Notre Dame football stands on the brink of its first national championship since 1988 and nothing seems right in the world, except everything makes sense

Notre Dame’s athletic director said “I think there’s a chance” there will be tweaks to the way the College Football Playoff awards byes next year — an issue that will be discussed this weekend but that would need unanimous approval from the 10 conferences and the Fighting Irish.

The teams in Monday’s national championship game rely on high school recruits, and have mined the NCAA transfer portal selectively.