Playoff week is here! The inaugural 12-team college football playoff finally graces us with its presence this weekend and the very first game if this new era is an exceptional treat for fans of midwest college football: a renewed Battle of Indiana between the upstart Indiana Hoosiers -- 11-1 for the first time ever in Curt Cignetti's first season at the helm -- and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish -- 11-1 themselves following a 10-game winning streak that has followed arguably the most embarrassing loss in program history to Northern Illinois in week2 of the season.

We have a 2-part special show to break down the game for you. In the first half of the show, Sammy Jacobs of Hoosier Huddle returns to break down the Indiana portion of the game. What lessons have the team learned from the Ohio State game? How can they shut down Notre Dame's rushin ...