Ohio State advanced to the College Football Playoff Championship Game to take on Notre Dame next Monday after beating Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl. The Buckeyes were leading 21-14 with less than four minutes to go in the game, but the Longhorns looked like they were about to tie the score when they were just a yard away from the end zone following a pass interference penalty on Jermaine Mathews Jr. in the end zone.
After Texas was stuffed on first down, running back Quintrevion Wisner ran towards the boundary and was swarmed by the Buckeye defense, losing seven yards on the play. On third down, Jack Sawyer rushed Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers, forcing him to throw an incompletion to set up fourth down.
Then came a play that will go down as one of the best defensive plays in Ohio State history. Not only did Jack Sawyer apply pressure to Ewers that made a touchdown nearly impossible, the senior defensive end had a strip-sack and picked up the football to scoot 83 yards to the end zone, extending Ohio State’s lead to 28-14…