Choose your Al Golden storyline for Thursday's Orange Bowl ... Dame defensive coordinator — will help guide the Fighting Irish (13-1) into the College Football Playoff national semifinals on Thursday night, when they take on the Nittany Lions (13-2).

After the Cincinnati Bengals let go of defensive coordinator Lou Anuramo a few weeks, rumors started to circulate heavily around Notre Dame assistant Al Golden. Coach Golden previously served as the linebacker coach under Bengals head coach Zac Taylor from 2010-11,

How the Notre Dame defensive coordinator is trying his best put away his Penn State feelings for one important College Football Playoff night.

Colts Neck Al Golden, once a star tight end for Penn State, will coach against his alma mater with Notre Dame in the CFP Orange Bowl.

Al Golden was once a candidate to be Penn State's head coach. Now, Notre Dame's defensive coordinator will try to end the Nittany Lions' College Football Playoff run.

Here's a look back at Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden's ties to Penn State ahead of Thursday's Orange Bowl:

Following the departure of Wes Goodwin after three seasons, the Tigers were initially believed to be targeting Tennessee’s Tim Banks to take over their defense. However, recent developments indicate that Banks has opted to remain with the Volunteers,

Tom Deahn left football behind in 2012, but he’s torn on who to root for when Golden and Franklin meet for a chance at a BCS national championship

Before Notre Dame’s football team departed for Thursday’s matchup with Penn State in the Orange Bowl, players found highlights from the schools’ matchup on Nov. 17,

In this CFP final showdown of the top two scoring defenses at the FBS level, the raw numbers still don’t do justice to their dominance.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions will go at it in the College Football Playoffs on Thursday, here's how to watch.