Notre Dame's Fighting Irish have good prospects for the Bowl

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The Irish were also distracted by off the field incidents this season. Notre Dame recruit, Matt James, was killed after falling from a Florida balcony on spring break. Another tragic loss occurred several months later as team videographer Declan Sullivan fell to his death on a tower that collapsed in 50 mph winds. Recently a female St. Marys’ student committed suicide ten days after allegedly beings sexually assaulted by a Notre Dame football player.

The Irish, under first year coach Brian Kelly, have not only survived  but thrived. The words of  Sir Elton John have never rung more true here. “I’m still standing. Yeh. Yeh. Yeh.”

The team looks at a garaunteed  invitation to the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando to be played on December 28th  against North Carolina State most likely according to sources.
The Irish have more bowl options however.

The Fighting Irish can play in bowl games that do not have qualifiers from its conference affiliations. The Pac 10 have three qualifiers (Oregon, Stanford, and Arizona).  for six bowl games they have deals with. Oregon and Stanford are definitely in BCS bowl contention including one of the two in the Rose Bowl. Therefore it frees up space for Notre Dame to appear in one of these games as the Pac 10 only has one qualifier for five games at this point.

Therefore Notre Dame is eligible for The Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (Dec. 3oth, San Diego, CA), Hyundai Sun Bowl (Dec 31st, El Paso, TX), MAACO Las Vegas Bowl (Dec 22nd, Las Vegas, NV), and Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (January 9th, San Fransisco, CA).  There is a strong potential for a Notre Dame vs, Miami, FL game in El Paso at the Hyundai Bowl.

It will be the team’s 29th bowl game and first since a win over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl in 2008. The team could use some more luck in their bowl game as the team is 1-9 in their last 10 appearances.

You know that wherever the Irish end up they will not take their opponent sitting down. "We brought the fight back in the Fighting Irish” declares coach Brian Kelly.
 

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