The excitement inside the Orange Bowl committee was palpable when they found out in 2017 that Miami and Hard Rock Stadium would be hosting the 2021 College Football Playoff national championship.

On Jan. 9, 2025, Coach Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish will battle Coach James Franklin’s Nittany Lions for a spot in college football’s national championship game. Regardless of who wins, a ...

This will mark the fourth time the Orange Bowl hosts a College Football Playoff semifinal, having also done so during the 2015, 2018 and 2021 seasons. Penn State last played in the Orange Bowl in ...

Black players make up more than 60% of those 16 teams and a study showed that from 2019 through 2021, 90% of four ... Feb. 2, 2022 During the Orange Bowl news conference, Freeman noted that ...

During Poms’ tenure, the Orange Bowl has been involved in hosting eight national championships: 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2021. A ninth is on the horizon as Hard Rock Stadium ...

The Fighting Irish’s 27-24 Orange Bowl win over Penn State at Hard Rock ... because he didn’t think that was possible. In November 2021, Brian Kelly left Notre Dame for LSU, citing a desire ...

On the first day of 2021, then-coach Luke Fickell took his ... knocked off Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and Penn State in the Orange Bowl to make the national championship game vs.

Against Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, Nittany Lions receivers failed ... The last time it felt like Penn State had an elite wide receiver was 2021, when Jahan Dotson hauled in 91 catches for ...

The Orange Bowl has crowned 20 national champions across ... Greg Cote is a Miami Herald sports columnist who in 2021 was named top 10 in column writing by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

With Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame set to square off against James Franklin and Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 ... over as Notre Dame’s head coach ahead of the Fiesta Bowl in 2021 following ...