... a 6-6 record because of the "unique circumstances" following the end to the Irish's somewhat heartbreaking season in which they could quite easily have either run the table or ended up 3-9 stunned the world of college football.

Well, it probably didn't stun the world of college football, but it stunned me.

But was it a good or bad decision?

BAD

The Irish's second straight postseason appearance after the win against Hawaii would have been a good swan song for Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate, and could quite easily have shown the world that Notre Dame Football hadn't given up on the essentials (i.e., playing football in front of thousands of adoring fans who probably couldn't get to South...

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