Ohio State’s defense has been hard to score on all season and that remained true even in a College Football Playoff National Championship, where it surrendered 23 points to Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are one of just four teams in the last two years to score more than 17 points on Ohio State,

After the game, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was being interviewed on the field by ESPN’s Holly Rowe, basking in the win. Day was a few answers into the interview when longtime Buckeyes defender Jack Sawyer,

Jack Sawyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes are looking to finish off their 2024 season with a national championship win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. That wo

Theismann has spent a good bit of time around this team, and Tim Brown — Notre Dame’s last Heisman Trophy winner (1987) — has spent even more. Brown, who was at the Indiana and Penn State playoff games, has gotten to know Freeman and several key players well.

For the Ohio State Buckeyes, it was veteran defensive end Jack Sawyer who stepped up on Friday night and made the biggest play of the game, getting a strip-sack on Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers on 4th and goal and taking it the other way for a game-sealing touchdown.

Quarterback Will Howard and defensive end Jack Sawyer served fans at the front counter and drive-thru of the Olentangy River Road/W. 3rd Avenue location.

Ohio State Buckeyes star Jack Sawyer is soaking in his team's national title victory, but looking ahead to the next level, he says continuing to lean on his faith will go a long way.

With his clinching scoop and score, Ohio State football's Jack Sawyer sent his team to the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Ohio State's last win over Michigan was in 2019 when Sawyer was in high school. However, this season's loss to the rival may have hurt the most for the senior defender, as it was on the Buckeyes' senior day. Plus, the game ended in a brawl between both teams after a Michigan flag was planted in the middle of Ohio State's field.

Ohio State football fans headed to Crossroads Pub in Hebron to watch Jack Sawyer play for Ohio State in the national championship game.

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On Wednesday, it was look at what the 2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish offense could look like when they first take the field against the Miami Hurricanes in the season opener. This could change drastically depending on who replaces defensive coordinator Al Golden, who is reportedly returning to the NFL.