One of my favorite all-time movies is "Rudy," so I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Notre Dame football. This week, though, the Fighting Irish's athletics director, Pete Bevacqua, has raised eyebrows for his tirade directed toward the Atlantic Coast Conference, of which Syracuse is a member, as it relates to the 12-team College Football Playoff.
When the CFP field was announced last Sunday, ACC member Miami made the cut. Notre Dame, an ACC member in many sports, but an independent in football, didn't make the CFP field. Was the Fighting Irish hosed?