CLEVELAND, Ohio – A “Welcome to Atlanta” bobblehead is being issued today – Wednesday, Jan. 15 - to commemorate the Ohio State Buckeyes in the national championship. Ohio State and Notre Dame will play Monday, Jan. 20, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

After not even making the Big Ten title game, Ohio State (13-2) gets a shot at its sixth AP national championship when it plays Notre Dame (14-1) on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. Only the eight-time champion Irish — who won their last in 1988 — Alabama (12) and Oklahoma (seven) have more AP titles than the Buckeyes.

Ohio State has been purposely pacing itself on offense all season, huddling more and trying to limit the number of snaps in each game of what the Buckeyes hoped and anticipated would be a long run. “I know it sounds crazy,