The Making of a Legend Part II "It's Miller Time".. CFB25

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CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK RESULTS

SEC

Oklahoma's (27-24) victory over LSU gives the Sooners their first SEC title since the start of this Dynasty as Former Ohio State OC Nate Phoenix becomes a top target for schools looking to turn their program around.

With the win Oklahoma will secure a Top-4 seed into the playoffs.

BIG 12

#3 Kansas State held on for a (28-21) victory over TCU to win the Big 12 title and secure a Top-4 seed as well. The victory gives Coach Tom Downing 119 career wins (2nd most in this Dynasty to Coach Matt Miller) TCU's HC Brian Campbell isn't to far behind though at #100 tying him with Miami's RJ Turner. for 7th in the Dynasty..

AMERCIAN

#5 Purdue dominated Temple (50-10) to win yet another American Conference Championship, however with they finish behind Oklahoma and K-State in the rankings as they will have to settle for the #5 seed and host in the 1st Round.

PAC-12

Boise State beat Fresno State (23-19) to win the Pac-12 Championship and finish the year (9-4) but the Broncos will have to settle for a Bowl game instead of the playoffs this year.

MWC

Utah State defeated Wyoming (30-20) to win the title and their 10th win of the season..

MAC

Ball State defeated Bowling Green (31-3) as the Cardinals finish the year 8-5

CUSA

Coastal Carolina beat Charlotte (38-13) to win the schools first ever CUSA title.

SUN BELT

#19 La Tech defeated Troy (38-35) but it wasn't enough to propel the Bulldogs into the playoffs.

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YOUR FINAL 12

With the Power 4 Conference Champs (Ohio State-Big Ten, FIU-ACC, K-State-Big 12 and Oklahoma-SEC) all securing Top-4 seeds that left #5 American Conference Champion Purdue to host the #12 seed.

This year's #12 seed will be (10-3) Virginia Tech

The ACC Championship runner up secures the final spot in the playoffs over (10-2) Wisconsin, (10-3) TCU as well as a trio of team's at (9-3), Penn State/Georgia Tech and Ole Miss as well as La Tech who finished (11-2).

#4 Washington's loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship dropped them to #6 in the rankings and with it they secure the #6 seed.

#5 LSU dropped to #7 after falling to Oklahoma in the SEC Championship and with it they secure the #7 seed.

The Final 4 seeds all went to teams who didn't play in their Conference Championships..

(9-3) Alabama held onto the #8 spot in the ranking securing the #8 seed.. They will play (10-2) Texas Tech who secures the #9 seed as the #9 ranked team in the poll's.

(10-2) Notre Dame's loss to Washington in Week 13 sent them to #10 in the rankings and that's where they finished and as the #10 team they secure the #10 seed

(9-3) Cincinnati finished the year ranked #11 and that is the seed they will have as the Bearcats give the Big Ten a 4th team in the playoffs.

Here is a look at the matchups

#12 Virginia Tech @ #5 Purdue with the winner facing #4 Oklahoma

#9 Texas Tech @ #8 Alabama with the winner facing #1 Ohio State

#11 Cincinnati @ #6 Washington with the winner facing #3 K-State

#10 Notre Dame @ #7 LSU with the winner facing #2 FIU

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OHIO STATE'S MATT MILLER NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR!!!

Last year FIU's Barry Valdez edged out Ohio State's Matt Miller for the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award, but this time the honor goes to Miller who well accepting his award announced his plans to sign a 5 year extension with the Buckeyes turning down job offers from Georgia and Texas as well as rumors of offers from Florida and Nebraska (OC jobs).

Miller however could be rebuilding his entire staff this off-season.. OC Damone Sneed joined Miller at the Award Show accepting the Broyles Award given to the Best Coordinator in the nation. The Buckeyes Offense in Sneed's first season at the helm, posted a Nation leading 6858 yds with 3269 yds through the air and a nation leading 3543 yds on the ground well averaging 47.1 PPG and picking up a national leading 369 1st Downs.

