MIAMI — More than the din of sonic noise will be in the air Sunday night at Hard Rock Stadium. College football history will be, too. All the old ghosts will be out as two of the sport’s most storied — and starving — programs and fan bases try to find their way to long-elusive new glory days.

Miami Hurricanes. Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

There is magic in the words, still. But the memory must reach to recall it. These two premium national college brands have spent the past 61 years, combined, trying to live up to their past. Trying to prove they are “back,” back to a standard set by their own ghosts that does not accept 10 wins and top 10-good.

National championship is the standard in Coral Gables and in South Bend. Miami last met that demand in 2001 with its fifth and most recent crown.

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