The Irish could be cut out of the Bowls... unless...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...-bowl-spot

I like the Irish but this statement scares me a little:

"The five BCS bowls and the remaining 30 bowls all have contracts with conferences or specific teams for this year. Contractually if there are 70 bowl-eligible teams, Notre Dame -- if it doesn't qualify for a bowl -- would have to stay at home.

However, industry sources believe there would be some last-minute re-negotiations between bowls to make room for Notre Dame. A bowl could "pay off" a conference by allowing the bowl to take Notre Dame instead of a team from the conference it's affiliated with.

"I'm guessing there would be some bowls who would look to redo deals at the last minute to get Notre Dame," a source said."

This kind of funny business by a conference is a big reason why Missouri became so disgruntled with the Big XII a few years ago. So which contractually binded conference stiffs which conference school out of a bowl? At least this won't be a problem in 2014.