As Ohio State gears up for Monday's College Football Playoff national championship game against Notre Dame it will be doing so without one of its most

This is something noteworthy before the national title game between Ohio State and Notre Dame: per The Lantern (the school's newspaper), walk-on defensive end "has been dismissed from Ohio sate's football team.

Both the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish elevated their programs to championship caliber with big moves in the offseason