It's taken decades of near misses and maybes, but the narrative on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish is finally changing. For the last 30 years of football, the book on the Irish has been the same: Notre Dame is good,

Notre Dame’s coaching mastery shines in their Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia, proving it was the better team on the big stage.

Notre Dame beating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals is a program-defining result.