Pete Bevacqua, Notre Dame stand alone

This is a delicate and tricky place to be for certain, but Bevacqua can and has more than held his own in his vigorous defense of Notre Dame and its place in the CFP world.

Bevacqua collects huge win for Notre Dame

Under the new CFP straight seeding format, Notre Dame is now eligible for a round one bye, thus eliminating the “Notre Dame CFP tax” that previously made the fifth seed the highest the Irish could attain regardless of rank and eliminating a round one bye possibility.

This move is a huge win for Notre Dame and Bevacqua. Why? On a basic level, it’s simply easier mathematically to win three games than four in the CFP to collect the title trophy. But on a larger scale, I like that Notre Dame had to give up nothing to push this move through. That’s a total 100% win by any measure.

Bevacqua, with his Notre Dame and NBC experience, is the right man for this important job as the rocky seas of the college football world change rapidly. I have complete trust in him to keep Notre Dame viable CFP-wise and financially in the now, while retaining enough flexibility to pivot down the road if needed. Between Pete Bevacqua and Marcus Freeman, the Irish program is in great hands.

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