After having to sit out Saturday and not having any say in where it will go bowling, Ohio State now has a firm answer on travel plans for the holidays. With Michigan’s win over Iowa in the Big Ten Championship game in combination with Utah’s win over Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship, OSU will head to Pasadena to play the Utes in the Rose Bowl.
For a season that’s been a disappointment — at least with the standards that have been set during the last few years — heading to southern California to play in arguably the most iconic bowl game is at least a consolation prize of sorts.
And Ohio State will need to get its focus right because Utah will be a formidable foe. The Utes didn’t just beat an Oregon team twice the Buckeyes lost to earlier in the year, they did it in a relatively dominant fashion in both instances.
Being that Utah has done most of their work late when most of you are probably in bed, we thought we’d give you five things to know about Utah as the Buckeyes prepare to play the Utes in the “Grandaddy of them all.”