Ohio State is hours away from meeting Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game, capping a season that just in the past eight weeks has seesawed between the depths of another loss to Michigan and the potential high of claiming the program first championship since the debut of the four-team format a decade ago.

Four of those have come since Ohio State's last regular season game with two of them coming in the loss against Michigan. Notre Dame ranks fourth nationally in turnover margin per game this season and this is coming after an Orange Bowl in which it lost the turnover battle to Penn State.

The Buckeyes would be wise to control the running game on offense in their pursuit of college football's ultimate prize

Several players from Michigan high schools will be part of the Ohio State and Notre Dame teams competing for the national title.

With just over 48 hours until kickoff at the College Football Playoff national championship game, ticket prices to watch Ohio State and Notre Dame battle for the title have risen by over 50 percent.

It all comes down to this. Ohio State and Notre Dame meet on Monday night in Atlanta with a college football national championship on the line.

A fter Ohio State suffered its fourth consecutive loss to Michigan, the Buckeyes faced a crossroads. In a team meeting led by head coach Ryan Day, the players and staff laid every