CLEMSON — After being blasted by Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua the last several days, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips is trying to repair some of the so-called “damage” the league caused in its relationship with the Irish.
Notre Dame was excluded from the College Football Playoff and was sabotaged, Bevacqua believes, by the ACC. He said the league, which 24 of his 26 sports teams compete in, “targeted” the Irish through a social media campaign to get full-time member Miami in the CFP.
As a result, Bevacqua says the ACC did “permanent damage” to their relationship.