re: Notre Dame declines bowl invite

Posted by Cosmo

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:05 pm to SelaTiger

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Good, they got fricked over.

Join a conference or win your games against good teams

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:05 pm to MykTide

Why the frick does ND get a special MOU with playoff guarantees?

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Posted by VolsOut4Harambe

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:06 pm to cpp2208

What a bunch of figs

Posted by Rrrrroger

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:06 pm to cpp2208

Nobody gives a frick about bowl games anymore.

Get rid of them wgaf

Posted by Dr RC

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:06 pm to Kinderman

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Non-playoff bowls just don’t matter anymore. Yeah, ND could’ve accepted and had 100 guys opt out like 2023 FSU did. Watching a school’s JV team in a bowl game isn’t all that fun.

If that many guys were going to opt out it just tells me the team culture sucks.

Posted by dupergreenie

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:10 pm to SelaTiger

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Good, they got fricked over

No they didn't. They didn't win their conference....they didn't even lose in their conference championship game (something at least Alabama can claim.

Perhaps they should either join a conference or do what some people claim Group teams should do....go undefeated. At the end of the day JMU and Tulane at least won their conference. If Duke didn't make the playoffs after winning their conference then Notre Dame doesn't have any argument.

Posted by beauchristopher

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:11 pm to cpp2208

Wow. What a bunch of babies. They already don't play in a conference. Screw them.

Posted by beauchristopher

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:12 pm to SelaTiger

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Good, they got fricked over.

Absolutely not. Get real.

Play in a conference or don't lose 2 games. Especially to Miami.

Posted by JPLSU1981

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:12 pm to cpp2208

lol

Awful look for them

This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 3:13 pm

Posted by saintsfan22

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:13 pm to Kinderman

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Non-playoff bowls just don’t matter anymore. Yeah, ND could’ve accepted and had 100 guys opt out like 2023 FSU did. Watching a school’s JV team in a bowl game isn’t all that fun.

Iowa State and Kansas State opted out too. The bowl system as a whole is collapsing.

Iowa St and K State have the excuse of coaching changes. ND is just throwing a hissy fit.

Posted by FLBooGoTigs1

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:13 pm to cpp2208

So it begins. If you don't make the playoff you quit. Lol

Posted by tylerdurden24

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:14 pm to More beer please

And they have backfilled those spots with FSU, Miss St, and they’ll find someone else to fill NDs slot.

The games themselves long ago dipped in quality when the whole CFP began but they’ll live on because the entity that controls the sport wants them to.

Posted by GeauxPanthers2

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:15 pm to JPLSU1981

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lol

Awful look for them

Also a very emotional decision to make in the moment.

The coaches and adults in the room should display better leadership. Marcus Freeman is not what everyone makes him out to be.

Posted by bayoujd

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:17 pm to GeauxPanthers2

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Also a very emotional decision to make in the moment.

It’s not. Pretty clearly calculated as part of positioning themselves for a renegotiation of their current ACC deal or a sign that they will terminate it.

Posted by TopWaterTiger

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:19 pm to Roaad

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I don't blame them

I agree. Good for them. It’s their choice.

Posted by DaleGribblesMower

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:21 pm to tylerdurden24

Now now, the media will somehow justify it since Freeman is the coach there now. He’s black so a weak schedule and losses to the only decent teams you play all year and opting out of the bowl game as a way of crying like a toddler is a-ok

Posted by Big EZ Tiger

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Posted on 12/7/25 at 3:21 pm to SonicAndBareKnuckles

ND should be NB...No Balls