Notre Dame vs Ohio State part III has all the makings of a heavyweight classic. The Fighting Irish and Buckeyes will meet for the third consecutive season when the two midwestern programs clash in Atlanta Monday night.
Ohio State has punched its first three College Football Playoff opponents in feverish flurries while the Irish have stood toe-to-toe in slugfests, taking big punches like a stone-jawed fighter while delivering big blows of their own in return.
Notre Dame’s two losses to Ohio State in 2022 and 2023 were decided by a total of 14 points, which is just 6.5 points more than the spread that favors OSU on Monday. Irish head coach Marcus Freeman , an Ohio State alum, has played those two losses inside the Irish football facilities this week as a motivator for his team but at the end of the day, the 2024-’25 version of these two teams is different from the ones that squared off in Columbus and South Bend…