Lol now everyone will let them know alllllllll offseason how they shouldn’t have been in the CFP and the committee (probably) won’t allow a team with their resume get in the next few times.
Meh— it’s no big deal.
They proved the same as Notre Dame. There is still just a talent disparity. Amazing season so none of it really matters.
I think he means that Notre Dame had the same record and an easier strength of schedule leading to their playoff birth.
Come on, its a game! You sound like a IU fan on their basketball forum talking about Purdue! Congrats IU, great season!
Did notre dame not beat 4 top 25 teams? IU’s strength of schedule was propped up by playing at Ohio state, no? It was pretty awful until they played at OSU I believe.
Nah…ND beat one current top 25 team — A&M. Louisville was top 25 when ND beat them, but so was Nebraska when IU beat them. And ND had that home loss to NIU.
Weird. I see ND beat 4 top 25 teams at the time they played them?
True-Army and Navy were ranked back then. I guess Florida State was at one point and Northern Illinois was too after they won at Notre Dame. Probably why end of season strength of schedule is a good/best indicator. IU beat both #25 Nebraska and Michigan, and Michigan turned out to be a far better team.Weird. I see ND beat 4 top 25 teams at the time they played them?
I also see IU at 32 and ND at 38 for SOS. SMU at 60. But I guess espn must be lying to me?
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Indiana had a SOS of 67 entering the ND game. ND had a SOS of 60. Both teams whooped every team on their schedule but 1. And they didn't lose to multiple unranked teams like Ole Miss and Alabama. So it was pretty easy to put them in.
ND beat multiple top 25 teams. IU did not. IU could have but they paid 1M to not play Louisville this year. They won the games in front of them but their talent was not up to par for the playoff. Rourke 💩 himself and so did their OLine and defense. Cig talked a big game and got shut up. If they go 11-1 next year, then yeah, they’ll deserve to be there. But I don’t think they will.
1. What was their SOS before playing OSU? Serious question. I think playing OSU saved them from having a very high/low SOS. But I could be wrong.
Purdue and Indiana in football and basketball at one time or another have had
That's how most teams do it. Indiana plays 9 conference games. It doesn't make any sense to essentially add a 10th. SEC teams play 8. So a team like Alabama played Western Kentucky, South Florida, Wisconsin and then Mercer in the middle of November. It doesn't make any sense for any B1G team to schedule a 10th game.
Indiana did belong. Were Alabama and Ole Miss better and more more talented than Indiana and SMU? Yea probably. But neither took care of business when they needed to against bad teams. That isn't Indianas fault. That isn't SMUs fault. Alabama beats Oklahoma and they are in over SMU. Ole beats Kentucky and they'd have had a good shot at being in. Miami beats Syracuse and the same. None of them did.
Beat multiple ranked teams... And when all is said and done, it'll be one in the regular season. Texas A&M.
Sure…you do whatever mental gymnastics you need to do to make yourself feel better.
Nah IU didn’t belong. They showed the frauds that they were vs the two good teams they played. They could have at least played Louisville but they paid 1M to cancel that series.
Well the consensus seems to be because Indiana was down 27-3 before scoring its 2 TDs. Well SMU was down 38-3 before scoring their TD and Tennessee was down 42-10 before it's last TD. Indiana played better than both. Clemson had the best game by far.
Is this this because of some lingering Brohm love? As in “Brohm was so dreamy good and is the gold standard for football opponents.”
Will be interesting how the committee looks at this going forward. SMU and IU weren’t the top 12 best teams. They may as well do top 24. Would be a better way to determine it
Bama? That would be like you saying IU should’ve been in if they beat OSU but got destroyed by Maryland and lost to MSU, and also lost a third game during the season.
So then why play the season if losses don't matter? If we are just going to go off opinion? Just begin the season every year with the playoffs and nothing else matters.
Should have been set to 16 to begin with. Zero byes. No auto seeding due to conference championships.