Reports are both OC D. Sneed and Defensive Coordinator Cornell Sneed are top targets for several teams this season..

Coach Miller

"I will never hold guy's on my staff back from taking HC jobs.. It was my dream to become a HC and I totally understand their dreams as well.. All I ask is they stay and help us get 3 more win's before they go. I personally am excited to be returning to Columbus.. We have a great team that will be back next year plus another Top-5 potentially #1 Recruiting Class.. I appreciate both Texas and Georgia for reaching out but Ohio State offers everything you would ever want in a program to build your career around. I don't feel Ohio State a place to build my resume but a place to become Legendary.."

THE ROAD TO THE NATTY

The Buckeyes despite being the #1 seed will have a tough matchup in Round 2.. Nobody wants to play Alabama no matter where the venue is.. Miller only has 21 loss's in his career and the Tide are responsible for 2 of them.

RECRUITING

Ohio State will go into the Playoffs with just 2 players left on their Big Board with with 15 players already committed, opening the door for Miller to add several transfers from the Portal this off-season. Right now the class of 15 (6-5*, 9-4*) is ranked #4.

WILL DE LA ROSA LEADS THE BUCKES TO THE PROMISE LAND

For Freshman Nick De La Rosa, Year 1 has been a series of high's and low's.. De La Rosa enters the playoffs with 2975 yds well completing 56% of his pass's well throwing 31 TD's and 20 INT's. He also has shown his ability to run with 5 rushing TD's.

TAM STILL CHASING RECORD

RS SO Fredrick Tam goes into the playoffs with 23 TD's and is 3 away from breaking Pete Johnson's record of 25 set in 1975. He is also 10 shy of Matching Monte Ball's (Wisconsin) Big Ten Record of 33 set in 2011.. It will be interesting to see how many opportunities Tam will see in the playoffs.

TANDY/LOWE

RS SO Ezekiel Tandy has produced 21 rec for 260 yds (12.4 avg) with 5 TD's (tied for 3rd most on team) since returning from a injury that saw him miss the entire 2033 season and the first 8 games of this season..

RS FR D'Angelo Lowe has been out of action since Week 2 but returned last week for the Big Ten Championship catching a touchdown.. Lowe has just 5 receptions on the season but 3 of those have gone for TD's and his he averaging 35.0 yds per catch (5/175) giving Miller another big play option in the playoffs.

PEREZ WINS LB OF THE YEAR

For a 2nd year in a row, John Perez has been named the "Best LB" in the country and was named the "Defensive Player of the Year". The Junior has 43 Tackles on the season with 8 TFL and once again is leading the Buckeyes with 12 sacks giving him 3 straight year's of double digits.

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KENNEDY WINS THE HEISMAN

RS SO WR Devin Kennedy takes home the Heisman giving FIU back to back players with the award as last year's winner JR QB Kevin Pounds finished 4th in this year's voting.

Kennedy also took home "Offensive Player of the Year" honors as well finishing the regular season with 67 rec for 1152 yds and 16 TD's through the air. Kennedy also had 11 carries for 165 yds and 2 TD.

Kevin Pounds finished with 3731 yds with 43 TD and 16 INT well completing 68% of his pass's. Pounds also had 495 yds with 8 TD's on the ground.

OC Clayton Dees

"KP had another great year and I am a little surprised he finished 4th.. Don't get me wrong DK had a great year in a very crowded ant talented WR room (D. Boenzi has 65 rec 938 yds 6 TD, well Ian Kamula has 51 rec for 856 yds and 12 TD)"

ST PIERRE WINS LOMBARDI

Kennedy wasn't the only Panther to bring home some hardware from the Award show, as JR DE Kerry St Pierre wins the Lombardi as well as the the title of "Best DE".. The former 5* is expected to be a 1st Round Draft pick in the upcoming draft. He has 41 Tackles with 8 TFL and a team leading 13 Sacks this season.


