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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish made headlines on Sunday when the College Football Playoff committee made the surprising decision to leave them out of the 12-team field, swapping them with the Miami Hurricanes for the No. 10 seed.
With Group of Five conference champions like No. 11 Tulane and No. 12 James Madison sneaking in, they claimed the final two playoff spots under the current structure—one many still view as flawed.
That left out teams such as Notre Dame, BYU, Vanderbilt, and Texas, all of whom would likely be heavy favorites in head-to-head matchups against either Tulane or James Madison.
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Notre Dame added to the fallout by announcing they would opt out of the Pop-Tarts Bowl against BYU, a decision that drew plenty of mixed reactions.
Legendary coach and current “Big Noon Kickoff” analyst Urban Meyer weighed in on the situation during a preview of the upcoming episode of the “Triple Option” podcast, which drops Wednesday.
“I kind of read it that it was Notre Dame players that made this decision. There’s a lot of value in these players—and there always has been—but not the financial value like now,” Meyer said. “So if they did go to a bowl game, I’m saying over half that team would refuse to play. The players probably got together and visited with their coach and said if we don’t have a chance to raise that big beautiful gold trophy, then we’re good. I’m gonna get ready for the next part of my career.”
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Notre Dame finished the season 10-2 after opening the year 0-2 with close losses to Miami and Texas A&M—both of whom went on to make the College Football Playoff.
But that Week 1 loss to Miami proved costly. The Hurricanes also finished 10-2, and despite having worse losses and playing poorer football down the stretch, their head-to-head win over the Irish ultimately carried the most weight. As a result, less than a year removed from reaching the national championship, Notre Dame’s season is now over.
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