Pompous Elitist
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I don’t think anyone has said Notre Dame owes the Pop Tart Bowl anything. Most comments seem to be anti Notre Dame because of their “take the ball home” mentality.
I think they got screwed because Alabama should have dropped out of the top ten instead of ND. But Bama and the SEC complained before the seeding and the CFP committee caved.
The real story. I suppose the argument for keeping Alabama was mostly about not punishing teams for conference championship games (sorry Bring ‘em fans!) but explaining away Alabama’s slide into comparative horribleness by the end of the season while dismissing Notre Dames stronger finish and more competitive early games after losing a bunch of talent from their great 2024 team (ok, arguable schedule) is pretty curious.