I agree with every word you wrote. The reason I keep saying what I'm saying is because, none of this matters. I agree with you. But the committee does not, and they will not, because the team you're comparing us with is Notre Dame. This is a television show. What you wrote is an incredibly smart and well thought out post, but you laid it out like you're trying to prove your case in court. What we're dealing with isn't a courtroom, where cases are laid out logically and ruled on fairly (usually). We're dealing with corruption. We're dealing with bias. We're dealing with politics.
If you want to tell me I'm an idiot and a conspiracy theorist and once Miami gets close, the committee will push us in and push ND out, fine. I think you're insane if you believe that, but hey, let's all have hope.
If you do want to hang your hat on one thing, when I looked on Sunday, Draftkings had ND as a -4000 favorite to make the playoffs. Meaning, if you want to win $100 on ND to make the playoffs, you had to risk $4000 (LOL). This morning, it's down to -2500. So, still a comical favorite, but I think the books are at least recognizing there's a 0.000001% chance that the screaming from every rational/sane human on Earth might actually make its way into the committee room. I say no chance, but we'll see.
