Bevacqua: Relationship with ACC Permanently Damaged
Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua didn’t hide his frustration with the playoff process. The Irish went from comfortably inside the top ten to suddenly staring at the postseason from the outside, despite finishing with a convincing win and watching others struggle. The frustration isn’t about Miami, or the teams that made it. It’s about the whiplash, the inconsistency, and the feeling that Notre Dame was singled out without explanation. Now the ACC relationship is strained and the trust in the system is shaken.