Notre Dame to face South Carolina in the Gator Bowl on Dec. 30
What narrow chance the bowl gods would concoct a Notre Dame-LSU grudge match in the Jan. 2 ReliaQuest Bowl completely dissolved Friday night, when underdog Utah trampled USC, 47-24, in the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Taxslayer Gator Bowl, to be precise. Notre Dame still gets an SEC opponent this postseason, just one a little lower on that conference’s food chain and one with a lot less familiarity than an LSU matchup would have offered, with former Irish coach Brian Kelly and his Tigers (9-4) instead headed to the Citrus Bowl to play unranked Purdue (8-5).
