For the Ohio State Buckeyes, it has been the Jeremiah Smith and Will Howard show through the first 25 minutes of the team’s Rose Bowl battle with the Oregon Ducks.
Smith has 161 yards and two touchdowns midway through the second quarter while Howard has 269 yards and three touchdowns. Here is his first touchdown, and here’s the second.
Don’t tell the running game that as they were the forgotten part of the game behind terrific performances from the receiving corps and defense. TreVeyon Henderson changed that quickly.
With a 66-yard touchdown, he now has 70 rushing yards on two carries and a touchdown. He exploded for the below touchdown, putting Ohio State up 31-0 in the Rose Bowl, a game in which they were favored by less than a touchdown.
TREVEYON HENDERSON TOOK IT 66 YARDS TO THE HOUSE 🏠
BUCKEYES UP 31-0 👀 pic.twitter.com/Vv0qMxUQ7i
— ESPN (@espn) January 1, 2025
The Buckeyes defense has come up huge as well, holding Jordan James, the Ducks star back, to seven carries for 14 yards. Dillon Gabriel has just 54 yards on 9-for-16 passing.
Everything is clicking for Ohio State at this point, and while it had all the makings of a classic, the Buckeyes are throttling the Big Ten Champions Oregon.