Count former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz among those picking the Irish to beat Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.
Holtz, who coached Notre Dame to its last national championship in 1988, explained his reasoning on Golf Channel's "Morning Drive:"
"Ohio State's going to be disappointed," Holtz said. "They're not in the playoff, everybody thought they would be, they aren't even in the Rose Bowl, they took Iowa instead. So I don't think Ohio State is going to be real motivated, though I will say this, there's not a better motivator than Urban Meyer. And if anybody can get Ohio State ready, it'd be Urban Meyer."
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Meyer was hired by Holtz in 1996 to be Notre Dame's wide receivers coach, and after spending five years in South Bend, he was hired as Bowling Green's head coach, beginning a massively successful run that included stops at Utah and Florida before he led Ohio State to last season's College Football Playoff championship.
Watch the full video below, including Holtz's picks for the College Football Playoff semifinal matchups of Clemson-Oklahoma and Alabama-Michigan State: