Ohio State’s coaches have been focused on, for four weeks straight, a different playoff game that could end the team’s season. But in the background, they’ve also had to be on the phone texting and calling as best as they can.

The teams in Monday’s national championship game rely on high school recruits, and have mined the NCAA transfer portal selectively.

At 6-foot-2 and 191 pounds, Notre Dame CB Leonard Moore has the length to stick with Jeremiah Smith (6-3, 215) whenever Ohio State’s rising star lines up to the boundary.