Notre Dame gets what it wants: Title matchup with Alabama
(MCT) — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame players trickled in Sunday for the moment they knew was coming, quietly scooping food onto blue plastic plates and grabbing Gatorade bottles, wearing shirts with “Unfinished Business” emblazoned across the chest.
When the BCS title-game matchup against Alabama became official, there was no ovation to unsettle the ceiling tiles. The Irish clapped politely, unaffected and resolute as the Tide rolled in.
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