Watch: Ohio State linebacker Jack Sawyer destroys a camera after hugging Ryan Day following his fumble returned for a touchdown.

Sawyer undoubtedly had the biggest play of the game when he sealed Ohio State's 28-14 victory over the Texas Longhorns. After stripping the ball away from Texas QB Quinn Ewers during a 4th-and-goal situation with less than three minutes remaining, the star defensive end proceeded to complete the play with an 83-yard fumble return.

Throughout the course of the game, both teams struggled to move the football offensively. Both teams came to play on the defensive side of the football. Sawyer ending the game wit

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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.

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

The Buckeyes defense stopped Texas near the goal line with less than three minutes to go as Jack Sawyer’s fumble return with 2:13 remaining gave the Buckeyes a 28-14 win over the Longhorns in Friday night’s Cotton Bowl. Sawyer stripped Quinn Ewers on fourth down and recovered the ball himself before officially running it 83 yards for the score.

The national championship game is nearly here. Ohio State is going for its first national title since the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes beat Alabama and Oregon with third-string QB Cardale Jones to win the first four-team College Football Playoff. A win on Monday night would make Ohio State the first 12-team CFP champion.

QB Riley Leonard and the Fighting Irish have faced a fierce gauntlet of defenses on their path to the title game, but the nation’s top-ranked unit awaits them on Monday.

The national championship game is nearly here. Ohio State is going for its first national title since the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes beat Alabama and Oregon with third-string QB Cardale Jones to win the first four-team College Football Playoff. A win on Monday night would make Ohio State the first 12-team CFP champion.

We completely understand why Day said losing to Michigan was rivaled only by the death of his father. When the Buckeyes lost 13-10 to the University of Michigan in November, police had to pepper spray the crowd to end a brawl. It erupted when the Wolverines tried to plant their Block M flag on the 50-yard-line at Ohio Stadium.