Golden, who played at Penn State and was Temple's head coach, still has connections on the Nittany Lions' staff.

This week's trip to South Florida isn't the first homecoming for Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden. He's come back in the years since the end of his tenure as head coach at the University of Miami.

Penn State and Notre Dame meet in Miami Gardens, Florida on Thursday night with a common goal — a National Championship appearance. The No. 4 seeded Nittany Lions surpassed SMU and Boise State en route to the Orange Bowl.

The Penn State Nittany Lions arrived in south Florida on Tuesday ready to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl.

The College Football Playoff semifinals are almost here. We started with 12, and there are now just four teams remaining in the hunt for the national championship: five seed Texas, six seed Penn State,