Ex-Notre Dame star fuels national title game hype with harsh critique of Ohio State's Will Howard

Zaire was unconvinced Howard would be able to do enough to get over the Fighting Irish on Jan. 20.

"All the great QBs Ohio State has had the last 15 yrs and Howard is def the worst one by far and ostate fans are trying to convince me that he's gonna lead them to the chip?!?! Lmao ok," Zaire wrote on X. "I'd even take the OG Jalin Marshall at QB before Howard!!!!!!!!"

Notre Dame will be looking for its first national championship in the College Football Playoff era, but have to go up against a tough defense and an offense that has the ability to explode for big plays.

The Fighting Irish narrowly defeated Penn State in their semifinal matchup.

Howard has 3,779 passing yards and 33 touchdown passes this season. He transferred to Ohio State from Kansas State.