Game Day Central: No. 10 Indiana vs. No. 7 Notre Dame in College Football Playoff
It’s here. Game day is finally here. The No. 7 seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1) are set to host the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) on a Friday night in South Bend to open the College Football Playoffs. Blue & Gold gets you ready with what you need to know before today’s tilt.
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GAME DAY INFORMATION
Date: Dec. 20, 2024
Site: Notre Dame Stadium
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
Television: ABC/ESPN
Radio: Notre Dame IMG affiliates
Series facts: Notre Dame leads the all-time series 23-5-1. The Irish have won 20 of the last 21 meetings,
including the last one, 49-27, in South Bend on Sept. 9, 1991. Notre Dame is 14-1 versus IU in games played in South Bend.
Head coaches: Indiana — Curt Cignetti (11-1, first season at IU; 130-36, 14th season overall); Notre Dame — Marcus Freeman (30-9, third season).
Noting Indiana: The Hoosiers started 10-0 for the first time in program history, and the 11 wins are also an all-time program record … Cignetti is the first coach in Division I history to start consecutive seasons 10-0 at different programs; he was also 10-0 at James Madison in 2023 … Thirteen former James Madison players followed Cignetti to Indiana via the transfer portal; the Hoosiers took in 27 transfer portal players in total … Indiana has tied a single-season record with 37 rushing touchdowns … Kicker Nicolas Radicic is 69 of 69 on extra points and was perfect on field goals until he missed one in the regular-season finale against Purdue; he’s 9 of 10 now, much better than Notre Dame’s 8 of 18 as a team … The Hoosiers rank No. 2 nationally in scoring offense and No. 6 in scoring defense.
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GAME PREDICTIONS
Vegas line: Notre Dame -7 …. Over/under 52
Oddshark prediction: ND 38, Indiana 34
Tyler Horka: ND 28, Indiana 17
Jack Soble: ND 31, Indiana 21
Todd D. Burlage: ND 28, Indiana 20
Steve Downey: Fighting Irish 34, Hoosiers 19
Kyle Kelly: Fighting Irish 28, Hoosiers 20
Full staff predictions article
PREGAME READING
- Jim Tressel impressed, unsurprised, by the quick rise of Marcus Freeman
- How many Hoosier State recruits are on the Indiana and ND rosters?
- Three keys to the game: ND vs. Indiana in College Football Playoff
- LOOK: Notre Dame reveals uniform for College Football Playoff vs. Indiana
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- Everything Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said two days before facing ND
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