Notre Dame and Penn State are set to meet in the College Football Playoff Orange Bowl semifinal game. Let’s take a look at the early predictions for the matchup

Notre Dame shocked 2-seed Georgia with a 23-10 victory in the Sugar Bowl to send the Fighting Irish to the national semifinals at the Orange Bowl against Penn State. The Fighting Irish used a furious rally of 17 points in 54 seconds around the halftime break to take control of the game and never looked back.

Notre Dame now heads to the Orange Bowl where it will take on Penn State for a spot in the national championship. Notre Dame fans and haters alike were ecstatic following the huge victory and took to social media to react. Below are some of the best social media posts following the MASSIVE victory!

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Notre Dame has a postseason win over Georgia. And it can thank a one-minute stretch over the second and third quarters for the victory. The No. 7 Fighting Irish scored 17 points in 54 seconds sandwiching halftime on the way to a 23-10 win over the No.

While Notre Dame’s win against Georgia was the first win in a big bowl game in more than 30 years, Penn State is still searching for that level of win under James Franklin. The Nittany Lions had the so-called easy path to the semifinals and took advantage with a dominant win against SMU and a comfortable win against Boise State.

The No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish entered Thursday night having never recorded a win against the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs in their program's history. However,