Now that Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff run has come to an end, we’re likely to see several Irish players enter the transfer portal over the next few days. According to our reporting partners at the South Bend Tribune,

South Bend, Ind. – Notre Dame offensive lineman Pat Coogan, who started 26 games over the last two seasons and often served as the team's pregame hype man, is transferring. Coogan announced his intentions on social media Thursday and will have one year of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer.

But their impact goes beyond South Bend as Notre Dame earned $4 million dollars for qualifying in the college football playoff, another $4 million for making it to the quarterfinals, an additional $6 million for reaching the semifinals, and another $6 million for the national championship game.

More than 22 million people tuned in to watch Ohio State beat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night. While that is down year-over-year, it was still the most-watched non-NFL sporting event over the past year.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff national championship game, but an incident that occurred after the game seems to be causing quite a bit of controversy.