This Irish Fan Feels Cheated

As we all know, on Friday Jack Swarbrick announced that Notre Dame would not be participating in a bowl game despite having enough wins to be bowl eligible. At first, I had mixed feelings about wanting to accept one since the team really had a disappointing end to what started as a promising season.

After debating the issue with other domers, I came to the conclusion that at the end of the day I wanted to see Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate one last time before they departed for the NFL draft. It would have also been nice to send the seniors off on a winning note.

Yes, I like any other Notre Dame fan was hoping for a return to the BCS. That didn't happen because the defense couldn't stop anybody. Does that change that this one one of the best offenses in school history? Don't the offensive players at least deserve to play one more game?

There was a vote among the players on whether or not they wanted to play. Although we will never know the result of that vote, my gut says that the players wanted to play. Clausen was adamant about wanting to do so.

Sure the International Bowl is not up to Notre Dame standards, but isn't that better than no bowl?

We can debate it all day about the positives and negatives. The bottom line is though that the players wanted to play and the fans wanted to see one more game.

By not accepting a bowl bid, Swarbrick is saying that he doesn't care about the fans and what they want. For that I say, "Shame on you, Mr. Swarbrick."

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