Zach Osterman and Mike Niziolek pick apart the key matchups, players and potential x-factors in IU football's first-round College Football Playoff game at Notre Dame on Friday night. Will Kurtis Rourke be able to open up Indiana's passing attack and hurt the Irish? Can IU corral Riley Leonard and Notre Dame's ground game? What's the mood in both fan bases going in? And who will win?

Chapters

0:00 -- Intro

1:45 -- Early thoughts on IU and Notre Dame

3:31 -- Strength-on-strength matchups both ways

5:34 -- Notre Dame against the pass

8:27 -- Teams limited mistakes

11:25 -- IU's lessons from Ohio State loss

18:57 -- Individual matchups to watch

25:29 -- The importance of Indiana's ground game

32:48 -- Ball security

36:35 -- Hoosier linebackers against Leonard, plus predictions