College Football Playoff Semifinal: No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Penn State | Game Preview

Bryant McFadden and Emory Hunt join CBS Sports HQ to break down the upcoming CFP Semifinal matchup between Notre Dame and Penn State at the Orange Bowl.

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[kyledabearsfan]

Penn State is really good. As a lifelong ND fan, man im excited. Should be an old school football kinda game. Good defenses, good rushing attacks. Lets just hope its a good one! I have a lot of respect for Penn State, a great football program with plenty of history. I still remember Paterno coaching, man is an iconic image of CFB.

[Chris_H]

“Slow motion” is a crazy statement when Riley is 6’3, runs a 4.5 & has a dunk highlight tape because he’s a legit two sport athlete…

[charlesjohnson]

THIS WHAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL 🏈 LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE SEC ISN'T THE ONLY CONFERENCE ALLOWED TO PAY PLAYERS AND GET AWAY WITH IT .. AND I LIKE IT ..

[AB-iwkw]

Penn State needs to handle the blitz better than it did against Boise. Notre Dame needs to be able to get run game going. Hope the game is played well on both sides.

[Bringmethehorizondude]

“If I tell you it’s Christmas, start wrapping presents”

Okay, that was smooth

[jarezbear]

This is the best uniform matchup in the playoffs 🔥🔥🔥

[OhNuzzy]

Beautiful uniform matchup’s in these semi’s 🔥🔥🔥

[highchair]

People don't understand. Those special teams plays from ND are something you can expect. Assuming ND won't force turnovers and make your offense look like shit is some damn ignorance. Maybe go watch some games instead of looking at stat lines and you'll see Leonard is a dawg and playmaker who steps up when it matters. If Notre Dame weren't on 3rd string defense and threw 10 flags they would have beat down Georgia even harder. If JLove is healthy this'll be another beatdown

[qwoodard]

Here we go again ND being underestimated. ND will score bank on it!!!

[kylekrause]

As a Penn State fan I trust this defense more then I have in years prior I haven’t seen much of Notre Dame but I’m excited for this game

[ColonelCarnage]

Every week I hear how ND has no chance of winning with their current offense lol

[K-xbqz]

Notre Dame vs Penn State. Man, thats a hard one to call. They seem almost identical now. ❤

[hikedayley]

It will be a great game between two very good teams. I'm leaning for ND to take it to the Natty!

[paulteese]

The new format gave us something we never could have had before, national semifinals with no conference champs! Incredible!

[reconsoldier]

When I first watched Allar play a few years ago I didn’t understand the hype but he’s drastically improved since then into a legit QB

[RandyTubmanX]

This is going to be a great Semi Final game. Hopefully PSU can win, but if not, I also would not mind seeing ND make another run at the Natty. Last time either team won was PSU in 86' and ND in 88', so both programs are well past due. However, the road leads to Ohio State... and man they been blowing teams out...

[jakelong]

Notre Dame defense has 18 take aways with a full blitz.

[mikescatena]

Penn state fan here, I’m not sure who has the edge TBH. Leonard will be hard for PSU to stop. I feel like ND is a better coached team. Penn state feels more talented.

ND 34
PSU 31

[ryany]

It's crazy to see how confident these PSU fans are in these comments lol

[infinitepoint]

Dang. Was it the bye week? The teams ranked in the top 4 are out.