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PASADENA, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 01: Da’Jaun Riggs #21 of the Oregon Ducks looks on after a lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes during the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential at Rose Bowl Stadium on January 01, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776233015 ORIG FILE ID: 2192078384
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PASADENA, Calif. — The final seconds were so anticlimactic it almost didn’t feel like a proper Rose Bowl. Ohio State fans roared through a stadium-wide cheer of “O-H-I-O” as Oregon fans trickled out in a deflated exodus.
“Go back to Eugene!” Buckeyes cornerback Jermaine Mathews Jr. shouted at no one in particular as the clock counted down to No. 8 seed Ohio State’s commanding 41-21 victory Wednesday in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals game against the top-seeded Ducks.
A forceful victory and a mind-boggling collapse.
Of all the College Football Playoff teams that could have been upset, dominated or straight-up embarrassed off the field, absolutely no one predicted Oregon would be in the running for the most stunning collapse of the season. No one.
Yet the Ducks hobbled out of the Rose Bowl dripping in disappointment and irony. No one figured this Oregon team would ever be on the losing end of a blowout. Except maybe Ohio State.
College football fans love a good debate. Buttressed by logic and facts or complete meritless nonsense, they’ll materialize a debate out of thin air if they have to. And especially if it’s about the playoff.
But one playoff detail that never seemed up for debate for…
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Publish date : 2025-01-02 15:13:00
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