Notre Dame's Breakthrough: The True Test of Big-Game Greatness Awaits

Notre Dame breaks through a barrier, but the ultimate challenge to rewrite its big-game legacy still looms ahead.

There was a hurdle to clear Friday in South Bend. On this stage, for too long, Notre Dame had been exposed.  

The hurdle was figurative, but there was definitely a bar to get over in the minds of the Fighting Irish. If it didn't, something was wrong. The spectacle was nice for the first ever College Football Playoff game on campus. The weather was football-perfect with snow earlier in the day. But the story was in waking the championship echoes that had been asleep for too long. 

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