jaden greathouse, score! for the irish turned into a thrillg finish at thursday's orange bowl. notre dame tied up their semi-final match against penn state with that 54-yard touchdown pass from riley leonard to jaden greathouse. drew aler was picked off by christian gray to set up the go-ahead field goal for mitch jeter. the fighting irish advance to their first national championship game in over a decade. that's where they will fe the winner of tonight's cotton bowl. that will either be texas or ohio state. they play tonight in the cotton bowl. >> we'll see how that shakes out. and this epic weekend of football continues in the pros saturday. nfl wildcard weekend begins with the chargers and texans, followed by the third meeting this year of the steelers and ravens. the battered packers will look to avenge their loss to saquon barkley and eagles in philly, and two rookie phenomes will look to do the impossible. weekend action wraps up as jaden daniels and commanders head to tampa to face the bucs. we'll see

their semi-final match against penn state with a 54-yard touchdown pass from riley leonard to jaden greathousele until penn state's drew aler was picked off. >> snap and hold, good. the kick is -- good! >> the fighting irish advance to their first national championship game in over a decade, where they will face the winner of tonight's cotton bowl. so in notre dame's last championship appearance they got blown out by alabama. that was in 2013. before the current playoff system was implemented. >> we'll see what happens from here on out. and this epic weekend of football playoffs continues in the nfl on saturday. the weekend begins with the chargers taking on the texans, followed by the third meeting this year of the steelers and the ravens. on sunday, the battered packers will begin face saquon barkley in philly. and the broncos travel to buffalo for their first playoff game in nearly a decade. and jayden daniels and the commanders head to tampa to face the bucs right here on nbc. if you didn't have plans already, now you know. you've got plenty of plans, plenty of games to watch as we get int

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but later passes it jaden greathouse. he spins and gets away from his defender. nothing the pretty much green grass in front of so he fakes his way to his house. it's a 34 yard today. the fighting irish, they would convert the two-point conversion a little later as they inched a little bit closer. and then later in the 4th. fighting irish right here down by 16 and later launched the down the field to great house who makes great kitchen, 30 yard, 15 kids to be exact and notre dame decides to go for 2. so here we go on the 2 point conversion attempt, lynyrd flips it to jordan phase on who could next with a wide open. both collins in the end zone and it's back to an 8 point game back minutes ago. minutes later, same score 3rd and 11 for ohio state. will howard airs this out to jeremiah smith? 56 yard. that's the game and notre dame to is in danger because thief in fighting irish territory, a field goal with ice. the game in ohio, native lebron james high-fiving and celebrating in the both their 34 to 23 national championship for the ohio state. buckeye is national t

irish respond riley leonard to a wide open jaden greathouse.e defender falls down and he's gone 54 yards. tied at 24 with four and a half to go. it's still tied with under a minute to go. but penn state's drew dowler with a bad decision. notre dame's christian gray picks him off at midfield. and penn state fans they have a bad feeling about this one. and mitch jeter hits the game winning 41 yard field goal with 10s to go. notre dame wins 2724. let's have some oranges. the irish will play for a national title against either ohio state or texas, the winner of that one a week from monday. a happy young fan watching the number 24 cal women and number 21 nc state game. cal's martha suarez had three straight threes in the second quarter. finished with a double double, 17 points and 12 boards as cal wins 7871. they're 15 and two, and the stanford women beat florida state. sports on abc. seven is sponsored by (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card! (woman) i found it! i found my card! (vo) and a

irish respond riley leonard to a wide open jaden greathouse. the defender falls down and he's gone 54 yards. tied at 24 with four and a half to go. it's still tied with under a minute to go. but penn state's drew dowler with a bad decision. notre dame's christian gray picks him off at midfield. and penn state fans they have a bad feeling about this one. and mitch jeter hits the game winning 41 yard field goal with 10s to go. notre dame wins 2724. let's have some oranges. the irish will play for a national title against either ohio state or texas, the winner of that one a week from monday. a happy young fan watching the number 24 cal women and number 21 nc state game. cal's martha suarez had three straight threes in the second quarter. finished with a double double, 17 points and 12 boards as cal wins 7871. they're 15 and two, and the stanford women beat florida state. sports i'm dan >> but there are restrictions. the promotion applies exclusively to new uber for teens accounts, and it's good for six free rides, each worth more than no more than

but later passes it jaden greathouse. he spins and gets away from his defender.hing the pretty much green grass in front of so he fakes his way to his house. it's a 34 yard today. the fighting irish, they would convert the two-point conversion a little later as they inch a little bit closer. and then later in the 4th. fighting irish right here down by 16 and later launched the down the field to great house to make some great kids 30 are teaching kids to be exact. and notre dame decides to go for 2. so here we go on the 2 point conversion attempt, leonard flips it to jordan frase on who could next with a wide open. both collins in the end zone and it's back to an 8 point game. the packers minutes ago. minutes later, same score 3rd and 11 for ohio state. will a is this out to jeremiah smith? a 56 yard. that's the game and notre dame to is in danger because in fighting irish territory, a field goal with ice. the game in ohio, native lebron james high-fiving and celebrating in the both their 34 to 23 national championship for the ohio state. buckeye is national title

