The first game of the College Football Playoff proved to everyone else what Alabama fans already knew
When someone tells you who they are, you are better off believing them. And while the season the Indiana Hoosiers put together deserves acknowledgment, it never deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff. Notre Dame proved that on Friday, with the rest of the nation catching up to TIde fans: Notre Dame Manhandles Indiana […]
When someone tells you who they are, you are better off believing them.
And while the season the Indiana Hoosiers put together deserves acknowledgment, it never deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Notre Dame proved that on Friday, with the rest of the nation catching up to TIde fans:
Notre Dame Manhandles Indiana
If you watched the game on Friday night, then you know that the final score didn't do the dominance of Notre Dame justice. It was clear early on that the Hoosiers were no match. Notre Dame was faster and more physical. They played with better fundamentals and made a "good" Indiana rush defense look useless, going for nearly 200 yards on the ground and enforcing their will at the point of attack all night.
And to be clear, this isn't a shot at Indiana. They can only play who's on their schedule. They took care of business, often in impressive fashion. But they had one real game all season against the Ohio Sate Buckeyes, and it went a lot like Friday night's game.
So the blame and in this case shame, falls squarely at the feet of the College Football Playoff committee. The did their best to convince everyone that a team who played in a lesser conference and had no top 25 wins was better than a Alabama squad that beat the SEC champion Georgia Bulldogs among others.
"We want to play competitive games, we want to play the best games and I understand how it didn't feel like that. It definitely wasn't rewarded," HC Kalen DeBoer said after leaning his team didn't make the 12 team playoff. "It felt like with our schedule and the wins that we had against teams that were ranked––now or even at the time––LSU was at the time, but not anymore. I'll let [Athletic Director] Greg [Byrne] administratively lead the charge and understand what needs to be done in the future, if anything at all."
Did Alabama have some inexcusable losses? No doubt. But when the lights were the brightest and the pressure was packed against Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, and LSU, what happened?
The Crimson Tide rose and more importantly, won.
So sorry IU, but that should have mattered more than go undefeated against teams like FIU and Purdue.
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