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NDfan said:
Congrats, guys. You deserve to be in. So do we. No way that joke of an SEC gets 5 teams in. I would root for you to win it all, but some of you were idiots, taking shots at ND instead of the SEC. I likely won't watch. Who cares? The SEC stacked it, hoping to get a title, which they likely won't get anyway. Good luck guys. Not your fault the system is corrupt.
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ND and SEC are both coddled and entitled.
 
Canesrule230 said:
We were taking shots back because a large part of your fanbase was trying to gaslight the cfb world into thinking the h2h results didn't matter. Thankfully the cfb world shamed the committee into honoring the most important datapoint - the on the field result.
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I understand that. My friends and I were trying to ignore the SEC smokescreen and let it be known that you and us should both be in and that the SEC is mid, deserving nowhere near five teams.
 
NDfan said:
Congrats, guys. You deserve to be in. So do we. No way that joke of an SEC gets 5 teams in. I would root for you to win it all, but some of you were idiots, taking shots at ND instead of the SEC. I likely won't watch. Who cares? The SEC stacked it, hoping to get a title, which they likely won't get anyway. Good luck guys. Not your fault the system is corrupt.
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Easy for me to write this because we are in the playoffs; however, the real villain here isn’t Miami or ND. It’s the SEC and their stranglehold on the playoffs. The Committee’s decision to keep Bama at 9 and not drop a single spot after getting destroyed in the SEC Championship game is unprecedented. Every single team that has lost a conference championship game in the history of the playoffs has dropped at least one spot.

The SEC/B1G control the networks and the playoffs. They clearly did not want to see the regular season SEC #1 seed not make the playoffs. The fix was in the prior week when they inexplicably moved Bama ahead of ND based on a mediocre performance against 7-loss Auburn and despite suspect wins the prior few weeks.

Just my $.02.
 
caneingville said:
I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. I understand your disappointment with today's result. Truly, we get it, as we've been there as a fanbase before, in this same position. Many times. I've been saying for two weeks that I've already got the antitrust lawsuit drafted in my head and ready to file.

I'm not sure if you are new to this rivalry, and / or perhaps haven't seen all the drivel that's been flung back and forth on the internet between BOTH fanbases this week, but you have to realize that you are on a Canes board. Perhaps this isn't the best place for you to be venting your frustrations right now. You are, of course, always welcome here as you seem to usually be friendly and respectful, so this isn't me telling you to get off the board or anything. Just trying to give some advice based on the the bolded part, which might not go over so well here.
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I appreciate that. And by no means am I saying I feel that way. I was actually trying to give you guys a friendly heads up. The boards are ugly with some of that. I do not agree. I am trying to talk reason to them. By then I am sure they will calm down. Just tensions are hot today.
 
NDfan said:
Why would we want to play crappy BYU? You wouldn't either. The main reason we declined is it is because it is on ESPN, which is in bed with the SEC and took every chance they had to talk crap about us. We are about to be at war with ESPN and the corruption. We will play in no bowl games they are showing other than the playoffs, no gameday allowed in South Bend, everyone unsubscribing to anything ESPN related, not watching the playoff, boycotting anything Disney, etc. We blame the SEC and ESPN 100% not necessarily you.
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To be fair, your fanbase kept asking to be compared to bama and not us. In the end, that’s what happened and it was determined bama was better. You have never been considered better than us, we look better on the field, we beat you head to head. Are you better than Oklahoma or bama? Who knows, since they both beat a couple teams with a pulse. Enjoy the offseason. Look forward to ending your season early again in south bend.
 
Gables Cane said:
Easy for me to write this because we are in the playoffs; however, the real villain here isn’t Miami or ND. It’s the SEC and their stranglehold on the playoffs. The Committee’s decision to keep Bama at 9 and not drop a single spot after getting destroyed in the SEC Championship game is unprecedented. Every single team that has lost a conference championship game in the history of the playoffs has dropped at least one spot.

The SEC/B1G control the networks and the playoffs. They clearly did not want to see the regular season SEC #1 seed not make the playoffs. The fix was in the prior week when they inexplicably moved Bama ahead of ND based on a mediocre performance against 7-loss Auburn and despite suspect wins the prior few weeks.

Just my $.02.
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When the SEC got 3 in last season and the B1G got 4 in, Sankey lost his **** and apparently got his way this season. I think there will significant changes coming this offseason for conference tiebreakers and what games will be played on "championship weekend" (i.e. no more SEC Championship game). ****, when the emotions of the day fade for ND, they may even announce a decision to fully join a conference (although this MOU that's been mentioned in other posts probably nullifies that possibility).
 
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CaneinBroward said:
The CFP can make its own decisions without getting conference approval as to what schools or conferences get favorable standing? Wtf is going on here?

If so, Phillips needs to get his own MOU ready for the ACC's benefit. :LOL:
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Let me back up.

The CFP is governed by the CFP Management Committee, which includes the 10 conference commissioners and ND's AD.


The SEC and Big 10, in the spring, threatened to split and create their own postseason if they weren't given control and allowed to run roughshod over the whole thing. So everyone on the CFP MC signed an MOU that agreed to what they wanted.

sports.yahoo.com

Sources: SEC, Big Ten building momentum to further expand College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams

The conferences are pushing to assign multiple automatic qualifiers per league, with as many as four each for themselves. In short, a plethora of changes are on the table.
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The ideas for what the SEC/B10 wants are contained within that MOU. As is ND's guarantee to get into the playoff as long as they are ranked within the Top 14. It's basically a quid pro quo, and the ACC and Big 12 are basically watching everything from the sidelines.

Now, back to your initial question of MOU's being legally enforceable...sometimes they are. It depends on whether or not they have the requirements of a valid and enforceable contract - 1) offer, 2) acceptance, and 3) consideration. So if this MOU has those three things, a court could find that this MOU is indeed a valid and legally enforceable contract. But most of the times, MOUs are not, because they don't have consideration (usually money exchange).

Hope that clears it up a bit.
 
NDfan said:
I appreciate that. And by no means am I saying I feel that way. I was actually trying to give you guys a friendly heads up. The boards are ugly with some of that. I do not agree. I am trying to talk reason to them. By then I am sure they will calm down. Just tensions are hot today.
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Thanks. Like I said, we get it too.

And I think pretty much everyone agrees that Bama should have been out, and it should have been both of us in. Sucks that it didn't work out that way.
 
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hcanes100 said:
Kalen DeBoer is absolutely over his head, Alabama recruiting itself has sustained the dismal record they have had so far.

My only fear is that we don't extend Mario and in a year or two, that opens up. I had feared that if the CFP didn't put Miami in, that Mario might start thinking that it is limited in Miami due to the hate of UM and he might have to move on.
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Dude you guys actually think Mario would leave? I don’t get you guys couldn’t wait to fire Mario now you guys are afraid he would leave to bama wtf.
 
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