JUST IN: Notre Dame has earned a bid to the Gator Bowl later this month
The Irish, who lost their first two games of the season before winning eight of their final 10 contests, will take on South Carolina in the 2022 Gator Bowl on Dec. 30 in Jacksonville, Florida.After a tough start to the season with back-to-back losses to Marshall and Ohio State, the Irish won eight of their last 10. They picked up wins over BYU, Syracuse and Clemson, but fell in their season finale against USC at the LA Coliseum.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
South Carolina meanwhile had about as good a finish as they possibly could, beating Tennessee and Clemson in back-to-back weeks to dash both teams’ playoff chances. Notre Dame has had mixed results in recent bowl games, losing the Fiesta Bowl to Oklahoma State last year and the Rose Bowl in the College Football Playoff against Alabama the season prior. They did beat Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl in 2019.This article tagged under:
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