When Notre Dame faces off with Georgia on New Years Day in the Sugar Bowl, whichever team starts faster will be the overwhelming favorite to go on and win the game. Notre Dame has played out in front with a lead for the majority of the season and has yet to have to play from behind.

If Georgia playing Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl has a classic ring to it, it should. A national championship hung in the balance when a freshman running back named Herschel Walker helped the 1980 Bulldogs capture a national title by beating the Fighting Irish 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl.

Forty-four years later to the day, Notre Dame and Georgia meet again in the Sugar Bowl, the venue for their College Football Playoff Quarterfinal matchup. The winner advances to the Orange Bowl and takes one step closer to winning the first title of the 12-team playoff era.