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Media, fans torch Notre Dame following another Playoff blowout loss, this time to Alabama
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Notre Dame suffered another blowout loss in the College Football Playoff on Friday evening.
Alabama soundly defeated the Fighting Irish 31-14, but it wasn’t nearly as close as the final score indicated.
When combining this loss with their 30-3 drubbing vs. Clemson two years ago and their 42-14 loss to Alabama in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, a pattern begins to emerge.
Alabama quarterback Mac Jones was excellent, completing 26-of-31 passes for 303 yards and four touchdowns. Running back Najee Harris controlled the game on the ground, going for 125 yards on 15 attempts.
But most importantly, Notre Dame proved it could not cover receiver Devonta Smith. Smith caught seven passes for 130 yards and three touchdowns, out-scoring the Fighting Irish by himself.
Fans and media across college football had no issues with pointing out that trending and expressing frustration at Notre Dame’s inability to make this a competitive game.
Some also said it was unfair for Texas A&M, who lost out on the opportunity to play in the College Football Playoff.
Here’s some of that reaction:
Notre Dame should’ve self-imposed a postseason ban.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) January 2, 2021
Watching Notre Dame in the college football playoffs is like watching the Rockets in the NBA playoffs. They’re interesting in the regular season — might even pull off a big win or two — but you always know how it’s going to end on the big stage.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 1, 2021
Notre Dame gotta join the BIG 10 or SEC and stop wasting people time. The catfishing at the end of every season gotta end.
— Otaro Alaka?? (@OtaroAlaka) January 2, 2021
“Notre Dame clearly deserved to be in #CFBPlayoff over Texas A&M” pic.twitter.com/7yqvQ2tTVg
— Tim England (@tengland_150) January 1, 2021
welp, i guess theres next year notre dame pic.twitter.com/i2oqDUUbQ5
— Flick Meetwood (@FMeetwood) January 1, 2021
Petition to indefinitely ban Notre Dame from playing in the CFP pic.twitter.com/5OZU05xlDG
— Brendan Boyd (@brenboyd22) January 1, 2021
Can we all, as a country, please come together and demand that Notre Dame doesn’t get another CFP berth until they can at least stay within a touchdown once in a NY6 game? pic.twitter.com/FKz4CeYFkN
— Tom Orr (@TomOrr4) January 1, 2021
Eliminate 9 or 10 big plays and Notre Dame is right in this
— Faux Pelini (@FauxPelini) January 1, 2021
This is stunning. Notre Dame hasn’t lost a game this badly in almost two weeks.
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) January 1, 2021
Since #NotreDame's last "big" bowl win over Texas A&M in the 1994 Cotton, here are the team's point totals:
1995 Fiesta: 24
1996 Orange: 26
2001 Fiesta: 9
2006 Fiesta: 20
2007 Sugar: 14
2013 BCS title: 14
2016 Fiesta: 28
2018 CFP semi (Cotton): 3
2020 CFP semi (Rose): 7 so far— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) January 2, 2021
If Notre Dame and Oklahoma ever met in a CFP Semi-Final they would both lose somehow…
— AJ Spurr (@SpurrFM) January 1, 2021
We’ve now watched 13 CFP semifinal games in 7 years and only 3 have been decided by 7 points or less.
— Max Olson (@max_olson) January 2, 2021
Notre Dame neck and neck in the battle of "total points scored" vs. "episodes of Schitt's Creek my GF has watched on the ipad right next to me today"
8-7.
— Richard??Johnson (human) (@RJ_cfb) January 2, 2021
Notre Dame defense opting out the 2nd half vs Alabama pic.twitter.com/amJdiajEM0
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) January 1, 2021
Notre Dame was on offense for this play pic.twitter.com/mamSgFLX7v
— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) January 1, 2021
"iN ThE eNd, tHE cOmMitteE fELt ThAt nOtRe dAmE hAD eArNeD ItS wAy tHEre"
Sorry, TAMU, how cold we have guessed Notre Dame would get demolished just weeks after getting boat raced?
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 2, 2021
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
