As the Buckeyes approach the 2025 College Football Playoff, multiple players will be sidelined with injuries, while a pair appears to be doubtful for the Cotton

What’s good, Miami folks? Hope your weeks have gotten off to a good start. The Hurricanes and Buckeyes are both now in Dallas, so the media availabilities have begun. And, therefore, the opportunity for talking and noteworthy tidbits is before us again.

UM’s Cotton Bowl opponent, Ohio State, beat out the Hurricanes for five-star defensive lineman David Jacobs on Monday.

Former Buckeye CJ Stroud has made strides in the NFL, bringing the Houston Texans to three-straight playoff berths.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are chomping at the bit to get back on the field after a long layoff and want to take care of business quickly against Miami.

Defending national champion Ohio State is in the Cotton Bowl for the third year in a row, while Miami is already returning to Texas just more than a week after being in the state for a win in its College Football Playoff debut.

Ryan Day will call plays for Ohio State in the CFP as the team also emerges as a school to watch for Penn State transfer Chaz Coleman.

The Ohio State Buckeyes seem to be without wide receiver Bryson Rodgers through the rest of the College Football Playoffs. The junior entered the transfer portal just last week on Thursday, Dec. 18.

Something to watch in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals will be how sharp the teams that got first-round byes are early in their games.