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Message: [QUOTE="TerryD, post: 2961295, member: 1615"] It is not unfair. It is the difference in being an independent rather than being in a conference. Most of the other playoff teams play an FCS school every year. ND does not. So, big deal on the "13 game" thing if one is a glorified scrimmage against an FCS team. (Also, Ohio State got into the playoffs in 2016 without a 13th game, I think. I don't recall the "unfairness" hue and cry then) If ND loses one game, they are done. Conference teams (like Oklahoma this year) get a second bite at the apple. Heck, I remember not so long ago (last year, earlier this year) that the conventional wisdom among fans of other schools was that ND was shooting itself in the foot and operating at a competitive disadvantage regarding the playoffs by not being in a conference. That changed in a hurry. Now, it is "unfair" that they are independent. Moses didn't bring an edict down from Mt. Sinai that all schools need to be the cookie cutter same and be in a conference. [/QUOTE]