Either Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman, left, or Penn State head coach James Franklin, posing with the Orange Bowl trophy on Wednesday in Dania Beach, Fla., will make history by reaching the College Football Playoff championship game. It’s taken 17 years, but college football is finally having its Super Bowl 41 moment.

None of the four coaches left in the College Football Playoff have won a national title ... “It just kind of makes me think of when Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith played in Super Bowl XXXXI in 2007 — that was the first Super Bowl featuring a Black head ...

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to lead a team into the national title game at college football’s highest level.

Thursday and Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinals have the potential to be some of the most exciting in years with Notre Dame taking on Penn State and Ohio State going to Texas to face the Longhorns.

The 2024-25 college football season has been electric, and the campaign will wrap up on Monday with the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Ohio State has been dominant for most of the College Football Playoff,

Smith and Manning are among the rising superstars who not only helped their teams get to the 2024 postseason but also figure to define the race to the 2025 national championship. They will be household names next fall as two of the biggest figures in the entire sport.

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

“It (facing off against Marcus Freeman with the opportunity to become the first Black head coach at the national championship game) makes me think of when Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith played in ...

Any adjustments to the College Football Playoff for next season, including a potential tweak in the way the teams are seeded, would have to take place later this year, probably in the spring.

Ohio State and Notre Dame will meet in the College Football Playoff championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night.

This is not history-making to run from — especially considering how much more challenging it has been for coaches who aren’t white to attain elite coaching positions.

The Chicago Bears now turn their focus toward a coaching search that will be one of the most significant processes in team history.