Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden is on the heels of an NFL job after the Fighting Irish lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday.

This loss for Notre Dame to Ohio State in the national title game wasn't Alabama 2013 all over again, but there were similarites. The differences were huge, though.

I spoke to Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman about destiny. Now his Irish are playing for the national champinship. And there's more to the story.

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard’s love life seems like it could come straight out of Friday Night Lights. The 22-year-old will take the field on January 20 in the College Football Playoff National Championship as the University of Notre Dame battles Ohio State University for the win at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

O n Thursday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish play the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl, which doubles as one of the college football playoff semifinals. The game marks the latest of Notre Dame’s many successes on the gridiron.

My son doesn't play football, but he loves the game. He was very excited and confident the whole game that Ohio State would win'

The University of Notre Dame ’s placekicker Mitch Jeter never got to see Derek Jeter in his prime. The younger Jeter was just eight years old when the former New York Yankees captain won his fifth and final World Series title and was just a preteen when the Hall of Famer retired.

Notre Dame got Ohio State into a third and 12 situation, but they somehow let Jeremiah Smith get wide open on the play, and he torched the Fighting Irish for a huge gain, and that sealed things for the Buckeyes. It ended up being a pretty exciting finish, but Ohio State was too much for the Fighting Irish in the end.

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman is a man of "strong faith." After reinstating the team's pregame Mass and then converting to Catholicism, Freeman now has the team poised to win it all.

Will Howard was surrounded by higher-profile players at Ohio State, but in the end he tied the Buckeyes' national title run together.

Notre Dame football linebacker Jack Kiser reflected on his time with the Fighting Irish and explained what was so great.