It’s certainly not as glamorous or as “big-time” as we had expected before the season started, but the fact of the matter is Notre Dame football drew the Camping World Bowl and will take on a 7-5 Iowa State team in Orlando, Florida this Saturday.
After the Irish suffered their second loss of the season in embarrassing fashion to Michigan, the College Football Playoff committee were adamant about keeping Notre Dame away from the Top-10.
Despite winning five straight following the loss, the Irish were never ranked higher than 15th, despite a handful of other 10-2 or 9-3 teams ranked ahead of them.