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Quemado

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3. My opinion: It has to do with money.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 03:00 PM

Dec 2020

This is just my opinion, and I am no expert.

But, having followed college football for over 50 years, it's money that drove the decision. Notre Dame has a nation-wide fan base; A&M does not. Notre Dame draws more TV viewers than A&M.

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Someone explain to me how Notre Dame is in the playoffs and Texas A&M is not? [View all] Yavin4 Dec 2020 OP

My daughter has the same question. Laurelin Dec 2020 #1

Maybe not for AL, but every other result in 2020 has an asterisk behind it, IMO. hlthe2b Dec 2020 #2

My opinion: It has to do with money. Quemado Dec 2020 #3

BINGO (nm) mikewv Dec 2020 #4

Several reasons Bradshaw3 Dec 2020 #5

Divine intervention. gibraltar72 Dec 2020 #6

Whatever happens, there needs to be an asterisk beside it. Jeebo Dec 2020 #7

Thay othuurr game is just as pathetik. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2020 #8

It's because rownesheck Dec 2020 #9

I don't think any of the contestants are legitimate JonLP24 Dec 2020 #10

Strength of schedule? All I know is that my Buckeyes need to rise up and get all their players back Capt. America Dec 2020 #11