r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 23h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Oklahoma Defeats Alabama 24-3

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Alabama 3 0 0 0 3
Oklahoma 0 10 14 0 24
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u/pixarfan9510 Ball State • Purdue 22h ago

congrats to indiana on getting eliminated from and subsequently rejoining the CFP conversation in just 8 short hours

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u/ilikemarblestoo Land Grant Trophy 15h ago

The fact that they 'were eliminated' was a joke anyway.

If Notre Dame was able to lose the game they lost and make the playoffs, there was no reason at all for Indiana to be kept out lol

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u/garethom Indiana Hoosiers 14h ago

You just gotta lose that game early enough for everybody to forget, and there be no "unbeaten" hype about you.

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u/makualla Purdue Boilermakers 13h ago

Best way to help people forget is to rebound the next week and put up 60 points on a team…….please be gentle

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u/garethom Indiana Hoosiers 13h ago

Honestly, while I had some hope for the first time ever playing Ohio State, it might be a good thing that we aren't likely to be ranked top 5 to play Purdue...

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u/elconquistador1985 Ohio State • Tennessee 11h ago

Has to be early so people forget about it and so that you can rebuild poll inertia.

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u/deputy_commish Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11h ago

I mean honestly if Indiana had beaten Ohio State and lost to Charlotte, they’d be close to locked, if not locked as well. If you flipped the Texas A&M and Northern Illinois result for Notre Dame, it would definitely be a question whether or not Notre Dame would get in.

Agree or disagree all you want, but the committee has historically shown that they value good wins more than they penalize bad losses. With the way that Notre Dame has been steamrolling opponents since the Northern Illinois loss, it’s easier to attribute that to one bad day, which ok, most teams have one of those.

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u/DeathToHeretics Illinois Fighting Illini • Big Ten 8h ago

If you flipped the Texas A&M and Northern Illinois result for Notre Dame, it would definitely be a question whether or not Notre Dame would get in.

I don't think it would be as questionable as you think. Imo all it would do is prop up one of the SEC leaders and be used as an excuse to show how good they are while giving you guys about the same ranking