DEE'S TURNS DOWN CLEMSON

OC Clayton Dees in just his 3rd year as the Panthers OC has quickly established himself as one of the Best Offensive Play callers in the nation as FIU again finished #2 in the nation behind Ohio State with 6277 yds of Total Offense (3879 yds passing, 2336 yds rushing ) well averaging 44.5 PPG.

Well several smaller programs offered, like JMU, La Tech, Western Kentucky, the big surprise was Clemson offering to make Dee's the youngest HC of a Power 4 program in the country.. The Tigers are coming off a very disappointing (4-8) season that saw them average just 26.6 PPG. and rush for just 714 yds with just 2 TD's on the ground.

Dee's-

I think as a kid, I would say Clemson ranked in my Top-10 as schools I dreamed of playing for and I think for anyone who goes into coaching I would say it's a Top-10 if not Top-5 program you would want to have a opportunity to lead, but I felt like my time at FIU was not ready to come to a end.. I believe we have a excellent shot at making a run back to the the Natty and I think we got a excellent shot at it next year too should KP return which from the conversations I have had with him seems almost 100%"

PLAYOFF PICTURE

Like Ohio State, FIU's road back to the Natty will be tough. LSU and Notre Dame both spent time this season ranked in the Top-4 and either would probably be the Panthers toughest game of the season.

RECRUITING

The Panthers were busy these past 2 weeks signing 6 players including 5* RT Isaiah Cormier (#23 Overall/#1 NM/#3 DE) as well as 4-4* including TE Robert Bowles (#122 Overall) and WR Jimmy Regis (#197) both rated in the Top-200.

With the singings, FIU now has 17 commitments with 2 players left on their Big Board. The 17 players Class (5-5*, 11-4*, 1-3*) currently ranks #1 in the country.

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Ohio State FIU rematch still alive!

Solid move by Dees to stay. He could have success at Clemson, but if he struggled early he'd be run out of town. Better to stay at FIU and keep producing, then maybe get a shot to takeover in a few years.

As you mentioned, tough draw in round 2 regardless of who emerges. Would be interesting it Texas Tech made it through, I don't believe you've played them in this one after leading them to so many titles as Coach Scott have you?

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If we have a FIU vs OSU game, will you just put it on slow play and watch the game?

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Ohio State FIU rematch still alive!

Solid move by Dees to stay. He could have success at Clemson, but if he struggled early he'd be run out of town. Better to stay at FIU and keep producing, then maybe get a shot to takeover in a few years.

As you mentioned, tough draw in round 2 regardless of who emerges. Would be interesting it Texas Tech made it through, I don't believe you've played them in this one after leading them to so many titles as Coach Scott have you?

Yeah, Dees also got a offer to TCU. I looked at their roster and just felt like it was too good. Same with Clemson. They have high 80's at QB, RB and WR, so not really much of a rebuild on Offense and felt like I would be able to win to quickly.

You are correct I haven't played TTU wifh either school.. FIU had only so many non conference games cause we are still playing FAU, and I have been sorta sticking to playing other Florida schools.

So far at Ohio State I have played Texas and Texas A&M, so I would like to put TTU on the schedule at some point, so it would be fun to play them but I think Alabama will most likely pull it off

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If we have a FIU vs OSU game, will you just put it on slow play and watch the game?

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I am not sure.. I feel my loyalty lies more with Coach Miller but I do like the idea. I have never done it so it might be something to try snd if I don't like the results I can always go back and play it

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No Miami in the way this time around - maybe this is the year we get the OSU/FIU showdown. Looking forward to seeing how the playoffs pan out and what you do if we do get OSU/FIU for the natty!

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No Miami in the way this time around - maybe this is the year we get the OSU/FIU showdown. Looking forward to seeing how the playoffs pan out and what you do if we do get OSU/FIU for the natty!

