Lane Kiffin blasts College Football Playoff committee after Indiana's blowout loss
As Notre Dame tried to put the finishing touches on a College Football Playoff win over Indiana on Friday, Lane Kiffin reacted to the way the game was going. He took to social media to blast the committee amid the low-scoring affair in the first round.
Ole Miss was one of the first teams out of the CFP field, and Kiffin was vocal about his stance on whether the Rebels deserved to be in the 12-team bracket. Indiana was on the other side of the conversation. Despite an 11-1 record, the Hoosiers had one of the weakest schedules of the 12 teams remaining in the CFP.
IU didn’t score its first touchdown against Notre Dame until the 1:27-mark of the fourth quarter. Shortly before that play, Kiffin called out the committee for a “really exciting competitive game.”
“Really exciting competitive game @CFBPlayoff,” Kiffin said, along with a thinking emoji with a monocle. “Great job!!”
Indiana’s strength of schedule became a major talking point in the lead-up to the final College Football Playoff rankings. The Hoosiers’ regular-season slate ranked No. 67 in the country, according to ESPN’s FPI, which was the second-weakest of the 12-team bracket. Only Boise State had an easier schedule at No. 80.
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That led to a conversation about whether IU deserved to be in over some three-loss SEC teams. Ole Miss, Alabama and South Carolina were among the first teams out of the field despite having higher strength of schedule – ranking No. 33, 18 and 13, respectively, according to ESPN.
Lane Kiffin made his thoughts clear about what he thought the committee should do. He also pointed out the difference of playing in the SEC and playing in other conferences.
“I think that this is what you’re probably going to have to get used to as fans, teams having multiple losses in this conference,” Kiffin said, via Michael Katz on X. “… It’s why it’s just different, it’s just totally different, and these comparisons of other conferences and the ACC and the Big 12.
“You might as well be in different leagues. Not conferences, different leagues. Like, here’s the NFL, here’s the SEC, here’s those few Big Ten teams and then here’s everybody else.”