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New UCLA coach Bob Chesney’s James Madison football team bumped Notre Dame for the final spot in the College Football Playoff 12-team field revealed Sunday morning, setting up a busy stretch for Chesney as he juggles leading two programs.

Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana — yes, Indiana — leading the way into this year’s College Football Playoff.

But anyone paying attention over the last 24 hours knew the only sure thing beyond that was that the selection committee was destined to get destroyed when it released the pairings for this season’s 12-team bracket on Sunday.

Most of that second-guessing and vitriol will be coming from Notre

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