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The Buckeyes enter Monday night’s national championship affair on a six-game winning streak over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, with Notre Dame’s last win in the series coming all the way back in 1936. Ohio State will be seeking its first national title in ten years, while a nearly unfathomable 36 years have passed since …

By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_Agreen Sports Capital Journalism Program MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – As soon as the football was somehow extended beyond the goal line, the unforgettable two yards of Jeremiyah Love — relentless, determined and inspired – immediately came to represent the resolve that would eventually carry the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to the …

By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – On an everlasting night that had seemed unreachable in late summer, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans in Hard Rock Stadium shared in the ecstasy of a program that had anticipated this return to glory for so long — and had so consistently …

(Editor’s Note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate students Jeffery Green and Cort Street are covering the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl between Penn State and Notre Dame. Here are their predictions.) These teams are very similar in a lot of ways. In the 91st Capital One Orange Bowl, we will …

By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_AGreen Sports Capital Journalism Program DANIA BEACH, Fla. — “Nobody feels 100% right now,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said Wednesday morning, describing the state of his players near the end of the longest season. Heading into the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl, Notre Dame and …

By Chris Schumerth | @ChrisSchumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program NEW ORLEANS – Not too long ago the prospect of Notre Dame playing in a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal appeared to be the stuff of fantasy. Look no further than the Week 2 loss at home to Northern Illinois and the role played by quarterback Riley …

By Chris Schumerth Sports Capital Journalism Program SOUTH BEND – It did not seem like an accident that Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard appeared at the post-game press conference in a Jeremiyah Love T-shirt after the Irish beat an upstart Indiana team, 27-17, in the inaugural first-round game of the expanded College Football Playoff. “I’ve …

By Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program SOUTH BEND – No other result would have been sufficient. There was no arrogance to the processional as the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish trotted off the field following a 27-17 victory over the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers. There was, more noticeably, an air of …