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Ohio State Buckeyes

Notre Dame (NIU) and Ohio State (Michigan) have both suffered historically bad losses en route to the CFP title game. How do they stack up?

The Athletic beat writers Pete Sampson (Notre Dame) and Cameron Teague Robinson (Ohio State) break down the title game.

On the head coach, the real offensive MVP and what the Buckeyes need to do versus Notre Dame.

Sawyer's passion for the Buckeyes is unmatched, and his 83-yard fumble return touchdown to beat Texas will live forever in Ohio State lore.

Ohio State is playing like every player on the roster bottled up the feeling after losing to Michigan and is uncorking it before each play.

Notre Dame and Ohio State can no longer be underestimated as they prepare for the Jan. 20 national championship.

Deep in the heart of Texas, the Buckeyes had to fight, scratch and claw through enemy territory on their way to the national title game.

Ohio State takes on Texas in the Cotton Bowl, which serves as a semifinal in the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are favored.

For the second straight game, Ohio State enters its College Football Playoff matchup as the lower seed but the betting favorite.

Ohio State's stars are finally showing up in the biggest moments and Jim Knowles' defensive scheme is working.

Two elite skill-position players — Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith and Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love — will lead their teams to victory.

The Big Ten perhaps is in a better position to succeed than at any time in the last 50 years.

Opposing coaches and personnel staffers break down the strengths and weaknesses of the QBs for the four teams still alive in the CFP.

The National Weather Service placed the Dallas-Fort Worth area under a winter storm warning for Thursday and Friday.