Clemson upset loss at Notre Dame opens Playoff discussion, fuels fan reaction, for other contenders
Clemson sent the College Football Playoff projections into the spin cycle with a lackluster effort in a 35-14 upset loss at Notre Dame on Saturday night.
DJ Uiagalelei was 27-for-39 for 217 yards with a touchdown and an interception, as the Fighting Irish built early momentum with a punt block that resulted in a touchdown. The Irish also returned a Uiagalelei interception for a touchdown on a play that went 96 yards.
The fan reaction was a mix of Tennessee fans rejoicing that the Clemson loss would take the sting out of Georgia’s win over the Vols. But it also fueled discussion of possibly 3 SEC teams in the Playoff.
Here’s a sample of the reaction:
PRINCE KOLLIE TAKES IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN ON THE BLOCKED PUNT#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/uQmioEiJqf
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) November 5, 2022
Clemson’s CFB Playoff hopes are quickly fading in South Bend #CLEMvsND https://t.co/BQgojnAqrQ
— Kyle Jordan (@KyleWTOC) November 6, 2022
I’ve been impressed at how physical Notre Dame has been in this game.
A loss by Clemson would be devastating for the ACC’s playoff chances, opening the door for another conference.
— Matt Murschel (@osmattmurschel) November 6, 2022
Clemson and Tennessee being eliminated from playoff consideration is the best thing to happen all weekend in college football.
— TheSchneid (@schneid_the) November 6, 2022
Losing a bunch of games and then beating a suboptimal but undefeated Clemson team so we don’t have to hear about them in the playoff would be the greatest thing Notre Dame has ever done, to me personally
— Amanda Mull (@amandamull) November 6, 2022
Just when you thought the Vols were out of Playoffs talk… pic.twitter.com/0vMGePSAJe
— CousinShane (@BigOrangeVolz) November 6, 2022
Losing probably knocked Clemson out of the playoffs. Losing 21-0 takes the stink off the Vols and keeps us in the top 4 or 5.
— #1 Honcho DaVinci (@DCrock53) November 6, 2022
Shame the #vols couldn’t get it done in Georgia. Completely outclassed. Hopefully, they can sneak into the playoff after Michigan and Clemson drop out
— Jon (@mortenweigen) November 6, 2022
Notre Dame up 28-0 on Clemson now LOL.
Can I remind you that Notre Dame lost to Marshall (5-4 Sun Belt team) and Stanford (3-6 Pac 12 team) at home?
I’m happy to type out these words: CLEMSON IS OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE PLAYOFF RACE.
Goodnight, overrated frauds!
— Vol Herald (@VolHerald) November 6, 2022
Notre Dame is back!
It would take an act of God for Bama to make the CFPs.
Fortunately Clemson getting completely dominated by the 5-3 fighting irish means they’re out of the playoffs.
Unfortunately Bama’s playoff journey has ended in Baton Rouge.
Clemson can win out and win the ACC, but this loss will be their albatross that keeps them from the playoff.
LOL. Hillbillies have no room to talk, and their playoff hopes are thin, indeed.
More likely the Tosu-Michigan loser is No. 4 with the winner No. 2 and TCU No. 3.
Hillbillies, the Sugar ain’t too bad. Have fun in New Orleans!
Thin? LOL They are better now than they were if we won. lol No matter what we are in. You lose to a 2 loss LSU team in the SECCG that we blew out, maybe you squeak in at 4th in the final CFP ranking but TN will be ranked ahead of you.. (you lost last) also. Your resume would be worse. lol And we get to play one less game without that risk. Your contingency of getting in the playoffs can be in jeopardy of LSU wins or blows you out. Also, if you win, it still helps us.. lol How dumb are you not to know this..lol? You really think we couldn’t score more than 13 on you? LOL Why bother to win today if we are already in and face whom we thought would be Bama 2 or possibly 3 times? NO pressure by the way..lol
There you are, you hiding, cowardly POS.
Why are you hiding out in other articles, you ignorant s l u t?
LOl It is what it is man. All we need to do is rest up and beat some bad teams as we have been. The pressure is on UGA. Lose to LSU and you might be still in at 4th. Win and your squarely at one and we are at probably 3 by the final CFP. Losing early has it’s advantages. If we both win out should look like this.
