After the game, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was being interviewed on the field by ESPN’s Holly Rowe, basking in the win. Day was a few answers into the interview when longtime Buckeyes defender Jack Sawyer,

In the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, Jack Sawyer stepped up for Ohio State on arguably the team's biggest play of the season. With Texas looking to tie the Cotton Bowl in the fourth quarter,

By his own admission, Jack Sawyer didn’t need any kind of elaborate pitch from Ryan Day to get him to commit to Ohio State. If the scholarship offer was there, the Pickerington native was going to don the scarlet and gray.