Pete Bevacqua and ACC make amends following high tensions

USC v Notre Dame | Michael Miller/ISI Photos/GettyImagesEarlier this month, following the selection for the 2025 College Football Playoff field, Notre Dame Athletic Director Pete Bevacqua ripped the Atlantic Coast Conference for alleged bias towards the Fighting Irish. Throughout the rankings process at the end of the regular season, the ACC put up social media posts favoring Miami to be selected to the CFP over Notre Dame. After the final CFP rankings came out before the Selection Show, it felt like Alabama, Notre Dame, and Miami were fighting for two spots. Ultimately, the Crimson Tide and the Hurricanes made the field, and the Irish did not.

Following Notre Dame's exclusion from the CFP,…