The first national championship game of the 12-team College Football Playoff is a television executive’s dream.
Notre Dame (14-1) and Ohio State (13-2) will meet on Jan. 20 in Atlanta, the epicenter of SEC country but for the second straight year, there won’t be an SEC team involved in the CFP final.
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Coming on the heels of last season’s Michigan-Washington CFP championship, this will be the first time two consecutive title games involved no SEC teams since 2004 (USC-Oklahoma) and 2005 (USC-Texas).
Fighting Irish-Buckeyes is a seven vs. eight-seed matchup, but don’t be fooled. Neither of these teams are Cinderellas.
Maybe the two biggest brands in college football will square off for the
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