Herbstreit mentioned that the crew would be headed to the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 to cover the matchup between Penn State and Notre Dame on the field and attempt to travel to Dallas, Texas, weather permitting, for a "College GameDay" double-header.

College football embarks on a historic New Year’s Day of playoff action today, kicking off the 2025 calendar year with a triple-header of quarterfinal games around the country. Penn State got an early start to the quarterfinal action,

With the crew of ESPN College GameDay in Pasadena, California at the Rose Bowl for the matchup between Ohio State and Oregon, that still doesn’t dull down the impact of the rest of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchups, which includes Notre Dame vs. Georgia and Texas vs. Arizona State.

The College Football Playoff semifinal round begins on Thursday with No. 6 seed Penn State facing off against No. 7 seed Notre Dame . The other game is on Friday with No. 5 seed Texas facing No. 8 seed Ohio State as the top four seeds all lost in the Quarterfinal round.

PM EST on January 1st between Georgia and Notre Dame. Here's how the ESPN Gameday Set picked the matchup. The Georgia

Critics of ESPN's involvement with the College Football Playoff aren't hard to find, and network host Rece Davis issued a blunt statement regarding comments he has received following the quarterfinals.

ESPN's latest projections aren't giving the Nittany Lions much of a chance to get past Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.