Because the introduction of the 12-team School Soccer Playoff in 2024, bowls have misplaced relevance. However that also does not justify the Notre Dame Fighting Irish declining their invitation to play in a single.
On Sunday, the CFP choice committee excluded 10-2 Notre Dame from the bracket, a controversial selection. Hours later, the Preventing Irish confirmed that they might not be taking part in in a bowl. Had the college accepted its invitation, it will’ve confronted the BYU Cougars within the Pop-Tarts Bowl on Dec. 27.
“A farce and whole waste of time,” Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua told ESPN in regards to the CFP rankings forward of the ultimate one.
However two different high-profile groups accepted bowl bids and did not whine about their exclusion from the CFP.
Why Notre Dame ought to’ve performed in a bowl
Like Notre Dame, the Texas Longhorns (9-3) did not make the CFP regardless of boasting a robust resume. This season, the Longhorns beat two groups within the CFP (Oklahoma Sooners 23-6, Texas A&M Aggies 27-17).
After the information broke that Texas would play the Michigan Wolverines within the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian expressed disappointment that his crew did not make the CFP. However he did not think about skipping a bowl.
“All of us have objectives and aspirations of successful convention championships and being nationwide champions,” he told the media Sunday. “However I additionally assume there’s an expertise consider all this. There’s development. There is a growth in all this. There’s camaraderie. There’s a lot that goes into this that generally a bowl sport is about celebrating a season and ending the best means.”
Vanderbilt Commodores HC Clark Lea — who guided his crew to a 10-2 season — echoed a similar sentiment.
“That is nobody’s fault besides our personal,” the coach stated of not making the CFP. “We’re not victims on this course of. Our possession is in arising brief. We will have fun the [heck] out of going and taking part in within the [ReliaQuest Bowl against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Dec. 31] in Tampa.”
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