but later passes it jaden greathouse. he spins and gets away from his defender. nothing the pretty much green grass in front of so he fakes his way to his house. it's a 34 yard today. the fighting irish, they would convert the two-point conversion a little later as they inch a little bit closer. and then later in the 4th. fighting irish right here down by 16 and later launched the down the field to great house to make some great kids and 30 ar 15 kids to be exact and notre dame decides to go for 2. so here we go on the 2 point conversion attempt, leonard flips it to jordan phase on who could next with a wide open. both collins in the end zone and it's back to an 8 point game. the packers minutes ago. minutes later, same score 3rd and 11 for ohio state. will howard airs this out to jeremiah smith? a 56 yard. that's the game and notre dame to is in danger because in fighting irish territory, a field goal with ice. the game in ohio, native lebron james high-fiving and celebrating in the both their 34 to 23 national championship for the ohio state. buckeye is nationa

but later passes it jaden greathouse. he spins and gets away from his defender. the pretty much green grass in front of so he fakes his way to his house. it's a 34 yard today. the fighting irish, they would convert the two-point conversion a little later as they inch a little bit closer. and then later in the 4th. fighting irish right here down by 16 and later launched the down the field to great house who makes a great kid 30 ar 15 kids to be exact and notre dame decides to go for 2. so here we go on the 2 point conversion attempt, leonard flips it to jordan frase on who could next with a wide open. both collins in the end zone and it's back to an 8 point game minutes ago. minutes later, same score 3rd and 11 for ohio state. will howard a is this out to jeremiah smith? a 56 yard. that's the game. and notre dame in danger because in fighting irish territory, a field goal with ice. the game in ohio, native lebron james high-fiving and celebrating in the both their 34 to 23 national championship for the ohio state. buckeye is national titles and college franchise h

leonard throws it deep to jaden greathouse for the 30 yard touchdown. the irish would go for two.king to make it a one score game. that was a little trickery there as jordan faison finds beau collins in the end zone. that's a two point conversion. it's 3123. under three minutes left, though in the fourth quarter. same score. third and 11 howard launches it to smith there. that was a 56 yard gain. the buckeyes tack on the field goal and win the national title 34 to 23. ryan day as you saw getting the gatorade shower to the nba, the golden state warriors are coming off consecutive wins over the minnesota timberwolves and the washington wizards. >> today, they hosted the defending champions boston celtics. the warriors honored martin luther king by wearing shirts that stated at the time, is always right to do what is right. draymond green, sitting out due to a calf strain. first quarter warriors down by two. stephen curry drills the three pointer to get the dubs a one point lead. but then they go on a seven point drought. seven minute drought for the warriors. shot three for 24 from

later in the fourth, riley leonard finds a wide open jaden greathouse connects and takes it all the wayhouse of 54 yard touchdown, and the game is tied at 24. 12 seconds left mitch jeter for the win. the 41 yarder is good, and notre dame goes on to win 2724. they're going to face the winner out of the ohio state and texas game in the national championship tomorrow night. the 49ers search for their next defensive coordinator has officially begun, the team confirming today that they have interviewed robert saleh, the former jets head coach who also called for the niners defense for four seasons, including their super bowl run back in 2019. the niners say they also interviewed the detroit lions defensive back coach, but saleh appears to be the frontrunner here for this position. more interviews are planned in the coming days. meantime, the raiders are looking for a fresh start. general manager tom telesco has been fired two days after head coach antonio pierce was let go. telesco was hired by the raiders less than a year ago. before that, he spent a decade with the l.a. chargers. the raide

notre dame though answers riley leonard to jaden greathouse.s going to take it 54 yards to the house for the touchdown to tie it up. then under a minute to go penn state trying to get in field goal range. but drew allar picked off by christian gray. it was a great job by him to keep his hands under that ball. the irish would then get into field goal range and mitch jeter wins it for them. 2724 was your final. we knew this was going to be a heavyweight fight, and that's a really good team. >> we just faced that wasn't going to quit, but i told our guys, we've been here, we've been right here in this position before. >> and they believed and they got their job done. history is written by conquerors. we're holding the pen. >> we decided how we want to write our history. >> and, you know, i'm a firm believer in whether you think you can or you can't do something. you're right. we believe that we can do it. and we went out there and did it. >> all right. so notre dame will now face the winner of tonight's semifinal between ohio state and texas in th