Every college football team that declined their bowl game on Sunday

Years ago, schools basically cued in line to plead for a spot in a post-season bowl game. Of course, that was an era before every breakfast cereal, motor oil, or obscure mortgage company was sponsoring its own personal bowl game. But Sunday emphasized a growing trend with a number of teams saying 'thanks, but no thanks' to bowl berths on Sunday. The final count included at least 10 teams that turned down bowl berths.

The denials sprang from a variety of potential reasons-- from pouting over exclusion from the College Football Playoff to teams not wishing the dive into postseason play in the midst of coaching changes to teams that had given up hope at a bowl and moved on with the offseason. But Sunday's massive exodus of teams NOT playing in bowls certainly made some college football history.

The Wrath of the Irish

Notre Dame's bowl denial will probably draw the most attention. The Irish finished one spot out of the College Football Playoff, and accordingly decided that they would pass on the gamut of lower bowls. Notre Dame was purportedly offered a spot in the Pop-Tarts Bowl to play the team ranked behind them in the CFP rankings, BYU, but turned it down flat.

All of college football (and even some college basketball celebrities) weighed in on the propriety of the Irish bowl declination, but it's a massive move that could reverberate throughout future bowl seasons.