Kirk Herbstreit
Here is How You Repair School Soccer Playoff …
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Notre Dame followers are outraged the Combating Irish have been omitted of the School Soccer Playoff, they usually’re demanding the system they are saying is flawed be mounted instantly … and Kirk Herbstreit could have the reply!
Broaden the sphere.
“I think the only way it gets fixed is you gotta expand. You gotta go to probably 16 [teams],” the school and professional soccer analyst advised TMZ Sports activities on Tuesday.
The sector presently consists of 12 groups … however Kirk thinks including 4 squads is the way in which to go shifting ahead.
Herbstreit additionally addressed the “Group of 5” — 5 non-Energy 4 conferences — consisting of the American Athletic (AAC), Convention USA (C-USA), Mid-American (MAC), Mountain West, and Solar Belt conferences, that are presently assured one bid.
He believes that is acquired to alter.
“The other thing is, I think the Group of 5, while it’s great to have them involved, I feel like they have to get to a certain ranking to be able to qualify to be able to get in,” Herbstreit stated.
“Nothing against those stories. We all love the Cinderella story, but I just think when you leave Texas, when you leave Notre Dame, when you leave Vandy, when you leave BYU out, the goal was to get the best 16 teams in my opinion into the tournament, not try to make everyone happy.”
“If you qualify, great, if you don’t, you’re out. And I think hopefully this year will get us closer to taking those steps.”
In fact, that will not be any comfort to the groups who really feel they have been screwed, and particularly Notre Dame, which hasn’t made any bones about how upset they’re by the snub.
Actually, ND opted to drag itself from Bowl competition, which means the season is formally over for the lads in South Bend.
Notre Dame’s been extensively criticized for the transfer, however Herbstreit factors out that is probably not honest.
