A couple of years ago, colleague Andy Nesbitt, writing for For The Win, authored an article arguing that college football's national championship game being on Monday night is one of the dumbest things in sports.

It’s the first time fans have been asked to fling open their wallets to attend as many as four games as their teams marched toward a title.

Now, we've got one more game left. On Monday night in Atlanta (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), Ohio State, a nearly 10-point favorite, will seek its first national title in 10 years while underdog Notre Dame will seek its first in 36.