This season’s National Championship Game is pitting two traditional powers in Ohio State and Notre Dame against one another. It’s a matchup that both sides, naturally, want to win but one that analyst Paul Finebaum says is more important for the Buckeyes to win.

Paul Finebaum detonated on Ohio State football and who he wants to win the College Football Playoff Championship Game.

The luck of the Irish is about to run out as Notre Dame faces Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, according to Paul Finebaum.

Paul Finebaum is locking in his prediction ahead of Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game between two traditional powers in Ohio State and Notre Dame. Both teams expected to be here,

The College Football Playoff national championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame has Paul Finebaum doubting.

Finebaum said Notre Dame must play a near-flawless game to have a shot at an upset win. Given the way the Buckeyes dominated Tennessee and Oregon in their first two playoff games, he could see the championship game similarly. Finebaum added that the pressure on Ohio State coach Ryan Day couldn't be more immense.

The college football season will come to an end on Monday night, when Ohio State takes on Notre Dame in the national championship game. By the end of the night, one of the two most storied programs in the history of the sport will have one more national title.

Notre Dame's bid for a national title faces significant doubts, with ESPN's Paul Finebaum predicting a one-sided affair against Ohio State.