CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The most unfortunate part of Clemson demolishing Notre Dame here Saturday is that we don’t get to see whether Brian Kelly was going to stand by his threat to boycott the Rose Bowl. The Fighting Irish will be no better than a College Football Playoff No. 4 seed on Selection Sunday, which would ticket them to the Sugar Bowl against the No. 1 seed. If they make the playoff at all.
After being trucked 34–10, Notre Dame’s CFP fate rests in the hands of the selection committee.