The Gators don’t want this Notre Dame smoke. On Tuesday, theAP reported that Florida has decided to use an option in the contract to cancel the series without financial penalty
.Florida has canceled a home-and-home series with Notre Dame scheduled for the 2031-32 seasons.
The Gators used a clause in the contract to get out without financial penalty. The decision led to the Fighting Irish announcing Tuesday a home-and-home series with Washington to be played in 2031 and ’34.
With the SEC moving to nine-game
conference slates beginning this season, Florida had a difficult time justifying playing nine league games, a rivalry game against Florida State and a perennial powerhouse like Notre Dame in back-to-back years — even with the College Football Playoff expanding to 24 teams.
Notre Dame is 1-0 all-time against Florida. Yeah… you know the one.
Part of the talk around Notre Dame and the 24 team playoff was the desire by Notre Dame to play more SEC and Big 10 schools. Some of the SEC schools, however, have a major rival in the ACC and will likely make that their “10th” Power 4 game that the CFP is asking for moving forward. So… schools like Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Kentucky are probably not going to want to schedule the Irish moving forward.
