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Notre Dame AD: ACC caused 'permanent damage'
Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua explains the school's displeasure with the ACC after the Fighting Irish were left out of the College Football Playoff. (2:02)
Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua unloaded on the ACC in the wake of Sunday's College Football Playoff snub, saying the conference that houses almost every Fighting Irish sports team has caused "permanent damage" to the relationship.
Bevacqua told "The Dan Patrick Show" on Monday that he has great respect for Miami, Alabama and all the teams that stated their cases for CFP inclusion and ultimately were included in the field of 12. But Bevacqua is upset with how the ACC pushed for Miami over Notre Dame leading up to the selections.
ACC responds after Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua says conference did 'permanent damage' by promoting Miami for CFP
It's no surprise Notre Dame is miffed after being surprisingly left out of the College Football Playoff bracket Sunday. The school's athletic director, Pete Bevacqua, told Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger as much in the hours following the Fighting Irish's snub, saying, "We feel like the playoff was stolen from our student-athletes."
With the wound still fresh, Bevacqua, like many others, took aim at the lack of consistency with the weekly ranking shows and selection committee, which jumped Miami over Notre Dame at the last possible second, giving the Hurricanes a spot in the CFP.
A day later, however, Bevacqua found a new target for his ire: the ACC. Bevacqua appeared on "The Dan Patrick Show" on Monday and claimed the ACC did "permanent damage" to its relationship with Notre Dame, declaring that it pushed for Miami to secure a spot in the CFP bracket.
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Notre Dame opt out amid CFP snub is further proof bowl games won't last much longer
On January 1, 1902, Michigan and Stanford met in the Tournament East-West Game. The game, which Michigan won 49-0, was the first of its kind: a postseason invitational game between two schools that played in different leagues. In other words, it was a bowl game. It was the first of its kind, and also the last of its kind, until 1916, when the game became an annual event. It's now a tradition that has carried on for over 100 years. The Tournament East-West Game continues too. It changed its name to The Rose Bowl in 1923.
Bowls have been around nearly as long as the sport of college football itself, but it seems their time is nearing an end. It wasn't long ago when players began opting out of bowl games to preserve their health and future value as athletes, but the first ones to do it were the players likely to be high draft picks. Then the mid-round players joined in.
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