2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs aTm/Miami-FL winner, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

[BB73]

The Buckeyes will enter the CFP quarter-finals at the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX on New Year’s Eve.

They will face the winner of the first round game held on Sat 12/20 at noon ET with the Miami Hurricanes at Kyle Field to face the Texas A&M Aggies.

What: Cotton Bowl
Who: Ohio State vs. TBD
When: Wednedsay, Dec. 31
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: AT&T Stadium
Tickets: SeatGeek, StubHub or VividSeats

 

[buckeyemania11]

Ruining Cryamis "return" would be great.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Ruining Cryamis "return" would be great.

Every 20 years or so you should put a new stake through their heart, just to make sure they are still dead

 

[Jaxbuck]

I'll just put this in here instead of offense and defense threads. This is a mix of FEI data (tells us what teams have done) and CFB EPA data (tells us how teams do it). There is more to it but that's the high level.

OSU Bracket Matrix

Threat to OSU on each side of the ball

Team	Their Defense vs OSU Offense	Their Offense vs OSU Defense	Total Threat Level
Indiana	Very High	Moderate	High
Georgia	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
Miami	Moderate	Low	Moderate–Low
Texas A&M	Low	Low	Low
Ole Miss	Low	Minimal	Minimal
Tulane	Minimal	Minimal	Minimal

Indiana​

• Only team whose defensive architecture materially distorts OSU's offensive rhythm as we just saw.
• Offense is not elite; threat comes 75% from defense (13 points)

Georgia​

• Balanced, top-10 in everything, but nothing that specifically attacks OSU’s structural weaknesses.
• Most “complete” opponent on this side.

Miami​

• Defense good enough to slow OSU some, but OSU defense >Miami’s offense.
• Hard for Miami to get to 20 points in this game.

Texas A&M​

• QB-run based run game gets shut down by OSU front.
• Defensive drive efficiency is not top-tier when opponent-adjusted.
• Can’t threaten OSU unless OSU self-inflicts.

Ole Miss​

• Cannot defend OSU’s WR room or methodical structure.
• Offense gets erased by OSU D.

Tulane​

Ha

We will be ~7 point favorite over TAMU/Miami
Probably ~-3 over UGA

My single biggest concern is playing in Glendale. Fuck that place.