WHO? No. 3 Notre Dame (12-0) vs. No. 2 Clemson (13-0).
WHAT? The College Football Playoff semifinal in the Cotton Bowl, the penultimate conclusion of a season-long playoff, if using Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney’s argument against expanding the playoff field to eight teams, something this space wholeheartedly agrees with.
WHEN? 4 ET, immediately followed by No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Alabama in the other semifinal, the Orange Bowl.
WHERE? The official name: AT&T Stadium. The more popular name: JerryWorld. One and the same, located in Arlington, Texas, easily referenced as Dallas, broadly generalized as North Texas.