Notre Dame picked up the win in the Orange Bowl on Thursday over Penn State to advance to the CFP championship game. Who do the Irish play next?

The finale of the first 12-team College Football Playoff is set: Following a frantic final 10 minutes in Miami, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish advanced to the title game with a 27-24 win over the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Notre Dame football didn't do much right in the first half against Penn State, but in a second half where it needed to be better, it was.

Now, I’ve established that I’m not into drawing grand conclusions from small sample sizes, but when the reality of the situation backs up the theory, I’ll take