We had a OSU/FIU Natty 2 years ago. With Miller leading the Buckeyes to the title. (I played as OSU). If it happens this year I might have to watch it. Not sure yet. Obviously have FIU going for back to back is huge but I really feel like this Dynasty really belongs to Coach Miller. With FIU and Dees just being added bonus content at this point

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We had a OSU/FIU Natty 2 years ago. With Miller leading the Buckeyes to the title. (I played as OSU). If it happens this year I might have to watch it. Not sure yet. Obviously have FIU going for back to back is huge but I really feel like this Dynasty really belongs to Coach Miller. With FIU and Dees just being added bonus content at this point

My bad, forgot they already met for the natty once before. Yeah, there's a lot of storylines in that potential matchup, but I agree with you that this is a Coach Miller dynasty and that's who I would control (if you do choose to control one of the teams) if we get to that.

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1ST ROUND RESULTS

#12 Virginia Tech pulls off the upset and beats #5 Purdue (28-22)

#8 Alabama beats #9 Texas Tech (38-37), after the Red Raiders tried to go for the 2pt conversion to win the game.

#6 Washington defeats #11 Cincinnati (37-34) in Overtime.. The Game was tied (17-17) at the half, Cincy ties the game in the 4th to force the OT.. LaMichael Tinker (UW QB) threw for 251 yds with 4 TD's in the win and JR RB Josh Waiters had 8 carries for 110 yds

#10 Notre Dame pulls off the OT victory over #7 LSU (45-38).. Tied (21-21) Notre Dame took a (31-28) lead at the end of the 3rd but the Tigers tie the game in the 4th (38-38).

Notre Dame QB Bruce Louis threw for 350 yds with 4 TD and 1 INT in the win.

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BOWL RESULTS

Gator Bowl- Georgia-34 #16 Georgia Tech-27
Duke's Mayo Bowl- UNC-31 #14 TCU-23
Sun Bowl- Bowling Green-31 Iowa State-30
Reliaquest Bowl- #13 Wisconsin-41 #17 Ole Miss-0
Citrus Bowl- Oregon-31 #21 Arkansas-27
Arizona Bowl- Central Michigan-27 Wyoming-7
Pop-Tarts Bowl- #20 ECU-21 #24 Tulsa-18
Alamo Bowl- USC-33 Arizona State-21
Music City Bowl- #18 Tennessee-24 #15 Penn State-17
Fenway Bowl- #25 Maryland-24 UConn-17
Bahamas Bowl- #19 La Tech-52 Coastal Carolina-17
New Mexico Bowl- Charlotte-16 Utah State-13
68 Ventures Bowl- Ball State-27 Troy-24
Cure Bowl- Jax State-35 Western Michigan-3
LA Bowl- Nevada-34 Boise State-21
Frisco Bowl- South Alabama-38 Temple-21
La Vegas Bowl- SMU-26 Fresno State-21
Boca Raton Bowl- UMass-27 NC State-9
Myrtle Beach Bowl- Kennesaw State-22 Eastern Michigan-6
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl- Sam Houston-14 Georgia Southern-13
Detroit Bowl- Akron-26 Pitt-21
Independence Bowl- Rice-28 #22 Colorado-20
Gasparilla Bowl- Duke-31 Cal-7
Armed Forces Bowl- UAB-21 New Mexico-20
New Orleans Bowl- Kentucky-30 Appalachian State-10
Hawaii Bowl- Colorado State-17 UTEP-14
Birmingham Bowl- Miami-21 Western Kentucky-3
Camellia Bowl- UCLA-34 Toledo-15
Military Bowl- Virginia-31 Southern Miss-10
First Responder Bowl- Boston College-25 Louisville-21
Liberty Bowl- Marshall-49 Buffalo-20
Holiday Bowl- UTSA-24 Rutgers-17
Texas Bowl- Florida-39 #23 Baylor-38
Guaranteed Rate Bowl- San Jose State-49 Arizona-10

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TIDE ROLLS BUCKEYES IN THE ROSE!!

