Notre Dame has been an independent in college football for decades, earning $14 million for reaching the semifinals of the College Football Playoff and $12 million starting in 2026, despite the increasing trend of mega-conferences.

Urban Meyer, the third-winningest coach in Division I history who led Ohio State to a national championship, three Big Ten Conference titles and seven wins over Michigan during a seven-year tenure as head coach,

A GRIP ON SPORTS • A winter’s day. In a deep and dark January. The walls built against the freshly fallen shroud of snow will break down a little tonight. Thanks to the joyful melody of a college football playoff game feature two programs that have sunk like rocks in big games the past decade or so.

For the first time in 17 years, Notre Dame and Penn State are set to face off on a football field. This time, there's a lot on the line, as the 7-seed Fighting Irish will play the 6-seed Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl,

Ex-Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who won three national titles, including one for the Buckeyes, has been voted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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The path to Monday’s college football championship game has not been an easy one for either Notre Dame or Ohio State. For the Fighting Irish, troubles began on Sept. 7, when they suffered a 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois.

O n Thursday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish play the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl, which doubles as one of the college football playoff semifinals. The game marks the latest of Notre Dame’s many successes on the gridiron.

(AP) — It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and maybe the ... by reaching the semifinals of the College Football Playoff — the way Thursday’s opponent Penn ...

Urban Meyer told his assistants for years — nearly two decades, actually — that “reflection is a sign of weakness.” “When

College football will again have a break from SEC dominance with a national championship showdown Monday between Notre Dame and Ohio State.

If college football could have scripted a Big Game finish to its season, and it has been trying mightily to do so forever, it would have the Big Game it has, Notre Dame against Ohio State, the