We are less than a week until the Notre Dame Fighting Irish travel down to New Orleans to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. The Sugar Bowl, which has a great history, is only going to get bigger and better as the second round of the College Football Playoffs rage on.

With the Fighting Irish being the "away" team at the neutral site in New Orleans, the traditional white uniform and gold pants combination would be most likely. It can be reasonably anticipated that Georgia will wear red, leaving Notre Dame with a good amount of creative freedom if it chooses to stray away from white.

Now, Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame have the chance for a program-validating win on New Year’s Day in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia. Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs have been the standard of excellence in college football recently.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are preparing for their college football playoff quarterfinal matchup in the Sugar Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs. As we have seen too many times this season — the Irish have been hit with a few injuries to starters.

The College Football Playoff bracket is down to its final eight teams, with the quarterfinals set to help fans ring in the new year.

The No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs will play the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish after Notre Dame won their home playoff game against the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers. Georgia and Notre Dame will play in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,

A trend that Georgia will need to break to be successful in the college football playoffs. The Georgia Bulldogs are tasked with going up against Notre Dame in the college football playoffs in the Sugar Bowl.