Notre Dame's Riley Leonard engineered one of the most impressive drives of the college football season to start Monday's national championship game. Since that opening salvo from from the Fighting Irish, the game has been all Ohio State.
The Buckeyes answered the Fighting Irish score with a Will Howard touchdown pass to Jeremiah Smith to tie the game at seven. On their next drive, Quinshon Judkins scored from nine yards out to cap a 10-play, 76-yard drive. Howard found Judkins on the Buckeyes' third drive to give OSU a 21–7 lead at the half. After receiving the ball in the second half, Judkins exploded on a 70-yard run, and punched it in from one-yard out three plays later to push the lead to 28–7.
