Get pressure on Will Howard from the start. Get more physical from the opening snap. Push around the receivers. Muck it up a bit with a late hit that gets everyone mad. Get in Ohio State's head. If you can figure out the equivalent of the Bret Bielema substitution pattern thing that melted the brain of South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer, do it.

Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe will be on the call for the game, the fourth-straight time for Ohio State in the College Football Playoff. It will be Notre Dame’s first time with that broadcasting crew this playoffs. There will also be alternate broadcasts, for those looking for a different viewing experience.

The Athletic beat writers Pete Sampson (Notre Dame) and Cameron Teague Robinson (Ohio State) break down the title game.

Notre Dame will once again be out a starting offensive lineman, but the unit will need to step up and perform well against Ohio State

Ohio State football is on the verge of winning its ninth national title in school history. The Buckeyes will face a resilient Notre Dame team in a matchup between two of the most iconic programs in the sport.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the last two teams standing in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff, and they'll compete for a national championship on Monday night.

In less than a week the Ohio State Buckeyes will face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the national title game. Marcus Freeman and company took down

Evaluating the roster talent of Ohio State and Notre Dame is a failed way to compare national championship teams.

The last time the Ohio State Buckeyes won a national championship, Urban Meyer was head coach. Now, Meyer is an analyst, but he still clearly has an affinity for his former Ohio State squad. During a recent episode of his podcast The Triple Option,