Why did Notre Dame football opt out of Pop-Tarts Bowl? Notre Dame's decision to decline a bowl game invitation begins with the CFP selection committee's decision to keep the Fighting Irish out of the ...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish made headlines when they took their ball and went home after not making it into the College Football Playoff, turning down an invite to the most prestigious bowl game ...

Notre Dame became the unexpected villain of bowl season when they refused their invite to the Pop-Tarts Bowl. And the whole of college football isn't going to let them forget it after the bowl ...

Does Notre Dame have a “crazy good” reason for opting out of the Pop-Tarts Bowl? The team announced on Sunday, Dec. 7 that it was declining the invitation to the bowl game after being snubbed in the ...

Notre Dame will not be part of the 12-team College Football Playoff despite putting together a 10-2 year and appearing to be one of the better teams in the country. The Fighting Irish were perhaps ...

Notre Dame really pulled a move straight out of the loser playbook. After getting left out of the College Football Playoff, the Irish were lined up to play BYU, another playoff snub, in the Pop-Tarts ...

The Fighting Irish finished the year on a 10-game winning streak, but it was their first game of the season that sealed their fate Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty; David Rosenblum/Icon ...