Well, we said in order for Nordame to win as an underdog against Ohio State in a national championship game,

that they would have to create a scenario where Ohio State was a lesser version of themselves.

And actually, it was Nordane that was out of character to use the words of Marcus Freeman.

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Fighting Irish made a run at the Buckeyes, but it was too little too late.

Ohio State scored on their first five possessions, four touchdowns, and a field goal took a 31-27 lead.

Norda made a run of Drake Bowen-forced fumble.

Certainly helped.

A 27-yard miss field goal did not.

Jane Grace Great House came on strong at the end.

But guys, it was Ohio State when it had to be, and Notre Dame just couldn't quite catch up.

You know, and I noted in my prediction that in the two previous meetings, Ohio State had only had a combined six red zone trips.

They were a perfect six for six tonight in the red zone. I frankly didn't see that coming,

and they scored a bunch of touchdowns overall in the red zone. I also didn't really expect that.

I thought if Ohio State did gash Notre Dame a bit defensively that Notre Dame would bow its backs

inside the 20 because that's what we've just frankly become accustomed to. But they couldn't.

And as we discussed, they ran enough and they chunked Notre Dame with their runs

that opened up enough for them in the throw game.

Great opening drive by Notre Dame, longest drive in college football playoff history

in terms of snaps and timing.

However, Ohio State answered the six-minute drive of its own.

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