Notre Dame star 'already over' playoff snub, defends bowl opt-out as he hopes for Heisman Trophy win

Jeremiah Love has already moved connected from Notre Dame's College Football Playoff snub.

The Fighting Irish moving back, a finalist to triumph the Heisman Trophy, got pugnacious quality Sunday day erstwhile Notre Dame recovered retired it would not beryllium competing for a nationalist championship.

The Miami Hurricanes skipped implicit Notre Dame to get into the playoffs, portion the James Madison Dukes and Tulane Green Wave were besides deemed much worthy of a spot up of the Fighting Irish. And contempt its nonaccomplishment successful the SEC title game, Alabama besides made the playoffs.

Notre Dame moving backmost Jeremiyah Love (4) runs the shot into the extremity portion for a touchdown successful the archetypal fractional of an NCAA shot crippled against Syracuse astatine Notre Dame Stadium successful South Bend, Indiana, connected Nov. 22, 2025. (Michael Clubb/South Bend Tribune / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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But the symptom for Love, and possibly galore others connected the team, was short-lived.

"I'm already implicit it, to beryllium honest. Like, I'm connected the adjacent steps. I'm connected to whatever's next. I'm preparing myself for the adjacent accidental I person to play football," Love said successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital up of the Heisman Trophy ceremony. "So, I'm not going to dwell connected the past due to the fact that it's the past. Already happened, can't alteration it. No crushed to dwell connected it. That's conscionable however I unrecorded my life. A batch of different guys, I consciousness similar they are akin successful that regard."

In the aftermath, Notre Dame decided it would not play successful a vessel game, overmuch to the dismay of old-school assemblage shot fans, arsenic vessel games proceed to suffer their luster.

The decision, though, was inevitable, Love said.

Notre Dame moving backmost Jeremiyah Love (4) is tackled by Stanford information Charlie Eckhardt (39) during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled successful Stanford, California, connected Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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"It was a full squad decision. And the crushed we made that determination was because, I mean, we felt similar arsenic a team, that we wouldn't bash this 2025 shot squad justness by going retired determination and playing successful that vessel crippled due to the fact that it wouldn't beryllium a bully practice of however peculiar our squad truly was, due to the fact that a batch of players going to opt out, a batch of players are leaving," Love said. "So if we were going to that vessel game, it wouldn't beryllium that 2025 squad that was truthful special. So it was a afloat squad decision. Everybody agreed."

Love was a portion of that "special" squad with a peculiar play of his own. He rushed for 1,372 yards connected 199 carries, 18 of which resulted successful touchdowns. Throughout the season, Love wore Samsung Galaxy wearables to way his workouts, recovery, slumber and thing other indispensable to beryllium a prima connected the field.

"It helped maine retired a lot. It's been great. Samsung has helped maine tremendously to conscionable amended my beingness and past besides conscionable making definite that I'm keeping way of things that are important for my performance. So, it's been great."

Love has yet to officially state for the NFL Draft, though helium is apt to bash truthful soon. If, and when, helium does, helium hopes Samsung volition inactive beryllium astir to assistance him astatine the adjacent level.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish moving backmost Jeremiyah Love (4) celebrates aft scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of a crippled betwixt the Indiana Hoosiers and Notre Dame successful the archetypal circular of the College Football Playoff successful South Bend, Indiana, connected Dec. 20, 2024. (IMAGN)

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"They've helped maine tremendously passim this season. So I'm hoping that successful the aboriginal we tin proceed with this partnership. I emotion my ring, my watch, each these things that person go peculiar to my regular life. So, it's portion of maine now."

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