(AP) - It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and maybe the simple notion ... $14 million they’ve earned by reaching the semifinals of the College Football Playoff - the way Thursday’s opponent Penn State of the Big ...

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.

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,

The long-awaited expanded playoff that began with a dozen ... South Bend is undeniably one of the cornerstones of college football. The place of Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen and a room full ...

It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival ... ve earned by reaching the semifinals of the College Football Playoff — the way Thursday's opponent Penn ...

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.

(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 ...

“They were really the first ‘America’s Team,’” says Jack Nolan, the longtime radio personality for the Fighting Irish. “They were the first team that played on both coasts. I’ve told folks, and even told a couple of recruits, that Notre Dame is Broadway.”

I spoke to Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman about destiny. Now his Irish are playing for the national champinship. And there's more to the story.

Whether you've got the Big Ten's Buckeyes or the ACC's Fighting Irish, Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship Game promises to be a good one, and fans of

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