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Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images After leading Ohio State to its first national championship since 2014 with a 34-23 win over Notre Dame in Monday night’s College Football Playoff final, head coach Ryan Day is taking home a solid bonus check. Day entered the game with $500,000 in bonuses for the Buckeyes’ run to the national […]
The postgame scene encapsulated the frustration Notre Dame felt after missing on its first national title of the 21st century
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 21, 2025, 02:41 AM ET ATLANTA — Riley Leonard didn’t want to take his glimmering gold helmet off just yet. As the scarlet confetti fell from the sky and Ohio State celebrated its seventh national title Monday night after beating the Irish 34-23, Leonard stood on the other end of the field, […]
Ohio State and Notre Dame will take the field Monday in Atlanta in the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship. The 7-seed Fighting Irish and 8-seed Buckeyes are the last teams standing and are in the finale after three rounds of playoffs . Either Marcus Freeman or Ryan Day will capture their first national championship […]
Thomas Casale has locked in his 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game picks for Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Monday
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 19, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year ATLANTA — “Think traditionally, but without traditional thinking.” Those were the words of Ross Bjork, the still-new Ohio State athletic director during the Saturday morning […]
USATSI The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship is set as (8) Ohio State and (7) Notre Dame will face off for the sport’s most illustrious prize. This will be Notre Dame’s first shot at a national championship since 2012, while the Buckeyes are back in the national title game for the second time under […]
Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 12, 2025, 12:06 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Notre Dame starting left tackle Anthonie Knapp will miss the Jan. 20 College Football Playoff National Championship game against Ohio State with a high ankle sprain, coach Marcus Freeman said Sunday. Knapp […]
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 10, 2025, 02:26 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — On Sept. 7, Notre Dame fell to Northern Illinois, a 28-point underdog, in one of the most stunning defeats in the program’s storied […]
