A whole generation of Notre Dame fans don't know what a national title feels like. That could all change on Monday night.

There’s a right place for everyone and anyone interested in enjoying the excitement of Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game while surrounded by other Notre Dame Fighting ... s Irish Pub at 441 E. LaSalle Ave., South Bend.

Notre Dame used a pair of late pick-sixes to finish the regular season 11-1 in a victory at rival USC. Christian Gray returned a would-be game-tying touchdown pass attempt 99-yards to cool the Trojans late threat and clinch a home College Football Playoff game.

Notre Dame is one win away from its first national championship since the 1988 season. Do the Irish get it against Ohio State?

in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina, File) Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne, left, and team captain Clem Crowe watch the team practice in 1925. (AP Photo/File) Notre Dame’s head coach Lou Holtz and the Fighting Irish walk onto the field ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun made a friendly wager over who will win Monday's football National Championship.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The eyes of Michiana were focused Monday night on one thing and one thing only: the pursuit by the Fighting Irish for the college football national championship.

The one common denominator between the Irish teams that lost to Ohio State in the past two seasons was quarterback play. It wasn't Leonard then. but it's Leonard now.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Amber Goddard, the manager at O’Rourke’s Public House, scanned the crowd minutes before kickoff of Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game.

Against the Irish, Georgia Tech had five scorers eclipse the double digit mark including two 21 point performances from Duncan Powell and Javian McCollum off the bench. When your bench outscores your opponent 44 to 15 and you have three starters go for 10 points or more, you're in a pretty good spot.

Georgia Tech has not beaten Notre Dame in South Bend since 1990 and have yet to conquer the Irish on the road since they have entered the ACC. That streak is still alive after the Irish's sloppy home court victory tonight over the Yellow Jackets.

Al Golden said he wanted to leave a place better than when he found it, and he believes he did that at Notre Dame.