This loss for Notre Dame to Ohio State in the national title game wasn't Alabama 2013 all over again, but there were similarites. The differences were huge, though.

The college football season concludes Monday with Notre Dame taking on Ohio State in the FBS National Championship game.

Jack Kiser walked up the tunnel toward Notre Dame ’s locker room beneath Mercedes-Benz Stadium, tears welling in his bloodshot eyes, as if the linebacker had anything else to pour out. Behind him, all the scarlet and white confetti had fallen as Ohio State ’s national championship party swayed,

Ohio State has a 6-2 series lead against Notre Dame dating back to 1935, but the Buckeyes are on a six-game win streak against the Fighting Irish. Two of those came in a home-and-