News and Notes: Ohio State, Missouri Tangle in 88th Goodyear Cotton Bowl - Ohio State (2024)

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But in Ohio State's 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl, the Buckeyes put in their worst offensive performance in nearly a decade, and their first game without a touchdown since they were shut out in the 2016 College Football Playoff semi-final by Clemson.

The Tigers claimed the New Year's Six Bowl win with a 14-3 victory over No. 7 Ohio State on Friday evening at AT&T Stadium.

And the vaunted Ohio State defense? It did everything it could. But without any help from the offense, it too eventually ran out of gas and allowed Missouri to rack up 14 fourth-quarter points to put the game away.

Missouri football opt-outs for Cotton Bowl

The Missouri Tigers had no players opting out of the Cotton Bowl except those listed in the transfer portal. According to head coach Eli Drinkwitz, that shows the brotherhood this team has.

Ohio State was banned from competing in the postseason during the 2012 season after the resignation of Jim Tressel following multiple violations imposed on the program after an NCAA ruling.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are in for a pleasant 2024 season, according to the oddsmakers. In its latest projections for each team's win total, FanDuel gave the Buckeyes an over/under line of 10.5 wins over the coming year.

ARLINGTON, Tx. — After three grueling quarters defined by a mind-numbing amount of punts, the Missouri Tigers won 14-3 over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 88th annual Cotton Bowl Classic. Here's three takeaways from the Tigers' first bowl game win since the 2014 season.

ESPN Analytics heavily favor Ohio State, giving it a 75.6% chance to win on Friday. The same model gives Missouri a 24.4% chance to take home the Cotton Bowl trophy for the first time since 2013.

The NFL's Dallas Cowboys called the Cotton Bowl home for 11 years, from the team's formation in 1960 until 1971, when the Cowboys moved to Texas Stadium. Although not the first established bowl game, the Cotton Bowl is a play on the phrase "cotton boll." Texas is the leading producer of cotton in the United States.

Pressure on Ryan Day after Cotton Bowl adds more questions. ARLINGTON, Texas — Ohio State walked off the field frustrated and disappointed, some players even in tears. This was supposed to be Devin Brown's game, but he was limping around with a high-ankle sprain that sidelined him.

Why did Carson Hinzman not play in Cotton Bowl? ›

During the lead-up to the Cotton Bowl, he lost his starting spot as the anchor of the offensive line and did not make an appearance in a humbling loss to Missouri. His struggles in practice prompted the Buckeyes to sideline Hinzman in favor of Matt Jones, sliding him over from right guard.

The Buckeyes are recognized by the university and NCAA as having won eight national championships, including six from the major wire-service selectors: AP Poll and/or Coaches' Poll.

The usage of the term "Mizzou" was first recorded in a campus yell that used the phrase "Mizzou, Rah, Rah." The commonly accepted origin is that the word is a shortened version of the university's (then-known as the Missouri State University) initials, MSU.

According to the Cincinnati Business Courier, Each UC player will get A $500 Mastercard gift card, a mercury duffle bag, and an autographed football. The Cotton Bowl organizers decided to give out free spending for the majority of the $550 in gift value they are allowed to distribute to each player, per NCAA rules.

From 1937 to 2009, the Cotton Bowl hosted the Cotton Bowl Classic, an annual NCAA Division I bowl game.

Center Carson Hinzman, who struggled all year, was benched because of his performance in bowl practices. Matt Jones took over at center with Enokki Vimahi moving to Jones' right guard spot. It didn't help. “When you have a young kid in there, you have to be able to run the ball and take some pressure off,” Day said.

His struggles in practice prompted the Buckeyes to sideline Hinzman in favor of Matt Jones, sliding him over from right guard. Coaches told him it was best for the team, a judgment Hinzman accepted, as he recalled Monday following a spring practice. “I don't read anything too much into it," he said.

Ryan Day said after the game that Hinzman had been “having a tough time the last couple of weeks in practice,” prompting the decision to replace him in the lineup for the bowl game. Three months later, Hinzman says he has no hard feelings about the benching.

opts out of playing in Cotton Bowl for Ohio State vs Missouri. ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Two-time AP All-America receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. opted out of playing in the Cotton Bowl for seventh-ranked Ohio State, though the junior has not revealed whether he will declare for the NFL draft.