Here's a closer look at how Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the first Black coach to make the college football national championship game

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 ...

College Football Playoff national championship kicks off on Monday evening, as Notre Dame will take on Ohio State in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Ohio State will look to win its first national title since 2014,

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.

College football is behind that curve by 41 years ... Franklin, 52, says he remembers Dungy coaching against Lovie Smith in the 2007 Super Bowl and recognizing “how significant that was in ...

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.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman talks with one of his players before the quarterfinals of a College Football Playoff against Georgia ... says he remembers Dungy coaching against Lovie Smith in the 2007 Super Bowl and recognizing "how significant ...

“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 ...

(CNN) — With all four teams that had a bye in the first round now eliminated, Thursday and Friday’s College Football Playoff ... of when Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith played in Super Bowl XLI ...

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,

A youth movement takes hold among college football coaches, and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the handsome face of this millennial moment.