UGA
OSU
TN
TCU
TWo SEC teams, and two big’s.. My 1st week prediction. TCU isn’t jumping TN due to SOS, or bumping us out. But there is a chance if LSU beats you in the SECCG, you could be voted out. Doubtful but you’d be at 4th and TN at by than 2nd or 3rd. Clemson is out thought.
The fact that you’re too stupid to understand how much this Bama loss hurts Tennessee’s playoff chances after getting DOMINATED by Georgia is so on brand for you, you dumb motherf–ker.
You stupid coward.
LOl Dude, it helped us more to lose this game. That’s wh we did. Do you really think we couldn’t score more than 13. CJH made the decision to play for seating in the playoffs rather than risk anything in the SECCG. We thought we would be playing Bama if we beat you and hard to beat them 2 times in a season let alone 3! But since LSU won, worked out even better. But it’s a risky game for you. Prefer you win so we can actually play to win against you.. WE didn’t run one design scheme rout on offense..lol Came out throwing yet we could run on you and when we did, went right to the pass..LOL Sorry but today was a math decision pathway of least resistance. Besides, we already beat both Bama and LSU so there was no real advantage gained from paying either one in the SECCG. But be warned, its a game you can lose. LSU is no joke.
Lol..gwhite you have to be a politician…you’re the most full of sh** individual I know of…
The G fan 43 I don’t lose debates. lol If you didn’t win today, your season would be over. You wouldn’t get in the playoffs with a loss with your 75th SOS. By us, “playing oh so hard to win”, you get to play the SECCG where you play a two loss LSU team that if they beat you, you may not make the 4th playoff team spot and we’ll jump you. Win and it only helps our path of which we were already in the playoffs. Bama back doors in like this a number of times and it works. You get healthier, risk less. So, your welcome..lol
The G fan 43 We knew one thing though. Better to backdoor in if you know your in and being the number one ranked team in the CFP, we could afford the loss. But since Clemson and Bama lost, works out even better. Question now is, could you survive a loss from a two loss LSU in the SECCG? I think that depends on how much you lose by if you lose. You can’t bank on the Oregon win to stay top ten. But we can bank on Bama and LSU remaining so. And no 2 loss team has ever made it into the playoffs, especially if the former number one CFP blew that team out, let alone on the road. And yes, it’s better for all to have two SEC teams in.
Lol..gwhite you lose a lot of debates..you just don’t admit when you’ve lost…lol…
The G fan 43 We’ll see if I’m wrong when it all plays out but I doubt it. Even ESPN had TN at 4th this evening. That only seems more likely after the Clemson and Bama loss. But no one is going to assume TN won’t win out. If you have every scenario covered, on what could happen, how often are you wrong? LOL We could have 2 SEC’s in and 2 bigs. Oregon can’t overcome the 49-3 loss in game one and will most likley, if that wasn’t enough lose to a pac12 team. Their BYU win now seems in tatters. while UF, and UK won today and SC too. Pitt won also and beat Syracuse. UF, UK and PItt most likely will be ranked again as well.
But because we beat Bama and blew out LSU, no matter what happens in the SECCG, we’re in. Of all the 1st week CFP number one ranked team, they’ve made the CFP every time except once. MSU 2014. We didn’t intend to win today. LOL@ TCU number 3. Resume. We opted for better odds in the playoffs. No one loss team in the nation would have a better resume than TN, and that includes whichever team loses Michigan or OSU.
No, you’re not you cowardly, lying, meth-addled POS.
The Bama win doesn’t mean as much as it did.
TCU is going to win out because the Big-12 stinks. They’ll be No. 3.
The winner of the Tosu-Michigan game will be No. 2. The loser will be No. 4.
Your delusions are a sight to behold.
An undefeated TCU will still get in at 4th but wont jump a one loss TN to the number one team because TN was that first number one team in the CFP ranking. And no one believes TCU is a top 4 team with that schedule. They will be content at letting them in at 4th, could be TN 4th and them 3rd but either way TN is in. Was win or lose today, so why play and risk anything in the SECCG? Bama did it routinely lol
Just pretend this is a year that we are Bama. Auburn just beat us and so like in 17 they go to the SECCG where you beat them. We backdoor in with the best 1 loss and a top resume. This was a game we could give and did. Didn’t you notice no one was trying to hype anyone up on the sideline. CJH calm and quiet? The play calling and scheme. Players were laughing the whole game “oh no, uga scored!” LOL “Oh no, UGA won”. Never thought to wonder why? That’s why.
