The winner of tonight's game gets the monkey off their back - they finally won a big game & took down an elite foe. The HC will be vindicated of all failure & wrongdoing. Loser will be clowned on - "Should have known better than to trust [ND/PSU] in a big game - look at their track record!"
The winner will be vindicated. Their program is fixed. They are an elite HC.
The loser is the biggest dumb idiot stupidhead ever and that whole fanbase should be ashamed. And you're stupid too for expecting anything different out of them.