just more incomprehensible rationalizations from the committee giving the game away
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just more incomprehensible rationalizations from the committee giving the game away
08.12.2025 00:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0donβt worry, Iβm sure the party of small government will prevent any overreach οΏΌ
08.12.2025 00:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0IDK that story off hand but like another former Cincy coach we know he went straight to sitting with recruits to a new job www.usatoday.com/story/gameon...
07.12.2025 23:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0true but he is also an expert at rolling over for Bama
07.12.2025 22:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0there are no days off in the troll game ππ #GoIrish
07.12.2025 22:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Andrew Callan @acallan1 Gov DeSantis makes a compelling case that Alabama remains undeserving@finebaum @KatieBrittforAL @CoachForGov. Your silence is deafening Ron DeSantis & @RonDeSantis β’ 1h Notre Dame (and Miami) deserved to make the playoff. x.com/TJamesND/ 5:42 PM β’ 12/7/25
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07.12.2025 22:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1shouldβve been vice versa w/ UM playing in its actual CCG & not getting the ACC sympathy bid but Jim Phillips thought he was clever & could get 2 bids by protecting a 2nd contender w/ their stupid tiebreakers. Heβll pay a longterm price in every future negotiation for such shortsighted thinking now
07.12.2025 22:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am looking forward to watching Jim Phillips go through some things in every future negotiation. Incredibly shortsighted behavior, but that seems to be par for the course with that organization οΏΌ
07.12.2025 21:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0100% no reason for an ND player to get injured while making money for ESPN. Sucks for the program & fans but ESPN made their choice & the team made theirs
07.12.2025 21:44 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0this is like the time Trump got immediate pushback for once for being honest & accurate about America not being so innocent lolοΏΌ
07.12.2025 21:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0lmao he's totally right. Can't believe he's stupid enough to say it though.
07.12.2025 21:37 β π 15 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0just make sure your draft spells 'beat' correctly π
07.12.2025 21:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0getting the "any team that could bear both IU & UGA in the last year must be pretty darn good" drafts holstered for this extremely stupid CFPοΏΌ π #GoIrish
07.12.2025 21:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0the day the "Indiana: Football State" dream was crushed
07.12.2025 21:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0have a HS friend -> IU college friend group chat who all got Colts season tickets instead of IUFB during our 2001-2005 college yrs & the joke that both teams canβt be good at the same time has not yet failed
07.12.2025 21:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think they prob make a different decision in a day or 2 but not sure contracts allow for that so it is what it is. Sucks for program building but glad ESPN will not earn a cent off of us this post-season
07.12.2025 20:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Disappointing but not surprising. I wouldnβt want to bleed, sweat & risk injury for anything broadcast by ESPN/ABC either after that screw job
07.12.2025 20:54 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Pete Sampson @PeteSampson_β’20m Imagine the committee ranking Miami above Notre Dame, but having to take Notre Dame by rule. Or, imagine Notre Dame dropping to No. 13 on Selection Sunday to void this clause. Ross Dellenger Β© @RossDellenger β’ 28m A newsy wrinkle from Bevacqua: As part of an MOU signed last spring, Notre Dame is assured of a CFP berth if it is ranked in the top 12 starting next year. If this year's situation unfolds next year, the final at-large team (M...
Pete B has already lawyered up a solution, but it starts next season π
07.12.2025 20:52 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0ND was in the CFP & the Colts had Indiana Jones & Sauce Gardner playing just 7 days ago. Alexa play Jay Z' "a week ago" πππ
07.12.2025 20:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1Rodger would be the voice of reason on the CFP Committee. this is where we are here in the year of our lord 2025 π bsky.app/profile/rodg...
07.12.2025 20:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0acallan1 is boycotting E$PN @acallan1.bsky.social he/him Joined Jun '23 I am ready for former NBC & PGA exec Pete Bevacqua to declare war on the ESPN cartel by working with the Big12, the best remnants of PAC12 & NBC+CBS to take on the ESPN-SEC-ACC cartel GIF from The Diplomat saying SOME WARS ARE NECESSARY
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07.12.2025 20:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am ready for former NBC & PGA exec Pete Bevacqua to declare war on the ESPN cartel by working with the Big12, the best remnants of PAC12 & NBC+CBS to take on the ESPN-SEC-ACC cartel
07.12.2025 20:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm sure Bama's attempt to break double digit pts will get great ratings, way to go geniuses & welcome to the 16 team playoff & cannibalizing your precious conference championship games (some of which arenβt even old enough to vote lol) bsky.app/profile/acal...
07.12.2025 20:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0an edit of the famous dril tweet that says And another thing Iβm still mad please put in the newspaper that I got mad
07.12.2025 20:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1they have at least greatly accelerated fixing thaf issue w/ the CFP cannibalizing CCGs bc the Big12 & ND will never trust the committee not to play ESPN's favorites again bsky.app/profile/acal...
07.12.2025 20:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A daily fantasy roster showing Tyrod Taylor and Devon Achane out injured and Michael Pittman and A.D. Mitchell at wide receiver
I am clearly cursed at football related topics this weekend as I also started 2 players now out injured & 2 WRs currently catching balls from their QB3s in a free daily fantasy contest lol
07.12.2025 20:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Baylor Athletic Director Mack Rhoades resigned in November 2025 after taking a leave of absence for "personal reasons" and also stepped down as the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee chairman amidst an investigation into unspecified allegations, leading to Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek taking over the CFP chair role and Rhoades' departure prompting Baylor to retain coach Dave Aranda despite a losing record.
prob not ideal that the committee chair got canned for an altercation with a player just to be replaced with the AD ND embarrassed into firing his own head coach π¬
07.12.2025 19:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean in reality itβs a business & ESPN pays them money for drama so it is what it is. Theyβve just been pretty good up until now at getting the final answer right enough, this year was just a complete travesty thx to the worst committee yet, the ACC & ESPNβs ever present SEC & ACC Network biases
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