'Past and present': Traditional powers Ohio State and Notre Dame have evolved

Ohio State and Notre Dame are among the most tradition-rich teams in college football's history.

The Fighting Irish and Ohio State are the second- and fourth -winningest programs of all time.

They have embraced modernized approaches to the sport while honoring the past.

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman : "Our everyday walk is spent with one foot firmly planted in our past".

Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz : "Those are the challenges that you face at a university like Notre Dame that I don't believe you do anywhere else" Holtz won the 1988 national championship and finished right behind legendary coach Alfred Rockne with 100 wins.

The 2024 roster additions were carefully selected, largely graduate transfers already with college degrees.

Ohio State AD Day and Notre Dame coach Freeman believe that all of the above is the key to survival.

Notre Dame's Freeman reinstated the lost tradition of Notre Dame football players attending Mass as part of their pregame routine.

Day and Freeman believe all of that can coexist within the framework of the modern college football world.