Now that Championship Saturday is over, it's time for Notre Dame football fans to turn their attention to the College Football Playoff in earnest. As the sun came up on Sunday morning, things looked pretty good for the Irish, but there's still plenty of reason to worry. However, if history is any judge, Alabama should be far more worried.
The Crimson Tide needing to worry might surprise some. There's a narrative in college sports that teams who make conference title games don't get punished if they lose. However, that narrative isn't really true.
The narrative is especially not true if the loser of the Conference Title game is run off the field the way Alabama was.