Ohio State has taken down No. 1 Georgia.
Well ... in the Battle for Bowl Week competition, at least. The Buckeyes won four of five team activities against the Bulldogs throughout the week to earn the Bowl Week Championship belt, winning the “Drop It Like It's Hot,” basketball, bowling and Andretti Indoor Karting competitions.
But hey, the team that wins the Battle for Bowl Week competition has been victorious in seven of the last 11 Peach Bowls, so it's something, right?
The Buckeyes lost their lone event of the competition on Monday when four offensive players, four defensive players and two assistant coaches from both teams faced off in "Football Feud," an appropriately spun game of the popular game show Family Feud. OSU rebounded later that night by winning the Drop It Like It's Hot event, where teams were shown multiple choice questions and had 15 seconds to discuss. They were allotted a fixed amount of points they could wager on each answer. One-by-one, incorrect answers dropped off the screen along with any points they wagered on that answer. OSU won 1,500-1,000.
Ohio State and Georgia players went head-to-head in a pair of game-show-style contests tonight to kick off the Battle for Bowl Week. After Georgia won the first contest (Family Feud), Ohio State won the second contest (trivia) to take home the Battle for Bowl Week belt for now. pic.twitter.com/EBQ00PeQdC
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Remember when C.J. Stroud said the Ohio State football team could beat the basketball team in a basketball game at Big Ten Media Days in July? Well, Ohio State basketball players certainly didn't agree with his assessment. But, could they beat the Georgia football team in a basketball game? They already did in a basketball hot-shot challenge on Wednesday evening. Select players had a 45-second window to make as many free throws as possible, and the Buckeyes won the contest 140-123. Unsurprisingly, Stroud was one of the Buckeyes' representatives, along with former high school basketball players Cade Stover and J.T. Tuimoloau.
OSU clinched the competition by winning the Andretti Bowling contest the same night, with each team selecting two players to compete. The Buckeyes won the event 416-378. Ohio State capped off the night in style by winning the final event, Andretti Indoor Karting. The average lap time for each team was totaled and the team with the quickest average time was declared the winner. OSU bested Georgia by three-tenths of a second for the fastest average lap time.
The Buckeyes will now look to beat Georgia in the competition that really matters when they face the Bulldogs on the football field at 8 p.m. Saturday in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
