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Ohio State outlasts Notre Dame to win first national title in a decade.  Notre Dame became the latest team to find out what the rest of Ohio State’s opponents learned during this newly expanded College Football Playoff: It’s amazing what one can sometimes accomplish when angry, isn’t it?  In the first year of the College Football Playoff expanding from four to 12 teams, the ultimate winner is Ohio State. The Buckeyes, seeded No. 8 after a late-season stunning loss at home to Michigan, dominated during the playoffs, winning the national championship game against No. 7 seed Notre Dame 34-23 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

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Here are everyone's picks for Week . This wasn't a blowout. This wasn't a massive mismatch. Twelve years ago, Notre Dame was out-muscled and out-classed by Alabama in a 42-14 demolition at the national championship. On Monday night, the Irish simply didn't reach the hallmarks that had defined their season: forcing turnovers, executing mistake-free possessions and limiting big plays with a tough-as-nails defense. By the time Notre Dame approached those touchstones early in the fourth quarter, it seemed too late -- and yet familiar -- particularly after how the Irish rallied from a 10-point deficit in the semifinals to beat Penn State just 11 days ago. Linebacker Drayk Bowen provided the hope when he punched the ball out of the cradle of Ohio State receiver Emeka Egbuka's grasp on a 34-yard catch, setting up the offense to pull within a score. Instead, the Irish's next possession stalled inside the 10-yard line and Freeman inexplicably opted to kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal at the 9-yard line. Mitch Jeter's kick, which would have kept the score a two-touchdown game, ricocheted off the left upright. No good. Notre Dame trailed 31-15.  Mistakes led to Notre Dame's demise, but so, too, did Ohio State's speed. Even so, Notre Dame still had an opportunity to win thanks to the fight of quarterback Riley Leonard and the emergence of receiver Jaden Greathouse in the second half. Leonard ran nine times on that history-making first possession that spanned nearly 10 minutes and took 18 plays. He fell awkwardly on the ball a few times, leading him to run to the sideline after scoring so he could throw up in a nearby trash can. He didn't seem the same on the ensuing possessions in the first half. Interestingly, Leonard ran the ball only eight more times after the opening drive, falling one carry short of his season high of 18. Fans might criticize the Irish's defense, but they played well schematically and were mostly in position to make plays -- and didn't allow many explosive plays in the first 30 minutes -- but the simplicity of Ohio State's superior athleticism is that the bigger and faster men almost always win.