The Capital One Orange Bowl will feature the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Here is what to know before the game.

Penn State head coach James Franklin made a few in Thursday night’s Orange Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal — a game his Nittany Lions lost on a late-game field-goal by Notre Dame’s Mitch Jeter — but none has drawn more ire than his play-call on that game-winner.

Mitch Jeter hit a go-ahead 41-yard field goal with seven seconds left, which was set up by a Christian Gray interception at the Penn State 42-yard line with 33 seconds left to play.

Notre Dame beat Penn State 27-24, in the Orange Bowl Thursday night, Jan. 9, 2025 before a sellout crowd of 66,881 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Irish will be in their first title game since 2012. Coach Marcus Freeman will be the first Black head coach to take his team to the national title game.

The Lions247 team has its finger on the pulse of Penn State transfer portal news, recruiting, coaching staff moves and more after James Franklin's squad was eliminated in the semifinals of the College

Penn State’s 2024 season has come to a disappointing close with a loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Now it’s time to turn the page and look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the current state of Penn State football.

After being eliminated from the NCAAF playoffs by Notre Dame, Penn State Nittany Lions QB Drew Allar shared how he plans to approach the upcoming season with his team.

Our college football expert gives his three best prop bets for tonight's Notre Dame vs. Penn State CFP Semifinal clash.

Penn State football has a few culprits for Thursday's heartbreaking Orange Bowl loss to a gritty Notre Dame team

For years, Penn State had a pair of popular cheers, “The Nittany Lion” and "Short Yell State.” In the mid-1970s, according to Penn State historian Lou Prato, the Nittany Lions’ cheerleaders were awed when making road trips with the team to Ohio State and USC, both of which used call-and-response cheers among fans to liven the in-stadium atmosphere.