Even though Penn State head coach James Franklin wants to see every team in college football affiliated with a conference, Notre Dame continues to

He walked into Hard Rock Stadium as a 38-year-old with a big chance. He walked out in the wee hours as a 39-year-old with now a bigger chance, one game away from adding his name to the list of coaches who have won national championships at Notre Dame. But in his household, his birthday evidently plays second fiddle to someone else.

Winners of the Orange Bowl on two occasions, the 13-1 Fighting Irish are rated at -118 to beat Penn State, having reached the semi-finals by beating the two-seeded Georgia Bulldogs in the last eight. Any college football fans in Florida and anxious to see the action at the Hard Rock Stadium at close quarters are in for both good news and bad.

For the first time in 17 years, Notre Dame and Penn State are set to face off on a football field. This time, there's a lot on the line, as the 7-seed Fighting Irish will play the 6-seed Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl,

The two teams that will compete to win the College Football Playoff national title are now set. Following Ohio State's 28-14 win over Texas on Friday

To his teammates, Notre Dame kicker Mitch Jeter has a new nickname this postseason. Backup quarterback Steve Angeli said after Jeter's latest heroics, a 41-yard field goal with seven seconds left to knock off Penn State 27-24 in one of the College Football Playoff semifinals on Thursday,