Staff Picks: Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl matchups in College Football Playoff

While South Carolina’s season is over after finishing with a 9-4 record, the college football season still rolls on.

The College Football Playoff semifinal games will be played starting on Thursday between Notre Dame and Penn State in the Capital One Orange Bowl. Then on Friday, Ohio State will face Texas in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.

Both games will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. The winner of each game will advance to the National Championship, which will be played on Monday, Jan. 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Before things get underway, the GamecockCentral and 107.5 The Game staffs shared their picks for these two matchups.

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	Notre Dame vs. Penn State (Orange Bowl)	Ohio State vs. Texas (Cotton Bowl)
George Bagwell (82-70)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Peyton Butt (83-69)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Elijah Campbell (99-53)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Chris Clark (87-65)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Terry Ford (107-45)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Griffin Goodwyn (105-47)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Tyler Head (92-60)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Wes Mitchell (98-54)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Jay Philips (101-51)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Kendall Smith (88-64)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Mike Uva (99-53)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Jack Veltri (106-46)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Chris Wellbaum (87-65)	Notre Dame	Ohio State
Kevin Miller (77-30)	Notre Dame	Ohio State

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