Yes, we are still talking about Notre Dame being snubbed from the College Football Playoff, but how can it not be talked about when Alabama just got smoked by Indiana? The Hoosiers made Alabama look like a team that didn't even belong in the Power 4 anymore, with the 38-3 beaten they handed them.
When it came down to the College Football Playoff bracket reveal, it felt like the selection committee had been protecting Alabama the whole way, especially with flipping the Irish and the Tide the week before. The last spot came down to Miami and Notre Dame after the Tide were gifted the No. 9 spot, even after a horrible loss in the SEC Championship.
While Notre Dame was pretty infuriated that Miami was given the spot over them, at least the Hurricanes beat the reigning National Champion and proved more than Alabama that they belonged in the playoff.
At this point, Alabama proved that Notre Dame and Miami belonged in the playoff more than they did, and it just doesn't seem fair.
Alabama proved that a 3-loss team doesn't belong in the College Football Playoff just yet
When the College Football Playoff was just four teams, one loss doomed a team's chances of making it in. Now, with the 12-team format, teams have a little more breathing room, but in reality, a team with more than two losses has virtually no shot at making it in, of course, unless you are Bama.
The selection committee had set a precedent that three losses were just too many for a team to make it in, but for Alabama, they seemed to make the exception. The Tide had an embarrassing loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship to give them three losses on the season, and clearly, the SEC bias was showing for Bama as the committee put them in despite that game.
Notre Dame had faced Indiana last season in the College Football Playoff and handled the Hoosiers easily. That is not to say the Irish would have had a repeat of last year's game had they played Indiana yesterday, but they could have probably at least made it more entertaining than Alabama did.
The game between Indiana and Alabama just further proved that Notre Dame was robbed of a shot at playing the best teams in the country, and in turn competing for a National Championship.