Get pressure on Will Howard from the start. Get more physical from the opening snap. Push around the receivers. Muck it up a bit with a late hit that gets everyone mad. Get in Ohio State's head. If you can figure out the equivalent of the Bret Bielema substitution pattern thing that melted the brain of South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer, do it.

"SEC officials will work Monday's College Football Playoff national title game b/w Ohio State & Notre Dame. It's the same crew that worked the Fiesta Bowl b/w Penn State & Boise State," Brett McMurphy reported in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Theismann has spent a good bit of time around this team, and Tim Brown — Notre Dame’s last Heisman Trophy winner (1987) — has spent even more. Brown, who was at the Indiana and Penn State playoff games, has gotten to know Freeman and several key players well.

Notre Dame learned Friday night it would face Ohio State in the College Football Playoff championship game. The Irish and Buckeyes each won three games to get to this point after neither gained a bye, which seems to have worked out for them.

Notre Dame's thrilling victory over Penn State in the Orange Bowl secured their spot in the national championship, but the Fighting Irish now face significant challenges with key injuries heading into their matchup against Ohio State.