Brian Kelly got more than he asked.
Notre Dame will play Alabama in Texas where the seating will accommodate 16, 000 people, ample room for scores of friends of families that would not have been permitted in Pasadena.
Normally Alabama would be hosting a Sugar Bowl game, a geographical deference to the number one seed.
But Covid-19 restricts the Sugar Bowl to just 3000 fans. So the number one team was rewarded withna site that will have the biggest crowd