Notre Dame’s path to defeating Penn State in their CFP clash relies on 5 critical factors. Here’s what the Irish must do to win.
Notre Dame is just one victory away from playing for a national championship, but that victory won't come easily. Awaiting the Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl is an extremely talented Penn State football team that will present a massive test.
The playoff semifinal Thursday night against the Nittany Lions (13-2) will mark the deepest into January that Notre Dame has ever played; one more win would extend the Irish's longest season to 16 games. Coach Marcus Freeman responded by reducing the amount of contact at practice to keep players fresh, good training for the NFL's 17-game schedule.
It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just don’t like Notre Dame.
It took almost no time after the Fighting Irish's impressive victory for some to suggest that Marcus Freeman could be heading to the NFL.
In a college football season like no other, these Notre Dame fans couldn't help but commit to the full Playoff journey.
ESPN and Rich Clark, the director of the CFP, worked overtime to arrange a new date and time for the Sugar Bowl after an unexpected terrorist attack in New Orle
The network came under fire over not broadcasting two moments on its Sugar Bowl broadcast a day after a terror attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people and injured over two dozen more.
When the Green Bay Packers regroup this offseason following their NFC wild-card round exit from the playoffs, they will do so without quarterback guru Tom Clements.
Notre Dame (14-1) plays Ohio State (13-2) in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday in New Orleans.
Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on their charter flights on Friday as the teams moved closer to Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game.