Jesse Palmer starts, “I do think it is very interesting that Notre Dame shares two comment opponents with both Kansas State and Oregon. Notre Dame and Kansas State have both beaten Miami and Oklahoma. Oregon and Notre Dame will have both played Stanford and USC by the time the season is over. When it is all said and done and the dust is settled if all three teams are unbeaten I think that’s a tool that voters can use to compare and evaluate these three teams against each other.” Yet he decides not to take his own advice.

Maybe the show is just too short for them to further the conversation and maybe I am still in election mode so let’s do a bit of fact checking for them.

Notre Dame         41        Kansas State     52
Miami                     3        Miami                 13
In Chicago                       In Manhattan, KS

Notre Dame        30        Kansas State        24
Oklahoma            13        Oklahoma             19
In Norman, OK               In Norman, OK

Is 41 to 3 not dominant? Is 52 to 13 more dominant? Not if you are looking at the defense I guess. Who played better against Oklahoma? I haven’t taken math in a while but I still remember a 30 to 13 score beats a 24 to 19 score. For the record Notre Dame has dominated Navy, Michigan State, Miami, Oklahoma and Boston College. Yes, we are talking about defensive domination. The BC game was never in doubt.

Oregon gave up 51 points to USC. That’s right, 51 point to a team with two other losses. Oregon is certainly the most dominant offensive team in the country, maybe over the past decade, maybe ever. But no team that gives up 51 points in a game should be crowned champion before all the games are played or before they play a team with a dominating defense. And who might have the most dominating defense in college football this year? Oh yeah, Notre Dame.

Wirtten by Steve Wright for TheFantasyFix.com.