CFP National Championship: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame open thread

Mookie Alexander is the Producer/Managing Editor of Field Gulls, and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2017. He primarily focuses on Seahawks news, opinion, game day coverage, and statistical analysis. He also contributes national NFL and track and field coverage for SBNation.com.

When college football ditched the BCS for a playoff system, the first national champion of the four-team playoff era was Ohio State, who beat Oregon by a score of 42-20 behind Ezekiel Elliott’s 246-yard, four-touchdown masterclass. Now we’re in the 12-team playoff era, and Ohio State is in the title game again. They smashed Tennessee, stunned No. 1 overall Oregon in a romp, and pulled away from Texas to…