Ohio State’s Cotton Bowl matchup against Miami might unleash its most explosive weapon: Outrageous Predictions

Irving, Texas -- The past clip Ohio State played successful nan Cotton Bowl, Jeremiah Smith didn’t person his champion day.

He’d conscionable spent nan first 2 rounds of nan College Football Playoff showing why he was nan sport’s undisputed champion player.

Against Tennessee astatine home, he turned 7 targets into six catches for 103 yards and 2 touchdowns. He sewage targeted 10 times against Oregon successful nan Rose Bowl, resulting successful 7 catches for 187 yards and 2 much scores. But that power came to a halt against Texas.

The Longhorns’ protect attack was intelligibly built connected nan thought that personification other would person to hit them different than nan then-freshman by trading retired connected him. Smith was only targeted 3 times, pinch only 1 turning into a three-yard summation connected a bubble screen.

Now he’s getting a chance to get backmost connected that stage, moreover if nan Longhorns won’t beryllium nan squad waiting for him. This time, it’ll beryllium Miami, nan programme from his hometown that he rejected successful favour of being a Buckeye.

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Smith heads into Wednesday’s CFP Quarterfinal crippled pinch 2 different motivating factors.

The first is getting nan chance to put distant a amended showing successful nan only postseason crippled past season, wherever he didn’t time off a tangible effect connected nan container score. The 2nd is showing nan Hurricanes what they missed retired connected because they couldn’t support him from leaving nan state. And he’ll get to execute those 2 things while being astatine afloat spot after spending astir of November fighting to get healthy.

The consequence mightiness beryllium nan latest illustration of conscionable really explosive OSU’s astir vulnerable limb tin be.

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Stephen Means covers Ohio State shot for Cleveland.com while besides serving arsenic nan big of nan Buckeye Talk podcast. Prior to covering nan Buckeyes, he sewage acquisition moving astatine nan Akron Beacon Journal...