With 2:24 to play in Friday’s Cotton Bowl, Texas was knocking on the door of a game-tying touchdown. The Longhorns were at the 8-yard line with a 4th-and-8, and Ohio State needed a stand to all but seal a College Football Playoff national championship appearance.

Sawyer is a senior from Pickerington, Ohio, and the local product made a massive play with everything on the line. A Texas touchdown would've tied the game with just minutes left, but Sawyer's scoop-and-score extended the lead and sent the Buckeyes Nation into a frenzy.

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.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ohio State coach Ryan Day is now one win away from a national title, just weeks after it seemed the program was in long-term trouble. Now, after three-straight playoff wins, the Buckeyes will face Notre Dame in the national title game on Jan. 20.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has a chance to lead his team to the College Football Playoff national championship game on Friday night, but first the Buckeyes must defeat the Texas Longhorns. Here’s a look back at Day’s complete history in bowl games through the years.

By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.

In the College Football Playoff game against Texas, one of the greatest plays in Ohio State football history took place. When Jack Sawyer sacked Quinn Ewers forcing a fumble, then recovered it and rumbled 83 yards for a touchdown,