IU did not deserve to be in CFP. Great article by USA Today
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18 team Big Ten. Not a 10, 11, 12 or even 14 team conference. When you don't play nearly half the conference, you have to consider the teams you played and beat.
Penn State 38, SMU 10,
Texas 38, Clemson 24
Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17
Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17
What's even more deserving of your ridicule than "total ridicule? The performance of every other team that lost in the first round, each by more than IU did.
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You played the worst opponent by far on that list, and unless you’re just lying to yourself only scored 3 points…face it, you wasted your only chance at the playoffs as I see 7 likely losses on your schedule next year with 2 toss ups, and 3 non conference jv games
Now there are more teams with a shot at a national championship in theory. Which ends spreading out talent. That's a good thing. You get more smaller brands like an Indiana who have a shot at a playoff spot. That's a good thing.
Did Indiana play the worst opponent? I mean they were ranked ahead of Ohio State.
Why is ND "the worst opponent by far?"
And IU "only scored three points;" are you proposing that the fourth quarter doesn't count? That teams that play hard until the final whistle are somehow inferior? Because if that's the case, under your theory SMU lost 35-3 and Tennessee lost 35-10. In fact, if you eliminate the fourth quarter IU/ND was still the closest first round playoff game.
Finally, you have IU most likely going 1-8 in conference next year (7 likely losses and two 50/50 games).
This IU staff took a team with an 0-9 conference record from the year before and went 8-1 with six months to put a program together. And now, with an established culture and roster returns three 1st team all-B1G defenders and already has another top 25 portal haul.
Hey... your subjective opinions are all yours to have.
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You’re right IU will likely lose a couple of the jv games too, so let’s say 2-10 as the high mark next year.
That ND ranking is another demo, like IU, that the committee did not truly account for strength of schedule. Pretty obvious.
