This season’s National Championship Game is pitting two traditional powers in Ohio State and Notre Dame against one another. It’s a matchup that both sides, naturally, want to win but one that analyst Paul Finebaum says is more important for the Buckeyes to win.

After Ryan Day won his inaugural national championship title with Ohio State in the just-concluded season, Paul Finebaum has predicted the next in line.

Notre Dame is dealing with some injuries entering the game. Defensive tackle Rylie Mills suffered a season-endng knee injury and two of their starting offensive linemen, including All-American Anthonie Knapp, are banged up entering this game.

Paul Finebaum made a shocking statement about the SEC after Ohio State's national championship win over Notre Dame.

With Ohio State's win over Notre Dame in the first National Championship of the 12-team College Football Playoff era, the Big Ten has won back-to-back national

Per SEC analyst Paul Finebaum’s imagination, that prediction points towards Texas Longhorns success in the near future, according to Finebaum’s comments earlier this week. “I would pick Steve Sarkisian,