Notre Dame AD rips ACC, saying 'permanent damage' has been done - ESPN

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua unloaded on the ACC in the wake of Sunday's College Football Playoff snub, saying the conference that houses almost every Fighting Irish sports team has caused «permanent damage» to the relationship.

Bevacqua told «The Dan Patrick Show» on Monday that he has great respect for Miami, Alabama and all the teams that stated their cases for CFP inclusion and ultimately were included in the field of 12. However, Bevacqua is upset with how the ACC pushed for Miami over Notre Dame leading up to the selections.

«We were mystified by the actions of the conference to attack their biggest, really, partner in football and a member of their conference in 24 of our other sports,» Bevacqua told Patrick. "… They have certainly done permanent damage to the relationship between the conference and Notre Dame."

Last month, the ACC's official account on X posted a side-by-side comparison of Miami and Notre Dame, accompanied by the text, «No hypotheticals, just facts.» Miami beat Notre Dame 27-24 in the season opener, a game the Hurricanes never trailed, and finished with an identical 10-2 record.

No hypotheticals, just facts.

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ACC Network also replayed the Miami-Notre Dame game more than a dozen times Thursday and Friday, heading into championship weekend, despite Miami not participating in the league's title game. Duke, which won the ACC but had five regular-season losses, did not make the CFP.

The Hurricanes earned the No. 10 seed and will visit No. 7 Texas A&M in the first round of the CFP. Notre Dame announced Sunday that it would decline a bowl invitation and end its season, rather than accept the ACC's tie-in at the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

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