Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish made headlines recently during the drama surrounding the football program not being selected for one of the 12 College Football Playoff spots. Following the team's 10-2 season, they declined to participate in a college bowl game, which also riled people up.

Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua says the ACC did “permanent damage” to its relationship with ND for all of the anti-Irish playoff politicking the conference publicly leaned into in the lead up to the selection show. “We didn’t appreciate the fact we were singled out repeatedly.” pic.twitter.com/6oF2ZxqIo6

The decision to allow the Alabama Crimson Tide into the College Football Playoff with three losses was called into question by Notre Dame legend Joe Theismann.

The Fighting Irish failed to reach the College Football Playoff despite finishing with a 10-2 record and 10 consecutive wins to finish the regular season. They lost to Miami and Texas A&M, which both earned CFP bids this season, in the first two weeks of action.

Notre Dame football fans are reacting after the season came to an unexpected end.Many fans were left stunned, and some called it an abrupt finish, after the Irs

Anderson four-star cornerback Ashton "Ace" Alston has locked in a commitment date with the LSU Tigers among the final schools on his radar. Al

Marcus Freeman is drawing NFL interest after Notre Dame’s season, and Urban Meyer offered a warning about leaving college football.

Notre Dame reacted to its CFP snub by refusing any bowl invitation. Many will see this as a huge blow to the bowl system itself