"There is no explanation that could possibly be given to explain the outcome," Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said to Yahoo Sports. "As I said to Marcus (Freeman), one thing is for sure: Any rankings or show prior to this last one is an absolute joke and a waste of time. Why put these young student-athletes through these false emotions just to pull the rug out from underneath them having not played a game in two weeks and then a group of people in a room shatter their dreams without explanation? We feel like the playoff was stolen from our student-athletes."
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No Bowl Game!!!!!!
Replies to: "No Bowl Game!!!!!!"
- No Bowl Game!!!!!! - robertkolt - 4:54pm 12/7/25
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- Complaining about the previous rankings, like they couldn't just manipulate the final - Clem - 5:14pm 12/7/25
- He actually was very forceful as I read it [NT] - MarkHarman - 6:11pm 12/7/25
- Why are you here? [NT]
- murph78 - 5:12pm 12/7/25
- "Why not?!?" - Bluto Blutarsky [NT] - Clem - 5:19pm 12/7/25
- It was Lucy deliberately pulling the football… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 5:04pm 12/7/25
- Just FYI but Pete & Fr. Dowd are on the CFP oversight committee. Maybe Pete should start there. [NT]
- LanceManion - 4:57pm 12/7/25
- Not quite. Corrected you below. - Nigel Tufnel - 5:12pm 12/7/25
- They signed off on process not outcome, but the process is what is at issue here. - LanceManion - 5:20pm 12/7/25
- No disagreement here - Nigel Tufnel - 5:23pm 12/7/25
- There is no explanation that could possibly be given to explain the outcome, - LanceManion - 5:35pm 12/7/25
- Clarification: You mean to say, "No honest explanation". [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:01pm 12/7/25
- Gee,I am sure that the head of the playoff committee being an SEC GUY had nothing to do with it. [NT] - garryowen - 5:51pm 12/7/25
- There is no explanation that could possibly be given to explain the outcome, - LanceManion - 5:35pm 12/7/25
- No disagreement here - Nigel Tufnel - 5:23pm 12/7/25
- They signed off on process not outcome, but the process is what is at issue here. - LanceManion - 5:20pm 12/7/25
- "Just FYI but Pete & Fr. Dowd are on the CFP oversight committee." - Clem - 5:07pm 12/7/25
- He’s a marketing guy, not a fighter. Gotta get a bulldog if u want to be a face. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:11pm 12/7/25
- Pete was way too passive the past two weeks [NT]
- irish93 - 5:09pm 12/7/25
- Pete learned the hard way that resentment towards ND for being an independent is real. [NT] - garryowen - 6:06pm 12/7/25
- Not quite. Corrected you below. - Nigel Tufnel - 5:12pm 12/7/25
- Complaining about the previous rankings, like they couldn't just manipulate the final - Clem - 5:14pm 12/7/25
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