The College Football Playoff National Championship Game is just days away. The matchup features the No. 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (14-1) and the No. 8 seed Ohio State Buckeyes (13-2).

Coming into the season, the Ohio State Buckeyes knew they had a special player in freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. Still, there were times in the regular season when he didn’t get as many touches as analyst Joel Klatt believes he should have been getting.

It will be a tough bout for Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the College Football Playoff National Championship Game against the Ohio State Buckeyes in Atlanta, Georgia. The program is looking to write history against a team that has a history legacy of taking down opponents in clutch moments.

Former college football quarterback Joel Klatt believes that Notre Dame must play a certain way to stand a chance of beating Ohio State, and is concerned about their offense

There’s really only one way Notre Dame beats Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National championship, according to Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt. Basically, the Fighting Irish have to muck up this game and turn it into how Ohio State played against Michigan and to some extent,

FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt believes he’s cracked the code for success regarding Notre Dame’s chances of defeating Ohio State during Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game. To make his point during the latest episode of The Joel Klatt Show,

Joel Klatt sees a path for Notre Dame to upset Ohio State in the national championship game on Monday, but he admits that it is a very narrow one. Klatt joined Andy & Ari On3 Thursday morning and shared that the Fighting Irish must hold Ohio State under 20 points if they are going to have a chance to win the game.

Like most college football prognosticators, Joel Klatt sees Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Notre Dame and Ohio State as “a bad matchup” for the underdog Fighting Irish.

Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt sees contrasting styles between Ohio State and Notre Dame ahead of Monday night's national title game.

In fact, Fox Sports' Joel Klatt asserted on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" that the Buckeyes possess the best defense in college football. "They have the best defense in college football," Klatt said. "They have got the best front seven in college football. They've got the best secondary in college football. That's tough to overcome."

Notre Dame's Riley Leonard and Ohio State's Will Howard selflessly accepted responsibility for their respective teams' shocking losses to Northern Illinois and Michigan this season