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14-42, 3-30, and 14-31 were not hypothetical... by Scoop80

BK has taken 3 uNDefeated teams to a championship or a playoff, and the scores above resulted (w/ 3 of ND's 4 TD's scored in garbage time). There was also the 10-34 loss to Clemson last December, w/ another garbage time TD.

ND's outside playoff shot would be as a 4 seed, presumably facing SEC champ. While past performance may not be an indicator of future results, the odds of ND being competitive in a semifinal against such an opponent whose staff has extra prep time is somewhere between slim and none.

Sagarin's predictor model currently makes ND a 13 pt. underdog to GA and an 11.5 underdog to AL on a neutral field. Given the caliber of ND's remaining opponents and given the fact that the rating of the SEC champ will likely improve, that spread will likely widen.

In short, while speculating on JS's beloved playoff conversation can make for interesting message board reading, reality is that any potential playoff participation will likely end embarrassingly.