Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

In this special encore presentation of Ross Fulton Analysis, Ross breaks down Ohio State's 2022 season-opening win over Notre Dame. 

In light of the Buckeyes' upcoming National Championship Game against the Fighting Irish, there are some schematic themes discussed here that could have an impact on Monday night's game in Atlanta. We hope you enjoy this episode of Ross Fulton Analysis from the Buckeye Huddle archives.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are less than a week away from facing off against Notre Dame in the National Championship Game. 

The matchup pairs the two best teams in the nation in scoring defense, with the Buckeyes allowing 12.2 points per game, and the Fighting Irish second in the country at 14.3 points per game. 

Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly met with the media to preview the game, and discuss the challenge ahead for the Buckeyes. 

In this episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, you'll hear Kelly's answers to questions about how the Irish might try to defend star freshman WR Jeremiah Smith, what he said over the headset to Will Howard after the quarterback stumbled and could have cost the team a touchdown, and more.

There was a lot to like about Ohio State's offensive performance against Texas in the 2025 Cotton Bowl, but there were a lot of questions after the game about how the Longhorn defense was able to hold freshman phenom WR Jeremiah Smith to just one reception and three yards. 

Ross Fulton, the Xs and Os guru at BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to discuss how the Longhorns managed to keep Jeremiah Smith in check, and whether Notre Dame's defense will be able to do the same thing in the National Championship Game.

Ohio State CB Denzel Burke did not play in the second half of the Cotton Bowl after suffering an injury against Texas. What is Burke's status for the National Championship Game? 

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day provided answers on that and many more topics during his first press conference in the leadup to the national title showdown between the Buckeyes and Notre Dame. 

In this special bonus episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, you'll hear Day's thoughts on that and much more, including:

• What Texas did to shut down Jeremiah Smith, and how the Buckeyes might respond if Notre Dame tries to do the same thing. 
• Why did the Buckeyes get called for so many penalties against the Longhorns, and how can they get that corrected?
• How the offensive line played a part in the crucial interception thrown by Will Howard early in the third quarter
• And much more. 

Notre Dame is one game away from winning its first national championship since 1988. So what would a national title mean to the Fighting Irish program and its head coach Marcus Freeman?

In this episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, you'll hear the answer to that and a lot of other big questions from Freeman. 

• The Irish will be without a key offensive lineman for the national championship game. Freeman discusses that, and how they might fill that spot, including potentially plugging in Charles Jagusah, who was projected to start the season at left tackle before suffering a serious injury during fall camp. 
• What is his friendship with Ohio State LB coach James Laurinaitis like? 
• They got a head start on the national title game by playing the night before the Cotton Bowl. How beneficial was that?

The Ohio State Buckeyes used two enormous plays, and one incredible 13-play drive to knock off the Texas Longhorns, 28-14 in the 2025 Cotton Bowl to advance to the National Championship Game against Notre Dame. 

After the game, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, QB Will Howard, and DE Jack Sawyer discussed the plays that will go down in Buckeye history, as well as how Texas shut down Jeremiah Smith and how the Buckeyes worked around that, what it meant to Howard to finally beat Texas, what it meant to Sawyer to make an iconic play like his strip and score touchdown, and much more. 

The Ohio State Buckeyes used an opening drive touchdown, a shocking long touchdown on a screen, a determined drive under extreme pressure, and an instantly iconic sack, strip, and score play to knock off Texas, 28-14 in the 2025 Cotton Bowl to advance to the national championship game against Notre Dame.

Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to discuss some of the biggest moments of the game that has the Buckeyes just one game away from their first national championship in a decade.

The College Football Playoff Semifinal in the 2025 Cotton Bowl game matches up two of the brightest offensive minds in the sport, Ohio State's Ryan Day and Texas' Steve Sarkisian.

How will Sarkisian's offense match up with Jim Knowles' Ohio State defense? And how will Texas defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski slow down the Buckeye offense headed up by offensive coordinator Chip Kelly?

On this special LIVE episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, Ross Fulton, the Xs and Os guru from BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to answer those questions and preview the Cotton Bowl showdown between the Buckeyes and Longhorns.

We put out a call for listener questions, and you guys sent in an overwhelming number - so many that we couldn't answer them all on the Buckeye Weekly podcast feed, and are taking on a few here on Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning. 

In this episode, host Tom Orr answers questions about:

• Whether Texas will have to turn the reigns of its offense over to backup QB Arch Manning if Quinn Ewers can't get things into gear
• How much of an impact this week's winter storm in Dallas is going to have on game preparations
• Whether the Buckeyes have any options if they don't like the officiating crew that's assigned to the Cotton Bowl

NOTE: After this episode was recorded, the Cotton Bowl released the following statement.

We continue to monitor weather reports, and over the last 24 hours, the forecast for later this week has improved according to the National Weather Service. We have been meeting routinely with city officials, the Director of Transportation for North Texas and the College Football Playoff. Should the forecast shift, we are prepared for all contingencies. North Texas highways are already being brined and plans are in place to assure a safe environment for everyone in and around AT&T Stadium on game day. The teams arrive tomorrow, as planned, and the 2025 CFP Semifinal at the 89th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic will kick off on Friday evening as scheduled.

The Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns will arrive in Dallas on Wednesday evening, but starting on Thursday, a winter storm is going to hit the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. 

North Texas isn't accustomed to dealing with ice and snow, and the storm is expected to cause big issues with road conditions. So could the Cotton Bowl be delayed by a day?

Tony Gerdeman of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr in Texas with the latest on the forecast and its impact on the game. Plus a preview of Wednesday's team arrivals, and some of the biggest storylines of the week.