If they ever need a lesson in understanding how it feels to get the shaft…
from being excluded from higher level bowls, higher rankings or tournament invites, Tech could give them some good pointers. If I’m not mistaken, I believe the Irish screwed us over on a few bowls that should have been ours back in the day. We whined just like they did this year. The big difference was no one heard us or cared ha ha ha.
My favorite is still the year we beat Wake Forest twice in basketball and had the better record during the Greenberg days, and the selection committee invited Wake to the dance and we went to the NIT with them citing it was Wake’s body of work that got them in.
My 2nd favorite was in 2000 when a top 10 Michael Vick 10-1 team was passed up for the Fiesta Bowl in favor for the lower ranked 9-2 Notre Dame. We destroyed Clemson in the lower tiered Gator Bowl and watched Oregon State take ND to the woodshed.
There are so many more examples as we Hokies know.
Thread Replies (20)
ND should have been in the playoff, Bama now blown out 3 times this year!!!
-- Stech
Jan 01, 2026 at 07:12 PM ET
Stech
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01/01/26 07:12 PM ET
Wow 4 ranked teams they beat 0-4 n Bowls. Bama got spanked last 2 games &
-- Stech
Jan 02, 2026 at 03:09 PM ET
Stech
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01/02/26 03:09 PM ET
BYU lost 34-7 to Texas Tech, that got skunked 23-0 by Oregon.
-- Stech
Jan 02, 2026 at 12:11 PM ET
Stech
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01/02/26 12:11 PM ET
12-1 leading into Champ weekend, while ND sat home, and Bama lost big, too.
-- Truthahn
Jan 02, 2026 at 12:31 PM ET
Truthahn
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01/02/26 12:31 PM ET
I understand that point of view, but ~34-7 loss in your last game, like
-- Stech
Jan 02, 2026 at 12:38 PM ET
Stech
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01/02/26 12:38 PM ET
The 3 losses alone should have put Alabama behind 12 in rank.
-- HOO86
Jan 02, 2026 at 08:44 AM ET
HOO86
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01/02/26 08:44 AM ET
Yep, ND's ire should've been directed at the committee instead of the ACC.
-- Hokester
Jan 02, 2026 at 10:40 AM ET
Hokester
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01/02/26 10:40 AM ET
I would have put ND in over Bama. And I said it back then.
-- Maroon Baboon
Jan 02, 2026 at 01:47 AM ET
Maroon Baboon
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01/02/26 01:47 AM ET
If they ever need a lesson in understanding how it feels to get the shaft…
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-- Calamitous
Jan 02, 2026 at 02:30 AM ET
Calamitous
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01/02/26 02:30 AM ET
The Bowls are Notorious for passing over teams to get what they want
-- HOO86
Jan 02, 2026 at 10:50 AM ET
HOO86
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01/02/26 10:50 AM ET
That’s always been the case with bowls…
-- Calamitous
Jan 02, 2026 at 04:23 PM ET
Calamitous
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01/02/26 04:23 PM ET
Bama did not belong and I would say that no matter the team. The SEC is
-- goldendomer
Jan 02, 2026 at 12:28 AM ET
goldendomer
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01/02/26 12:28 AM ET
Yep - the SEC is 4-8 in bowl games.**
-- Maroon Unit
Jan 02, 2026 at 07:48 AM ET
Maroon Unit
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01/02/26 07:48 AM ET
Agreed, transfer portal and NIL makes it so they don't stockpile as much.
-- Stech
Jan 02, 2026 at 12:34 AM ET
Stech
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01/02/26 12:34 AM ET
Take it to the Notre Dame board. :-)
-- Tailgate Guru
Jan 01, 2026 at 11:07 PM ET
Tailgate Guru
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01/01/26 11:07 PM ET
Sadly all will be forgotten next year
-- Vippie1
Jan 01, 2026 at 07:17 PM ET
Vippie1
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01/01/26 07:17 PM ET
Might be right, got to keep talking about it to eventually change it.
-- Stech
Jan 01, 2026 at 07:22 PM ET
Stech
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01/01/26 07:22 PM ET