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 DameOhio StatePeyton Butt (83-69)Notre DameOhio StateElijah Campbell (99-53)Notre DameOhio StateChris Clark (87-65)Notre DameOhio StateTerry Ford (107-45)Notre DameOhio StateGriffin Goodwyn (105-47)Notre DameOhio StateTyler Head (92-60)Notre DameOhio StateWes Mitchell (98-54)Notre DameOhio StateJay Philips (101-51)Notre DameOhio StateKendall Smith (88-64)Notre DameOhio StateMike Uva (99-54)Notre DameOhio StateJack Veltri (106-46)Notre DameOhio StateChris Wellbaum (87-65)Notre DameOhio StateKevin Miller (77-30)Notre DameOhio State

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