Among those that picked against Notre Dame, was one of the emerging mouthpieces of college football, On3's JD Pickell. Pickell is fair for the most part when it comes to breaking down games, and he definitely had his fair reasons to pick against the Irish. Although he has picked against Notre Dame many times this season ... I digress.

Notre Dame used on a 17-0 scoring run either side of halftime to beat Georgia 23-10 in the Sugar Bowl, advancing to face Penn State in the semifinals

The Georgia Bulldogs lost to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 23-10 in a low-scoring Sugar Bowl. Georgia outgained Notre Dame 296 to 244. The Bulldogs held Notre Dame to just 90 yards passing and did not