Kicking off the semifinals is sixth seed/No. 4 Penn State vs. seventh seed/No. 5 Notre Dame in the Capital One Orange Bowl, tonight at 7:30pm ET. The other semifinal game is fifth seed/No. 3 Texas vs.

The Fighting Irish (13-1) and the Nittany Lions (13-2) will square off Thursday in Miami, proud programs in pursuit of their ...

Kenmore native Don Criqui has seen the Notre Dame play football hundreds of times – as a student, as a fan and later as their longtime radio voice. Tonight, though, is different: He will be a special ...

The ESPN computer model has been high on Notre Dame all year and remains high on the Irish for the Orange Bowl.

Penn State will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the College Football Playoff semifinals. What to know about the Orange Bowl.

The Fighting Irish have played two opponents more than once without posting a victory, including the Bulldogs.

It’s been a long time since Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football’s mountaintop as national champion. It was 1988 ...

It has been a long time since either Notre Dame or Penn State reached college football’s mountaintop as national champion.

For the first time in 17 years, Notre Dame and Penn State are set to face off on a football field. This time, there's a lot ...

But some of the Orange Bowl's best-selling sections are above ... but reached its peak with 12 games from 1981-1992. Penn State won eight of those games, including in 1982 and 1986, when the ...

They met each season from 1981 through 1992 and again in 2006-07 ... In the Lions' last Orange Bowl, they defeated Florida State, 26-23, in three overtimes to end their 2005 season at 11-1 ...