We literally almost completely dictated how much you would win by lol. We’d stop when there was any risk of you going up by more then 2 scores. We ran no tempo and you sure should be suspicious that you only won the time of possession by 2 mins.. lol. You did everything we dictated that you needed to do. We made it look just enough to be believable. Even the announcers were like, “why are they doing this?”. “Where is the tempo?”. “It just wasn’t our day,..promise” LOL
Lol…
The G fan 43 Who cares if you believe us..lol We are just glad we don’t have to do much of anything other than blow three bad teams out and rest up for the playoffs. Just don’t get blown out by LSU and your in and so our one loss doesn’t take a hit by you losing to them..
Three SEC teams? LSU is not an automatic with 2 losses but I guess it could happen, but win or lose the SECCG, won’t jump TN in the CFP. Clemson is gone. Could UGA be eliminated with a loss to a two loss LSU? Doubtful, but TN would jump them in the final CFP ranking. The above is the first reason, the second is TN’s blowout win over LSU on the road. Since UGA is ranked number one in the AP poll going and TN was number one in the CFP ranking, the most the drop is to 4th and win out. If UGA win over LSU, TN still is in but UGA would still be #1 and TN a #3 or #4.
Noting in stone but history tells us this is how it would go if TN wins out as expected and will impressively. We’d rather take a UGA loss than to run the risk of having to play, who we thought than would be Bama for a 2 and possibly 3rd game.
Ridiculous.
But true. Bama does this every few years. It’s strategy. We were in no matter what happened today. But two bonuses did. Bama and Clemson lost. Bama would have taken the 4th spot and Clemson lost the 4th spot.
The only one team that benefitted outside the top 4 was TCU, and Clemson lost that spot. We’ll go down to 3rd or 4th, and TCU will take that empty spot whichever one we aren’t put at.
Should look like this after this weekend.
UGA
OSU
TCU or TN
TN or TCU
The G fan 43 least likely but could happen:
UGA
OSU
Michigan
TCU or TN at 4th or 5th. But Michigan and OSU will play each other. The loser of that game will be ranked behind TN because it’s worse loss than losing to UGA and that loss happens weeks from now compared to losing today.
It’s delusional. Nothing more. Strategy? That’s just dumb.
Tennessee is fine.
In fact, our path the CFP actually got a little bit easier today.
The most we drop is to 4th. There has only been one team in the history of the CFP series where the starting number one ranked team didn’t make the playoffs. MSU 2014. But with wins over Bama and a blowout road win over LSU, we’re a little more in with one less game to play. The pressure is on UGA to not lose to a 2 loss LSU team in the SECCG. No 2 loss SEC team has ever made it in and one that had a loss to the starting number 1 ranked CFP ranked team. Honestly, we didn’t intend to win today. Never rushed more than 5 and only did ones to stop UGA’s final drive. Never ran one designed rout and came out throwing the ball instead of establishing the run. NO urgency for us in this game, and very little tempo. No speeches on the sidelines for motivation. It worked out better for us that we did lose today.
The delusion is real.
“We didn’t even want to win today.”
“We didn’t establish the run” because Georgia SHUT DOWN the run.
The reason why your WRs ran the routes they ran? Because of the way they were covered.
Seriously, the fact that your cowardly dumba– is here, hiding out from the a–whipping you deserve, and you’re spinning the same lies you’ve been peddling for months tells us all what we need to know about you:
You’re literally the dumbest motherf–ker on the internet.
He’s so delusional it hurts.
LOl who cares what you think. Just watch and see how it plays out. Mad as you wanna be. Basically, we gave you a win so your bad 75th SOS would improve and you get to play in the SECCG and incur further risk. Your already down key starters. We’re in anyway.
Mizzou scored more on you than we did. If you think you were just are that good, how does Kent State score more on you than us? LOL Think dumb@ss LOL
LOL By giving you this win, we could jump you in the final CFP ranking. Otherwise, you backdoor in and possibly gain a rank in the final CFP. So lose or win, it works for us without having to play an extra game. lol But oh you sure did shut down our run and pass today..LOL Yep. lol Your welcome as that win, kept your season alive, it was over with a loss with your 75th SOS.
Tennessee didn’t give them anything. They took it. And you aren’t better off with a loss.
Doubt we see a 3 SEC playoff. Wild thing is if we do, it won’t include Bama.