Get Over It- Alabama Football Is in the Playoffs, Simple as That

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At some point, people are going to have to accept reality: Alabama is in the College Football Playoff, and no amount of complaining, crying, or cope-posting is going to change that.

The field is set.

The committee made its choice.

And based on the numbers. not the emotions, not the hypotheticals, not the Twitter meltdowns, the choice was the right one.

I know Notre Dame fans are mad. I get it. I really do.

Every year it feels like someone in South Bend convinces themselves that this will be the year they sneak in, and every year something happens to remind them that there’s a difference between having a brand and having a résumé.

But before more pitchforks come out, let’s just lay out the facts. because facts, regardless of feelings, don’t bend.

Start with Strength of Record.

Alabama had the 8th-hardest in the country. Notre Dame? 13th. That alone should end this entire debate. The entire point of Strength of Record is to measure how difficult it is to achieve your final record relative to what the average top-25 team would’ve done in that same schedule. Alabama’s path was harder. Alabama overcame more. End of story.

But if people want to keep digging, let’s keep digging.

Strength of Schedule?

Same story. Alabama played the 11th-hardest schedule in the nation. Notre Dame played the 42nd. Forty-second. And somehow we’re supposed to pretend these two teams are standing on equal ground? Alabama walked through one of the toughest slates in the country. Notre Dame walked through… well, the schedule Notre Dame always walks through. A few decent matchups, one or two big brands, and then filler. That’s what happens when you refuse to join a conference: you control your schedule, and you pad your schedule.

And then there’s the simplest, most direct comparison of all: performance against ranked teams. Alabama went 2–2 against top-25 opponents. Notre Dame went 1–2. AND, let’s be honest about something everyone seems to be ignoring: Alabama didn’t just beat a ranked team. They went on the road to Georgia and beat them in Athens. Do you understand how rare that is? Do you understand how much that one win outweighs basically anything Notre Dame did all year?

That win alone is the kind of résumé anchor the committee drools over. It’s the type of moment that changes how a team is evaluated. Notre Dame didn’t have one of those. Not even close.

But somehow, Alabama making the playoff is being treated like a national scandal.

The outrage machine is fired up.

The victim narrative is fully activated.

Notre Dame fans are acting like the universe owed them a spot, as if the standard for entry should change simply because they’re tired of being on the outside looking in.

Let me say this clearly: You don’t get rewarded for choosing independence and then complaining about the consequences of independence.

Notre Dame made the choice to avoid a conference.

They made the choice to control their schedule.

They made the choice to play multiple weak opponents every single season. 

You don’t join a conference? Fine. But then don’t cry when a team that actually battled through a meat-grinder schedule, and plays in a conference championship, gets rewarded over you.

And let’s be honest, Notre Dame does this every single year. They want the status of a heavyweight without actually fighting in a heavyweight division.

They want the respect of a program that lives in the trenches of a major conference, yet they keep choosing a path specifically designed to avoid that grind.

When Alabama loses, it’s usually to teams that could (and usually do) play in the playoff. And actually, 2 of the Tide's 3 losses are to teams that are IN the playoff too. 

When Notre Dame loses, it’s the same story as always: the biggest stages expose the biggest problems.

The committee saw it.

The numbers back it.

The résumé screams it.

Alabama earned its spot. Notre Dame didn’t.

It really is that simple.

So everyone can spend the next week posting think-pieces, crying on social media, or pretending ESPN rigged the system. But none of that changes the scoreboard, the schedule, or the results on the field.

Alabama is in the College Football Playoff.

Get over it.

Roll Tide! 

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