Thursday and Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinals have the potential to be some of the most exciting in years with Notre Dame taking on Penn State and Ohio State going to Texas to face the Longhorns.

Here’s hoping he’s prepared for the heft — both literally and figuratively. None of the four coaches left in the College Football Playoff have won a national title. But one of them will join an elite fraternity in less than three weeks,

There are no doubts left about Notre Dame's authenticity. Thanks to an inexplicable early season loss to Northern Illinois, and the fact that their independent status precludes them from competing for a conference title,