That premise (NY6) is absurd.
Absolutely fucking absurd. And I don't say that lightly. We have got to strive to play the best to continue our quest to be the best, and we have no chance to win the NC if we're not in the CFP. College football games have so many seemingly whimsical factors and we see it in game results every week. Hell, look at our own Survivor Pool. Game/scheme preparedness, player emotion, health, and mindset, weather, what the players ate and how much sleep they got the night before are all variables that can affect the outcome of any given game. We've got to get to the game to have any chance at winning it all.