The bowl game lineups are set, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have accepted an invitation to play the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Taxslayer Gator Bowl according to Action Network’s Brett McMurphy.
Both Notre Dame and South Carolina finished the regular season with 8-4 records, and they both took down the Clemson Tigers — which are headed to the Orange Bowl to play the Tennessee Volunteers (the most orange of bowl games).
Notre Dame is 1-2 all-time in the Gator Bowl
While many Irish fans were holding out for a game against Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers, we still get an SEC opponent and one we don’t normally get to see Notre Dame play.