And if Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua has his choice, a semi-regular on Notre Dame's schedule the last decade would become an annual rival. Bevacqua was participating in Saturday's ...

Pete Bevacqua stood in the din of the cavernous Georgia World Congress Center last month, about 48 hours from kickoff of the national championship game. Behind Notre Dame’s athletic director ...

ATLANTA — Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, on the verge of seeing the football program’s 36-year national championship drought end in his first calendar year at the helm ...

Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua defended the Fighting Irish's status as an independent on Friday. "No secret, the expansion of the CFP from four to 12 teams has helped enormously ...

the university remains bullish in its belief that its independent status is the right choice and has the Irish "in a very good spot now," athletic director Pete Bevacqua told ESPN on Friday.

ATLANTA -- Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the independent Irish are comfortable continuing to give up access to a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff -- something ...