Then, for the biggest play of the game, Notre Dame decided to leave Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith on an island. It was third and 12 and the Fighting Irish would get the ball back with a stop with a chance to tie the game. Smith completely burned his defender and he was wide open for a huge gain, and he iced the game.

Local observers tout the impact of the first Black/Asian American coach to reach the national champs. Coach Freeman points attention back to his team.

THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH It's not the luck of the Irish. It's the skill, the grit, the perseverance, the clutch factor. Notre Dame beat Penn State, 27-24, in the Orange Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman was coaching in the Orange Bowl with a little extra fire in his belly following comments made at his expense by Penn State coach James Franklin. At a Wednesday, January 8 press conference ahead of Notre Dame’s 27-24 victory over Penn State on Thursday,

Both the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish won three CFP games to get to the finals and upset higher seeds along the way.

For some perspective on Lampkin’s recent rebounding numbers, in the last 20 years, only Jesse Edwards (10.3 rpg in ‘23) and Rick Jackson (10.3 rpg in ‘11) have averaged more than 9.5 rebounds per game.

OSU and OU were on the front lines of hiring black coaches in college football. No Alabama. No Georgia, Florida or Tennessee. Black head coaches have been hired at only 29 of the 68 power-conference schools.

It was hard to ignore the connections between Marcus Freeman's fate as he tried to make history on Monday night and all that was happening in America on the day of the big game

The Texas Longhorns, Notre Dame Fighting Irish ... design duo Van Horne Brands as an ode to a decade of design at the university. The five base uniforms for the 2024 season include the "Mighty ...

The first ever 12-team College Football Playoff wraps up on Monday, Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta with the College Football Playoff Championship, which will feature the Notre Dame Fighting Irish after their 27-24 win on Thursday over the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl.

Why is Notre Dame not in a conference for college football? Here's what to know as the Irish are set to compete in the CFP championship game on Monday: