Recently the Notre Dame Fighting Irish weren’t selected to participate in the college football playoffs. Its reaction: To pull out of a bowl game. Sour grapes?

Joel Klatt called out Notre Dame and head football coach Marcus Freeman over their decision to skip a college bowl game.

Notre Dame snapped their bowl streak by pulling out of consideration following the College Football Playoff's surprising decision on Sunday.

Following Notre Dame’s surprising snub from the College Football Playoff, the program decided they will not be playing in a bowl game this year, joining a number of teams that have opted out of bowl games for various reasons. Notre Dame was expected to be one of the last teams into the CFP but were instead passed over for Miami and Alabama.

Bevacqua said that in addition to the CFP snub, Notre Dame also weighed the value of allowing its players to focus on final exams and to return home for the holidays in assessing its desire to play in a bowl game. The decision largely rested on the shoulders of the team captains, with whom coach Marcus Freeman consulted in making the decision.

The bowl game Notre Dame is expected to play in if they don't make the College Football Playoff has surfaced online.

Notre Dame football wide receiver Malachi Fields will try and improve his draft stock after he accepted a Senior Bowl offer.

Just 23,269 fans attended the LA Bowl Saturday, the lowest in the game’s six-year history. According to a report from On3.com’s Brett McMurphy, the game will end as its contract expires. It seems to be a victim of this shift in the college football landscape, among other causes.