SHOCKING COMMITMENT: No. 1 Top Rated 5-Star QB Shocks Gator’s with Decommitment, Flips Commitment to Ohio state football Over Alabama, LSU, and……
SHOCKING COMMITMENT: No. 1 Top Rated 5-Star QB Shocks Gator’s with Decommitment, Flips Commitment to Ohio state football Over Alabama, LSU, and…
The Buckeyes are back on top, as Ohio State took down Notre Dame, 34-23, to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday night.
Ohio State has now won nine college football titles, tying them with USC for fourth-most ever among NCAA’s officially recognized championships.
This is also the first title since the 2014 season, which was the inaugural College Football Playoff.
The Buckeyes have been such a different team since losing to Michigan in their rivalry game. And after convincingly defeating Tennessee (42-17), Oregon in the Rose Bowl (41-21), and Texas in the Cotton Bowl (28-14), Ohio State used their high-octane offense to barrel its way past Notre Dame to win it all.
But this game wasn’t like previous Ohio State wins during this playoff, as the Fighting Irish really made a statement on an opening drive that lasted 18 plays and killed over nine minutes of first quarter clock.
However, the tides of momentum quickly shifted to the Ohio State sideline, as Will Howard and his group of talented weapons didn’t just respond, but took over when they had the ball in their hands.
The ensuing drive went 11 plays and 75 yards, as freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith capped the drive with a perfect play call that saw him act like he was running behind Howard on pre-snap motion but planting in the ground and walking into the end zone with no one in sight.
Ryan Day’s group not only tied the game, but the defense turned it up a notch as they forced back-to-back three-and-outs on Notre Dame’s second and third drive. And the Buckeyes’ offense used that to their advantage with two more touchdown drives before the end of the first hal
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