SOUTH BEND — Preston Zinter knows what it is like to go to the College Football Playoff because he has been there — twice.
Of course, it was as a fan.
Zinter, a Notre Dame freshman linebacker, was at the past two CFPs, two years ago at the Orange Bowl and last year at the Fiesta Bowl, supporting his older brother, Zak, who is an offensive lineman at Michigan.
"Definitely super cool for me to see my brother go for that," Zinter said during last week's Notre Dame player availability. "It also puts into perspective what they had to do, all the hard work they put in to get to that goal.