Notre Lame is going to get a $14MM+ payday...which they don't have to share...for what appears to be a GREAT 9-2 season. But lets look a bit closer at the facts:
They only BEAT THREE teams with winning records this season:
Michigan (7-4)
BYU (6-5)
Navy (6-4)
…and not sure the second teams two should really count!!!
They beat two teams who were vastly over rated at the time:
# 23 Pitt...ended the year 5-6
#22 Purdue..ended the year 5-6
They lost to a vastly over rated team at the time:
Michigan State...ended the season 5-6
Of course they played tough against USC…..but close doesn’t get you anywhere…unless you are Notre Lame!
After a pittiful showing this weekend against Stanford, they dropped in the polls as the media finally saw they are not that good.
So, why will they get a Fiesta Bowl bid...it is all about the $$$$. If it was about the best teams playing for a championship we would have a playoff system...like every major College sport.
If NL plays Ohio State; the "Emporer will be shown to wear no clothes" And if it is Oregon, it would be a chance for the Ducks to earn some of the respect they desire!
At the end of the day, NL negotiated the spot they earned in teh BCS by winning 9 games. And if many of the teams listed above were actually good this year the 9-2 record may have been impressive. But it is NOT!
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