The semifinals of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff begin Thursday with a blockbuster Orange Bowl matchup between (6) Penn State and (7) Notre Dame. Both teams have leaned heavily on their defenses and run games to reach the doorstep of the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Learn moreThe college football regular season may have come to a close, but there are still a couple of postseason games to catch before the National Championship. Regular season games are spread across more than a dozen networks and streamers,

The traditional New Year's Eve and New Year's Day college football rush has passed, but the games aren't done. The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff chugs along with one last high-octane quarterfinal matchup.

After first-round on-campus games, the College Football Playoff shifts to traditional bowl sites for the quarterfinal round. For Georgia, it's a familiar scene. The Bulldogs haven't lost a bowl game in six years.

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Penn State and Notre Dame entered this season with a combined zero College Football Playoff victories. Now, the two programs are on the doorstep of the national championship game. The No. 6-seeded Nittany Lions and No.