Joel Klatt compares Ohio State-Notre Dame title game to 2002 Super Bowl featuring soon-to-be HOF QB Tom Brady

Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt has nearly hit the nail on the head regarding the College Football Playoff so far. In the latest edition of his podcast, Klatt revealed that he had correctly predicted seven of the 10 games.

However, Klatt is taking a different approach to the title game between Ohio State and Notre Dame on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).

In a 20-minute breakdown video, Klatt compared the Ryan Day-Marcus Freeman clash to one of the NFL's most famous Super Bowls, the 2002 edition between then-quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots vs. the then-St. Louis Rams. Of course, the game was part of an eventual dynasty for New England, but Klatt sees parallels in keys to victory for Notre Dame.

"I believe the blueprint for the [Fighting] Irish is what we got all the way back in [2002] in Tom Brady's first Super Bowl," Klatt said. It wasn't about Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. It was about their defense. They were facing "The Greatest Show on Turf" [St. Louis Rams], and what did the Patriots do? No, I'm not gonna get into the video gate, okay? What they did is they muddied the game up by being physical with the skill position players of those Rams – grabbing them, forcing the officials to call things, and then making life difficult on Kurt Warner."

Klatt said a similar game plan should be implemented given the Buckeyes' wide-open offensive approach.

"They have got to play physical with the [Ohio State] wide receivers," Klatt said. "In fact, in a lot of ways, I would dare Ohio State to run the football. Dare [them] to run the football, particularly on early downs. It's very apparent if you look at the season from Ohio State, they are best, they are most dangerous and lethal offensively when they're getting the ball to wide receivers. They're doing that early to open up the run game later."

As Josh Pate alluded, Klatt also gave Notre Dame a minimum point cushion, which it should strive for to have the best chance of upsetting the Buckeyes.

"If they don't succeed on first down, they're not scoring 10 points in this game," Klatt said.

Like many other pundits, Klatt isn't giving Notre Dame a great chance to win. However, it will be up to Freeman and the Fighting Irish to prove the world wrong.