Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith was able to keep a team-first approach after having extra defensive attention make him almost invisible in the Buckeyes’ Cotton Bowl win over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Notre Dame's physicality meets Ohio State's explosiveness in the CFP National Championship. How their styles will shape the game.

Ohio State and Notre Dame are facing off in the first 12-team College Football Playoff national championship game Monday in Atlanta. The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish don’t have a notably long football history playing against each other, but the last time they did, it was an awfully memorable ending. Emphasis on awfully.