It absolutely does, don't you remember everything from last year? All the bowls were clamoring to get ND, but before ND could be selected, SOMEONE had to choose WMU. After WMU was backed into the Texas bowl, ND at 6-6 was finally able to be courted. Fact is, if ND loses to Stanford, they would be shoved behind us and all 7-5 or better teams.