In college basketball ... win a national title at college football's highest level. If it happens, it would mark a significant moment. Still, it would come a full generation after college hoops and 18 years after Tony Dungy broke the same barrier in ...

Here's a closer look at how Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the first Black coach to make the college football national championship game

Thursday and Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinals have the potential to be some of the most exciting in years with Notre Dame taking on Penn State and Ohio State going to Texas to face the Longhorns.

Either Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman, left, or Penn State head coach James Franklin, posing with the Orange Bowl trophy on Wednesday in Dania Beach, Fla., will make history by reaching the College Football Playoff championship game. It’s taken 17 years, but college football is finally having its Super Bowl 41 moment.

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

On Thursday's edition of ESPN's " College GameDay ," analyst Desmond Howard reacted to the historic feat. "I remember sitting there with my children and I'm saying, 'You know what this means, right?'" Howard said. " They were like, 'We're going to have a Black coach in the national championship game for the first time ever.'"

Notre Dame's coach remains focused on his team's performance despite making history of his own at the Orange Bowl

“It (facing off against Marcus Freeman with the opportunity to become the first Black head coach at the national championship game) makes me think of when Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith played in ...

Marcus Freeman appears determined to make this not about himself, but when one is in the process of achieving something unprecedented, that’s even more difficult than conjuring a gameplan to defeat the 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes on the 20 th day of 2025.

Black college football coaches share what it means to see a Black coach contend for the national title for the first time.

Atlanta -- which means Freeman will make history on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and in King's hometown.  There is a duality about Freeman being the head coach at any program, much less the bluest of blue bloods.

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