Georgia's talent and Notre Dame's injuries present hurdles, but there's reason to believe the Irish can get over the hump Wednesday.

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 used on a 17-0 scoring run either side of halftime to beat Georgia 23-10 in the Sugar Bowl, advancing to face Penn State in the semifinals

Georgia football unraveled in the final minute of the first half in the Sugar Bowl and right after halftime as Notre Dame won a CFP quarterfinal

Notre Dame and Penn State have traveled shockingly similar paths to reach this year's College Football Playoff semifinal. Both are amongst the sports blue blood class of schools, both have struggled to find any kind of national success in recent decades,

Penn State will play its third College Football Playoff game when it takes on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the semifinals on 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish will meet at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami,

Orange Bowl College Football Playoff predictions, picks, odds for Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Penn State Nittany Lions on Thursday, Jan. 9. Who wins?

Penn State and Notre Dame are set to face off in the College Football Playoff semifinals in just over 48 hours with a shot to play in the national championship game, and tickets have taken a turn toward more affordable.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions will meet in the Orange Bowl on Thursday for the right to play in the National Championship game of the College Football Playoff. The facts in that sentence alone are enough to make the game an absolute monster game — but there’s so much to this,