Notre Dame's Plan To Boycott Its Bowl Game Backfired In Spectacular Fashion

Notre Dame Is Gonna Be Embarrassed When It Sees The Ratings For The Bowl Game It Declined

The classy Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who bitched and moaned about the college football playoffs and eventually quit on the season, are NOT going to love the ratings for the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Quick, someone say a prayer for Marcus Freeman and that insufferable AD who cut a deal with the NCAA to basically reserve a playoff spot for the Irish starting in 2026. They're gonna need all the #Thoughts&Prayers they can get today. With #BowlSZN sadly comin…

Notre Dame's Plan To Boycott Its Bowl Game Backfired In Spectacular Fashion

Marcus Freeman Pat Narduzzi Handshake Snub The Notre Dame Fighting Irish narrowly missed out on a spot in the 2025 College Football Playoff, landing one spot behind Miami for the final at-large bid. As a result, the Fighting Irish, led by athletic director Pete Bevacqua, opted to throw a temper tantrum. Not only did Bevacqua call out the ACC, with which it has a scheduling partnership, for promoting the Hurricanes over Notre Dame, but Bevacqua r…

Notre Dame Tried to Prove a Point and the Results Didn’t Go Their Way

Remember that time Notre Dame was going to stick it to ESPN and the rest of college football by taking their ball, literally and figuratively, and opting out of playing in a bowl game. They thought they were snubbed by the College Football Playoff committee this year, despite their best games being losses, and elected to sit out the postseason. Well, everything that has transpired since then has just made the Fighting Irish look even worse than …

Pop-Tarts Bowl gets last laugh over Notre Dame

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish made headlines when they took their ball and went home after not making it into the College Football Playoff, turning down an invite to the most prestigious bowl game outside of the CFP, the Pop Tarts Bowl. Notre Dame was jumped by Miami in the final regular season rankings after being ahead of them throughout the entire cycle. While that logic made absolutely no sense, it was probably the right decision in the end …