Following Notre Dame's first offensive touchdown, Ohio State scored touchdowns ... in the entire second half, beat Notre Dame defensive back Christian Gray on a go route, and Howard delivered ...

GO FURTHER Ohio State tops Notre Dame to cap inaugural 12-team CFP with first national title in 10 years The Buckeyes have too much talent on both sides of the ball and have found a way to play ...

Howard, a transfer-portal success story from Kansas State, threw for 231 yards and two scores, but nothing will beat ... Ohio State was the better team. The Buckeyes outgained Notre Dame 445 ...

Notre Dame is on the cusp of its first national championship since 1988. The Fighting Irish fought their way through the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff as an at-large team ...

You couldn’t have scripted a better first possession if you were Notre Dame (14-2 ... one-possession game with 4:15 to go.

ExploreAll our coverage of the National Championship Game They used 18 plays to go 75 yards and take ... ExplorePHOTOS: Ohio State beats Notre Dame in CFP title game Howard completed 14 of 15 ...

"Notre Dame has done an admirable job making it this far while battling through a litany of injuries, but I think this is the game where it catches up to them. The Fighting Irish are at a distinct ...

When Notre Dame is on offensively, it is one of the hardest teams to beat in all of college football. If it can get rolling against Ohio State, Notre Dame could see its nearly four-decade National ...

GO FURTHER Ohio State tops Notre Dame to cap inaugural ... but Ohio State is their fifth opponent from the Big Ten this year. Notre Dame beat the other four Big Ten opponents it faced: Purdue ...

Ohio State, which won the title in 2014, beat Tennessee, Oregon and Texas to get to Atlanta. With just :26 remaining, Notre Dame started at ... 76 yards in 10 plays to go up 14-7.