Riley Leonard and Will Howard, the soon-to-be starting quarterbacks at Notre Dame and Ohio State, attended the famed Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State over the summer. They were roommates, getting ready for the pressure cooker of big-time college football at two of the biggest brands in the sport.

Quarterbacks Will Howard of Ohio State and Riley Leonard of Notre Dame will put their friendship on hold for one night to play for a national championship.

Notre Dame and Ohio State are set to compete in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. Marcus Freeman’s 14-1 Fighting Irish will face Ryan Day’s 13-2 Buckeyes at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday,

When the Ohio State and Notre Dame football teams meet on Monday for the right to claim the College Football Playoff Championship, it’ll be just the ninth meeting between the two. In fact,

Notre Dame will enter Monday night’s national championship game in Atlanta as a long shot. A team few expect to win. An 8.5-point underdog against Ohio State. Since 2013, the only team that was a bigger underdog in the sport’s final game was TCU two years ago,