Staff Picks: Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl matchups in College Football Playoff
While South Carolina’s season is over after finishing with a 9-4 record, the college football season still rolls on.
The College Football Playoff semifinal games will be played starting on Thursday between Notre Dame and Penn State in the Capital One Orange Bowl. Then on Friday, Ohio State will face Texas in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.
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Both games will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. The winner of each game will advance to the National Championship, which will be played on Monday, Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Before things get underway, the GamecockCentral and 107.5 The Game staffs shared their picks for these two matchups.
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| Notre Dame vs. Penn State (Orange Bowl) | Ohio State vs. Texas (Cotton Bowl) | |
| George Bagwell (82-70) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Peyton Butt (83-69) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Elijah Campbell (99-53) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Chris Clark (87-65) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Terry Ford (107-45) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Griffin Goodwyn (105-47) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Tyler Head (92-60) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Wes Mitchell (98-54) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Jay Philips (101-51) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Kendall Smith (88-64) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Mike Uva (99-53) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Jack Veltri (106-46) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Chris Wellbaum (87-65) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
| Kevin Miller (77-30) | Notre Dame | Ohio State |
