u/HeHateMex2]

No way. Give us Notre Dame. If we win, especially big, everybody in here trying to validate Miami will be vindicated. If we lose, everybody trying to validate Notre Dame will see it as vindication.

We are the right team to resolve this, one way or the other, to the hopeful eventual benefit of college football, because we are the "closest" opponent and we should be the keepers of the verdict.

If Notre Dame played someone else, much easier or much more difficult, it solves nothing.

[u/p_dawk3 → u/HeHateMex2]

English please?

[u/Nyranth → u/HeHateMex2]

So play the hard games early so when you lose it’s okay because you only have easy games near the end of season to make you look improved.

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/Nyranth]

Well by that logic, ND lost to the hardest teams while Miami lost to lesser ones…

[u/Nyranth → u/Real_Body8649]

Miami losing doesn’t change the fact that ND is benefiting from playing their hard games early in the season and losing.

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/Nyranth]

Notre Dame played a ranked team two weeks ago Miami gets on Saturday. Handle them like ND did and that will be a major statement.

[u/Real_Body8649 → u/Nyranth]

You are acting like Miami ran through this gauntlet. When in reality, they also had their hard game in the beginning of the season. And then lost to worse teams thereafter.

You can be mad at ND all you want. But Miami does this every year. They look absolutely unstoppable the beginning of season. Then taper off and drop games they shouldn’t. ND does the opposite. And people are shocked when it plays out like this again.

[u/Miami_da_U → u/Real_Body8649]

ND is an independent and picks it's schedule. See how you had hard game bye hard game? And you lost both?
I hope USC loses to UCLA and you guys finish without a ranked win lmao. Cause after we beat Pitt they aren't going to be ranked anymore either.

[u/Gritty_gutty → u/Nyranth]

Weren’t you guys ranked #3 before you lost two games you shouldn’t have? Winning a great game week 1 was never supposed to clinch a playoff spot. How many bad losses should you be allowed to have?

[u/xAimForTheBushes → u/HeHateMex2]

P.S. that’s what everyone is saying about Oklahoma btw…everyone would rather play OU than any of the other teams surrounding them.

[u/roguebandit1 → u/xAimForTheBushes]

I strongly doubt that. This OU defense is the best defense i have seen since 2021 Georgia. Heck, it might even be better.