THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH A football game is 3,600 seconds long. And Notre Dame only needed 54 of them to not just stun Georgia, but essentially put the Bulldogs away. The Fighting Irish are into the College Football Playoff semifinal after a 23-10 Sugar Bowl win,

Notre Dame has opened as a small 1.5-point favorite at FanDuel over Penn State for their Orange Bowl clash on Jan. 9 in Miami Gardens, Fla. The No. 7 Fighting Irish (13-1) are -125 moneyline favorites, with the total set at 46.5.

The Irish took a 6-3 lead with 39 seconds to go in the second quarter on a field goal by Mitch Jeter. Eleven seconds later, that lead was 10 points after RJ Owen forced a fumble by Georgia QB Gunner Stockton and Junior Tuihalamaka recovered. A play after the strip sack, Riley Leonard found Beaux Collins for a 13-yard TD.