Once the BCS bowls are selected, Notre Dame counts as a Big East team for bowl purposes. Technically the agreements only include the Sun and Gator Bowls, as Notre Dame would be taken by them if they are eligible. The NCAA, however, has rules that limit the bowl placement of 6-6- teams. A ...

This is where the bowl structure works against Pitt and several other schools. It’s about who puts seats in the stands. Not wins and losses or rankings. No one should be counting on the Big East heading to the Gator Bowl, period. With ND out of that, the Gator still has the right to take a ...

Post from: Before anyone else gets the urge to call, the observer doesn’t want or need any more tickets to the Louisville-West Virginia football game. Season ticket holder here for 40 years. Two is all we need, thanks. People giving up tickets is not good. Twice today, individuals have ...

Notre Dame is not a good football team, but bowl games aren’t about putting the best teams on the field. No, bowl games are about selling tickets and attracting TV viewers, which is why Notre Dame may play in the Cotton, Gator or Sun bowl — bowls that are usually reserved for teams ...

Notre Dame is widely coveted by some big New Year’s Day bowl games across the country despite their suspect 6-4 record SCOTT JACOBS It sure must be nice to be Notre Dame. Bowl eligible at a far from mind-blowing 6-4, the Irish are in prime position to nab themselves not only a ...

The Gator Bowl folks won't say it outloud, but its almost a lock that Notre Dame is headed to the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville to face off against not-even-Nostradamus-can-predict-who from the ACC. (Actually, that ACC opponent isn't much of a secret either, but I digress.) The reason I can be ...

Many Husker fans are taking this bye week to look past Colorado to a bowl game, and even looking past a bowl game to next year. While it's a fun adventure, it's not a game Nebraska fans should be playing. The bowl season rumor mills are already starting, with the Gator Bowl leading the charge. ...