Notre Dame made history by defeating Indiana and collecting its first CFP win for the university and its recently extended head coach Marcus Freeman. While this is a great accomplishment, nobody in Notre Dame land is satisfied, everybody wants more, as they all should.

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.

No. 2 Georgia (11-2) will battle No. 7 Notre Dame (12-1) in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. As these two historic college football powerhouses face each other,

No. 2 seed Georgia and fifth-seeded Notre Dame square off in New Orleans as the Sugar Bowl hosts a quarterfinal game in the first 12-team College Football Playoff.

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.

Riley Leonard's improvement in the passing game will be a key part of seventh-seeded Notre Dame's game plan against second-seeded Georgia in the College Football Playoffs

Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard discusses his upcoming matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs' defense in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Notre Dame capitalized on their third College Football Playoff appearance, defeating Indiana 27-17 in the first round. The Fighting Irish kicked off the new 12-team playoff format in style, hosting the very first home playoff game in a snowy South Bend.