It doesn’t get any bigger than the College Football Playoff National Championship game, and this year’s participants are the Ohio State Buckeyes and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. If it’s a big game, then you know ESPN’s College GameDay is on hand and that means there are plenty of predictions forthcoming from the crew of Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee and Lee Corso.
Most everyone in the national media is picking Ohio State by a landslide because of a perceived gap in talent and momentum, but there are those outliers out there that think the culture, toughness, and mystique of Notre Dame will carry the day. We even went on record here at Buckeyes Wire and our sister site Fighting Irish Wire with predictions that leaned very heavy towards the Scarlet and Gray.
But is that the case with the College GameDay crew? We like to follow the predictions the crew members make, and so it is with this one as well. Here is who each member of the ESPN College GameDay crew picked to win the CFP national championship on Monday night.
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Desmond Howard
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The Ohio State vs. Notre Dame CFP National Championship Game prediction
It should be no surprise that Howard and his Michigan homer ways picked against the Buckeyes. He believes there’s just something about the Notre Dame team. We’ll see if he’s right because his hot takes rarely land as unbiased.
The Pick | Notre Dame
Nick Saban
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The Ohio State vs. Notre Dame CFP National Championship Game prediction
Former Alabama coach, Nick Saban, is about as unbiased as they come on the GameDay crew and he believes that Ohio State just has too much firepower for the Irish to keep up with.
The Pick | Ohio State
Pat McAfee
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