Jack Sawyer and Quinn Ewers came to Ohio State together in 2021. They were roommates. The defensive end and quarterback wound up in the same place on Friday, the Cotton Bowl a CFP semifinal. Only Sawyer was still a Buckeye and Ewers played for Texas, Sawyer got the final word as his 82-yard scoop and score sealed a 28-14 victory and a spot in the national championship game against Notre Dame.
“I can’t say enough about Jack Sawyer, He’s a captain,” Ohio State coach Ryan Day said. “To make a play like that in that moment you become a legend. He became a legend,”
This moment between Ryan Day and Jack Sawyer ❤️ pic.twitter.com/tedn2lArIL
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) January 11, 2025
“To make a play like that in that moment … You wanna leave a legacy behind? You become a legend. He just became a legend at Ohio State.”
—Head Coach Ryan Day on Jack Sawyer 🙌 pic.twitter.com/COpbU08VJp
— ESPN (@espn) January 11, 2025
Texas had the ball at the one-yard line and was three feet from tying the game late in the fourth quarter. A loss on a running play set up Ewers to make a pass that was incomplete. On fourth down, Ewers’ former roommate hit him and the ball popped right to Sawyer.
He took off and ran 82 yards for the touchdown.
JACK SAWYER SCOOP-AND-SCORE 😱
Ohio State is one step closer to advancing to the national championship! pic.twitter.com/BPoV5FBRGZ
— ESPN (@espn) January 11, 2025
Ohio State will play Notre Dame on Jan. 20 in Atlanta for the national championship.
Ewers had two touchdown passes in the game. Quinshon Jenkins of Ohio State had two running touchdowns.
Quarterback Will Howard made a huge run on a fourth down play to set up the touchdown that gave Ohio State the 21-14 lead, setting the stage for Sawyer’s heroics.
BUCKEYES TAKE THE LEAD IN THE FOURTH 👀
Quinshon Judkins punches it in for his second touchdown of the game‼️ pic.twitter.com/TeORvLn7Kc
— ESPN (@espn) January 11, 2025
Ewers had two words for his former roommate and a laugh.
“Screw you.”
Jack Sawyer on what Quinn Ewers said to him after his strip-sack TD 😅 pic.twitter.com/lfwxJHHkAk
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 11, 2025
The 4th-and-goal Texas disaster that results in a Jack Sawyer strip-sack and scoop-and-score for Ohio State.
The sideline cams show Steve Sarkisian's soul being crushed in real time on the Pat McAfee broadcast. #CFP pic.twitter.com/VipP5Ska1s
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 11, 2025
