This loss for Notre Dame to Ohio State in the national title game wasn't Alabama 2013 all over again, but there were similarites. The differences were huge, though.

The longest college football season ever, starting in August and ending on Inauguration Day, became an Ohio State coronation.

Holtz, 88, reignited their feud last week on X when he wrote that, “If Notre Dame doesn’t win, it’s because we want to preserve Ryan Day’s job. I was originally going to be at the game in spirit, but now I’ll be dragging my body along as well.” He was responding to a tweet wondering if he would attend the showdown.

The College Football Playoff Championship game is being held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Downtown Atlanta, marking the second time the event has taken place there. Despite the cold weather, fans of Ohio State and Notre Dame are enthusiastic and have traveled to Atlanta to support their teams in the championship game.

An adjacent, even larger room, contained the main portions of the meal, including shrimp and grits, fried chicken skins and whiskey-drizzled donuts. After cleaning off our plates, we found some seats near one of the four television screens displaying the Ravens-Bills game, gasping as Mark Andrews dropped the game-tying two-point conversion.

Coming into the CFP National Championship Game, Ohio State had a 6-0 edge over Notre Dame in the history between the two programs, including a 17-13 win in 2023 and a 21-10 win in 2022. Atlanta hands off hosting duties for the next CFP National Championship Game to Miami, where the game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in 2026.

Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on charter flights Friday as the teams moved closer to the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night. The Buckeyes are big favorites but the Fighting Irish might have an advantage.

Here's a closer look at the Ohio State marching band's iconic Script Ohio formation and how dotting the "i" came to be

A Twinsburg native will take the national spotlight at Ohio State's national championship game Monday night when he dots the "i" in Script Ohio.

A Gahanna teacher named the best in Ohio in 2024 has had all kinds of new experiences this past year and it was capped with a trip to Atlanta to see Ohio State win

The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time is what sort of game will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.

Ryan Day deserved to feel vindication when he won a national championship less than two months after it seemed his Ohio State job was on the line.