Ohio State coach Ryan Day vs. former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz is the real rivalry fans should be paying attention to ahead of the College Football Playoff National Championship between the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish.

We are now officially less than a week out from Notre Dame’s national championship matchup against Ohio State, and the anticipation is mounting. We’ve talked a lot about the Fighting Irish, so let’s step behind enemy lines for a moment.

Day's Buckeyes had just lost to Michigan for the fourth straight time. How they responded to that defeat speaks volume about his coaching.

The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl last Friday to reach the National Championship Game, but it wasn't pretty. Ohio State co

Ohio State and Notre Dame will square off in the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan 20 in Atlanta.

During Sunday's media availability, eight days before Notre Dame and Ohio State meet in the national championship game, Day was asked if he had spoken at all to Lou Holtz since the infamous viral moment and if things had been at all patched up between the two.

In less than one week, head coach Ryan Day will have his second chance to win a national title at Ohio State. The Buckeyes are in the championship game for the second time under their head coach, and they'll be facing the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the title in the biggest game of the year.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day and former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz haven't been on the best of terms but did the pair patch things up?

A match-up between Notre Dame and Ohio State in the National Championship has reopened the feud between Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day and the legendary Lou Holtz