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.

It should be noted that Holtz was an assistant at Ohio State during the 1968 championship season under Woody Hayes so he has a little Scarlet and Gray in him as well.

The culminating event of the first 16-team College Football Playoff as well as the 2024-25 season is less than a week away as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the National Championship Game on Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Early predictions and best bets for Ohio State versus Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Notre Dame (14-1) is back in the national championship game for the first time since 2012, and the Fighting Irish are looking to win their first title since 1988. In order to accomplish that they will need to knock off the red hot and heavily favored Ohio State Buckeyes (13-2).

Ohio State coach Ryan Day and assistants added another six-figures in combined bonuses after advancing to the College Football Playoff's final round.

The legendary coach reignites a rivalry with his unfiltered take on the Buckeyes before their national title clash with Notre Dame.

Last year, legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Lou Holtz criticized the Ohio State Buckeyes for their toughness ahead of the regular season matchup between the two storied programs, prompting a pointed response from Ohio State coach Ryan Day when the Buckeyes beat Notre Dame in South Bend.