Friday, January 02, 2015

Sugar Bowl: Buckeyes Overcome Crimson Tide, Will Take On Ducks In National Title Game

At New Orleans:

In his second collegiate start, quarterback Cardale Jones completed 18 of 35 passes for 243 yards and a touchdown (47 yards to Devin Smith) while running back (and the game's Most Valuable Player) Ezekiel Elliot carried the ball 20 times for 230 yards and two scores as the fourth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes (13-1) overcame a fifteen-point second-quarter deficit and upended the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide (12-2) 42-35 in Thursday's Sugar Bowl, which acted as the second semifinal contest in the College Football Playoff.

The Buckeyes will take on the Oregon Ducks in the first CFP National Championship Game, on Monday, January 12 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

This will be the first time in nine years that no Southeastern Conference team will play in the national championship contest.

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