Dennis Dodd

CBS Sports Senior Writer /

Will gritty Notre Dame shock the world or does Ohio State complete dominant run in national championship game?

A look into how both the Irish and Buckeyes can cap the 2024 season with a national title win on Monday night

Pluck, luck and (maybe) ghosts: Notre Dame's complex path to stunning Ohio State in national championship game

It's rarely talked about, but the Irish have a pathway to taking down the Buckeyes in Atlanta on Monday

Do conference title games still matter? Expanded playoff already diminishing worth of extra data point

Ohio State did not play for a Big Ten championship and Notre Dame is an independent, but they square off for a national title anyway

Will Howard's one-and-done season at Ohio State serving as perfect culmination to underdog journey

Howard is on the cusp of cementing himself as a Buckeyes legend after being written off at Kansas State

Marcus Freeman proves Notre Dame right as Irish ride nation's longest winning streak into CFP title game

The NIU loss has sparked a turnaround that has the Fighting Irish on the doorstep of a national title

Two years from NFL Draft eligibility, Jeremiah Smith is rare freshman to secure comprehensive insurance policy

The Ohio State freshman sensation has protected his future earnings in case of injury

'They ain't scored yet': Jack Sawyer's Cotton Bowl TD cements pride of Pickerington as Ohio State legend

Sawyer's money will be no good in the Buckeye State

Ryan Day should take matters into his own hands, exit Ohio State no matter College Football Playoff outcome

Day has been on the hot seat after every Michigan loss, but should earn an extension for Ohio State's CFP run

In rare underdog role vs. Ohio State in Cotton Bowl, Texas embraces type of edge Mack Brown once perfected

Brown recalled this week some of the tricks he used to keep his Longhorns on edge

College Football Playoff games: Predictions, storylines for Orange, Cotton Bowl semifinal matchups

Notre Dame, Penn State, Ohio State and Texas are playing for a shot at the national title this week

Oregon's season ended in Rose Bowl stunner, but Ducks made instant mark on Big Ten with bright future ahead

Coach Dan Lanning has all the tools at his disposal to keep Oregon at the top of the college football heap

'We kind of needed that': 32 days after losing to Michigan, an Ohio State run through CFP now looks inevitable

The Buckeyes' $20 million roster has blown through Tennessee and now Oregon

'We are the keystone species': Oregon's Tez Johnson exudes swagger ahead of Rose Bowl rematch vs. Ohio State

Johnson has emerged as the face of a Ducks team that's captivated the nation en route to a unanimous No. 1 ranking

Still haunted by 'nightmares,' Ohio State, Will Howard ready for second crack at Oregon in Rose Bowl rematch

The College Football Playoff quarterfinal is a highly anticipated follow-up to college football's game of the year

College Football Playoff games, predictions: Ohio State-Oregon rematch in focus, potential Cinderellas arrive

The biggest storylines and predictions for the quarterfinal round of the College Football Playoff

Dennis Dodd has covered college football for CBS Sports since it was CBS SportsLine in 1998. Since then, nearly every BCS/CFP postseasons in the championship era. He is one of only seven media members to cover all 16 BCS title games. Dennis has chronicled conference realignment as well as the start of the College Football Playoff. He's dabbled in March Madness, NFL, MLB, Stanley Cup Playoffs and believes the College World Series is severely underappreciated. A Missouri graduate and former award-winning FWAA president, he previously worked for numerous outlets including The National and the Kansas City Star.

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