Still holding on to their Week 2 upset in South Bend, the Northern Illinois Huskies sent a backhanded message to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish ahead of tonight's CFP title game.

Led by Tavari Johnson's 21 points, the Akron Zips defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies 80-70 on Tuesday night.

Holtz, 88, reignited their feud last week on X when he wrote that, “If Notre Dame doesn’t win, it’s because we want to preserve Ryan Day’s job. I was originally going to be at the game in spirit, but now I’ll be dragging my body along as well.” He was responding to a tweet wondering if he would attend the showdown.

Akron will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Zips play Northern Illinois. The teams match up Tuesday for the first time this season.

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Notre Dame game in Atlanta start at $1,254 on VividSeats, $1,218 on StubHub, $1,226 on Gametime and $1,337 on SeatGeek. The Buckeyes face a Fighting Irish team that bears little resemblance to the one that lost to Northern Illinois in September.

The Fighting Irish's lone loss came against the Northern Illinois Huskies all the way back in early September, at the time dropping them to 1-1. Since that stunning upset, the Irish are on 13-game ...