Alabama Crimson Tide at Ohio State Buckeyes
Jan 1, 2034	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#8 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-2)	14	14	21	3	52
#1 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-0)	7	21	0	7	35

Team Stats Comparison
	ALA	OSU
Total Offense	514	439
Rushing Yards	54	142
Passing Yards	460	297
First Downs	17	21
Punt Return Yards	10	0
Kick Return Yards	37	171
Total Yards	561	610
Turnovers	2	3
3rd Down Conversion	7/10	8/16
4th Down Conversion		2/3
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	1-10	3-30
Possession Time	21:14	18:46

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ALA	OSU
7:12	(ALA) J. LeCounte 22 yd pass from J. Atwood (PAT)	7	0
6:32	(OSU) D. Jones 68 yd run (PAT)	7	7
3:48	(ALA) M. Cargile 1 yd run (PAT)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ALA	OSU
9:53	(ALA) J. LeCounte 37 yd pass from J. Atwood (PAT)	21	7
2:06	(OSU) G. Cobb 7 yd pass from N. De La Rosa (PAT)	21	14
1:07	(ALA) J. LeCounte 43 yd pass from J. Atwood (PAT)	28	14
0:56	(OSU) D. Lowe 96 yd Kickoff Return (PAT)	28	21
0:19	(OSU) F. Tam 1 yd run (PAT)	28	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ALA	OSU
7:36	(ALA) K. Tolson 69 yd pass from J. Atwood (PAT)	35	28
0:58	(ALA) M. Cargile 1 yd run (PAT)	42	28
0:00	(ALA) M. Qualls 48 yd INT Return (PAT)	49	28
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ALA	OSU
7:19	(OSU) G. Cobb 42 yd pass from N. De La Rosa (PAT)	49	35
3:43	(ALA) I. Baas 41 yd FG	52	35

Alabama Crimson Tide PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Atwood 20/31 460 4 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Cargile 19 54 2.8 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. LeCounte 6 160 26.6 3 D. Applewhite 5 64 12.8 A. Bravo 5 109 21.8 G. Harris 2 42 21.0 K. Tolson 1 70 70.0 1 M. Cargile 1 15 15.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Stoner 13 A. Wells 8 1 M. Qualls 4 2 1

Ohio State Buckeyes PASSING C/A YDS TD INT N. De La Rosa 19/46 297 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Jones 9 106 11.7 1 N. De La Rosa 7 12 1.7 F. Tam 3 7 2.3 1 K. Tabor 2 14 7.0 C. McCracken 1 3 3.0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD G. Cobb 6 114 19.0 2 E. Tandy 5 62 12.4 J. Gayton 4 41 10.2 D. Lowe 2 56 28.0 N. Tull 1 12 12.0 C. McCracken 1 12 12.0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Giguere 6 F. Nauta 6 V. Ibrahim 3 1 G. Robinson 3 1 J. Perez 4 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Lowe 4 139 34.7 1 G. Lanier 2 32 16.0

GAME RECAP

Turnovers and Drop Pass's doomed the Buckeyes in the 2nd half as #8 Seed Alabama pulls off the upset handing #1 Seed Ohio State their first loss of the season and knocking the Buckeyes out of the playoffs..

Ohio State trailed at the end of the 1st Quarter and with 1:06 to play in the 2nd Quarter found themselves trailing 28-14, but 96 yd Kickoff return by D'Angelo Lowe brought life back to the Buckeye sideline..

Alabama rather then just running out the clock goes to the air and SO SS Greg Robinson makes SR QB Juan Atwood pay as he picks off the pass and returns it to the 5 yd line to set up Fredrick Tam's 24th TD of the season as Ohio State ties the game (28-28) as we headed to the locker room.

Ohio State started the 2nd half with the ball but 3 straight drop pass's would force a punt and Alabama never looked back as the Tide take the lead on a 69 yd TD pass from Atwood to Kyree Tolson to make it (35-28)..

Freshman QB Nick De La Rosa would then throw back to back INT's with the first one setting up a 1 yd TD run by Matt Cargile to make it (42-28) and then INT #2 turns into a "Pick 6" as CB Mitch Qualls takes it 48 yds to the house to make it (49-28) as we head into the 4th.

