Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman did his best to tamp down expectations about the pregame talk he will give ahead of the CFP national championship.

Between Touchdown Jesus, “Win One for the Gipper,” Rudy, and, yes, even the forward pass, there are those who believe football wouldn’t quite be football without Notre Dame.

Riley Leonard's early fireworks couldn't lift Notre Dame to a win in the title game, but he cemented himself in Irish lore with a gritty effort.

Will Howard hit big-play receiver Jeremiah Smith for 56 yards on a late third-and-11 to lock down a game that had been a laugher, then turned into something else.

ATLANTA — Between Touchdown Jesus ... Ever since 1913, when an end named Knute Rockne helped a small Catholic school based in South Bend, Indiana, pull off a stunner by beating Army, Notre ...

Ever since 1913, when an end named Knute Rockne helped a small Catholic school ... who plans on being in Atlanta for the title game. Holtz, who spent a career putting chips on his players ...

ATLANTA — Between Touchdown Jesus ... Ever since 1913, when an end named Knute Rockne helped a small Catholic school based in South Bend, Indiana, pull off a stunner by beating Army, Notre ...

Ever since 1913, when an end named Knute Rockne helped a small Catholic school based in South ... “Remember, we’re Notre Dame and they ain’t,” said Holtz, who plans on being in Atlanta for the title game. Holtz, who spent a career putting chips ...

This victory will taste extra sweet for the wrongly-embattled Day, who could choose to leave Columbus with the task complete

Tressel, of course, was speaking from experience through the lens of what current coach Ryan Day and his family go through on a weekly basis in Columbus. "The next day they're saying you're horrible and you're really not.

When that teardrop of a throw from Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard on third-and-11 finally landed, light as a feather, in the hands of receiver Jeremiah Smith late in the fourth quarter Monday, Ohio State had locked up what would be a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame for its sixth national title and first in a decade.

Notre Dame’s tremendous 2024-25 season ended Monday night with a 34-23 loss against the Ohio State Buckeyes, but it’s a year that Fighting Irish fans should be proud of. Notre Dame secured their first major postseason bowl win since 1993 (Cotton Bowl vs.