It's no surprise that Lou Holtz is picking Notre Dame to beat Ohio State for the national championship, but he took another little shot at Ryan Day in the process.

The College Football Playoff National Championship is finally here. The first ever 12-team format to the playoff is almost complete as the Ohio State Buckeyes face off against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Ryan Day and his ͏Ohio State ͏Buckeyes are on ͏the verge of national glory.͏ Afte͏r a rollercoaster seas͏on, ͏Day’s squad is set to face Notre Dam͏e in the College Football Playoff national championshi͏p game on Monday.

It started following last year's meeting between the two teams, which saw Day fire back at Holtz, who questioned the physicality of Ohio State before the game. Although Holtz is 88 years old, he didn't forget Day's comments and took a jab at him on social media on Wednesday.

There’s way more “natural Ohio” in the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish than there is in Ohio State’s Ryan Day. Freeman’s and Day’s football teams are favored to win semifinal games this week and advance to the College Football ...

The No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes take on the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Monday night in the College Football Playoff national title game. It is the first-ever title game in the 12-team CFP format, and both Ryan Day and Marcus Freeman are searching for their first championships as head coach.

Our Ohio State and Notre Dame beat writers talked Buckeyes vs. Fighting Irish predictions and who will win the CFP national championship game.

Fox Sports college football expert Joel Klatt predicts the national championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame

Notre Dame and Ohio State arrived in Atlanta on chartered planes Friday as the last two teams standing in the College Football Playoff.

Per Connelly's SP+ predictive model, the final score projection is Ohio State 27.6 to Notre Dame 21.7. Despite the two programs having a combined history of 273 years--Ohio State (1890, 135 years) & Notre Dame (1887, 138 years), the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish have played just eight times, six since 1995.