Tommy Togiai made a career-high 10 tackles, Jaxon Smith-Njigba had his second two-touchdown game in three weeks and C.J. Stroud reached 10,000 career passing yards.
It was a great week for one college football team from Indiana. For another? Not so much. Our dumb, beautiful sport turned up the chaos as the College Football Playoff awaits.
Three Ohio State commits – Glenville's Cincere Johnson and Jamir Perez and Liberty Center's Kellen Wymer – won state championships in Ohio over the weekend.
Ohio State was selected to play in the Cotton Bowl rather than the Orange Bowl to avoid the possibility of the Buckeyes having to play Miami in the Hurricanes’ home stadium.
Ryan Day said that Brian Hartline will remain Ohio State's play caller in the CFP and the Buckeyes will "respond like men" and avoid finger-pointing after their loss to Indiana.
For the first time this season, Ohio State lost; for the second time in just over 12 months, it was a 13-10 loss in the final game leading up to the College Football Playoff.
Indiana's defense exposed the dormant flaws in Ohio State's offense, as red zone failures, offensive line breakdowns and bad play calls cost the Buckeyes.
Curt Cignetti said Indiana's experience in matchup games and aggressive playcalling led to the Hoosiers' victory: "I wasn't going to play not to lose, we were playing to win."
Ryan Day calls Ohio State’s loss to Indiana “a major lesson to learn for this team” and a “tough lesson to learn,” but said the Buckeyes have “a lot of football ahead...