Drop passes continued to plague the Buckeyes receivers.. OSU would have 9 total drop pass' on the day including 3 by JR Nick Tull on wide open throws down the sideline that could've been scores.

Coach Miller

"It was tough to watch.. I can't remember the last time I have seen so many drop pass's.. You can't win games like that.. It forced way to many long 3rd downs and several 4th downs that we were just unable to convert"

Redshirt Freshman Gabe Cobb (2 drops) would manage to hold onto a bomb over the middle and take it 49 yds to the house to make it (49-35) with just over 7 minutes to play in the game but Alabama did a great job milking the clock with a 12 play drive before settling on a 41 yd FG with 3:43 to play to make it a 3 score game.

De La Rosa would throw a 3rd INT in the final minute of the game never giving up..


With Ohio State out of the playoffs, fan's won't be able to see a Ohio State/FIU matchup for a 2nd year in a row, but on the bright side with the Buckeyes out of the playoffs, FIU could now be considered a favorite to repeat ..

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PANTHERS MAKE IT 30 STRAIGHT!!!

Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Florida International Golden Panthers
Jan 2, 2034	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-2)	7	7	7	0	21
#2 Florida International Golden Panthers (12-0)	14	7	0	10	31

Team Stats Comparison
	ND	FIU
Total Offense	399	311
Rushing Yards	90	63
Passing Yards	306	239
First Downs	17	10
Punt Return Yards	0	0
Kick Return Yards	69	54
Total Yards	468	365
Turnovers	3	0
3rd Down Conversion	7/13	5/14
4th Down Conversion	1/2	1/1
2-Point Conversion
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals
Penalties	6-45	5-40
Possession Time	20:54	19:06

Notre Dame Fighting Irish PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Pounds 22/28 239 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Ware 14 19 1.4 1 K. Pounds 9 24 2.7 A. Rasmussen 3 29 9.7 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Kennedy 7 71 10.1 2 W. Abiamiri 4 64 16.0 1 I. Kamula 3 47 15.7 E. Boenzi 3 23 7.7 M. Ware 3 25 8.3 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Gutierrez` 10 A. Grubbs 9 G. Sykes 4 1 M. Mentor 2

Florida International Golden Panthers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Louis 23/41 306 1 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD G. Shaw 10 51 5.1 1 A. Dingle 9 27 3.0 1 B. Louis 5 15 3.0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD K. Tamm 6 92 15.3 A. Dingle 3 69 23.0 T. Boger 5 66 13.2 1 N. Killings 4 50 12.5 R. Basham 4 27 6.8

GAME RECAP

Once again the Panthers Defense comes up big when they needed it most, as FIU picks off Notre Dame JR QB Bruce Louis 3 times in the game including 2 in the 4th quarter to seal their 30th straight win dating back to last year's perfect 16-0 record as they move to 14-0 on the season.

On paper one would think the Irish won the game as they had higher Total Yards, more 1st Downs and a better TOP, but the 3 turnovers were the killer.

Well Kevin Pounds 239 yds and 3 TD's don't look that impressive his 22/28 day showcased the JR QB making sure to not force the play when it wasn't there. Notre Dame's rush Defense played the Panther run game the best that anyone has done all year holding FIU to a season low 63 yds on the ground but at the end of the day there is really only 2 #'s that matter.. The Final Score and FIU's was 10 more then the Irish..

OTHER 2ND ROUND RESULTS

#4 Oklahoma survived the upset bid by #12 Virginia Tech beating the Hokies (35-30) in the Sugar Bowl to advance for matchup against #8 Alabama

The Sooners beat the Tide (29-17) back in Week 8 and will look to try and do it again as they will meet in the Fiesta Bowl.

#3 Kansas State holds on to beat #6 Washington (31-29) in the Orange Bowl after the Huskies fail to convert the 2pt play to tie the game and force Overtime.

The Wildcats will now Advance to take on FIU in the Peach Bowl..

**This year's National Championship game will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood CA.