The 24-point deficit was the largest any Marcus Freeman team has faced in his 43-game run as Notre Dame football coach.

Five Notre Dame coaches have led their squads to national championship wins, including Knute Rockne (1924, ’29, ’30), Frank Leahy (’43, ’46, ’47, ’49), Ara Parseghian (’66 and ’73), Dan Devine (’77) ...

Jones / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Everything tells me to pick Notre Dame in this game. Georgia is playing a backup QB. Notre Dame has the best pass defense in college football.

Marcus Freeman played for Jim Tressel at Ohio State, and now he has his Fighting Irish using 'Tressel Ball' to get within two wins of a long-awaited national championship.

Freeman calls this team a bunch of "misfits," players who are obsessed with football ... Jones. All three cost the Bulldogs points. Mitch Jeter drilled a 48-yard field goal to give Notre Dame ...