It may not have been a College Football Playoff win, but the Ohio State Buckeyes got the job done against the USC Trojans, 24-7, in the 82nd edition of the Cotton Bowl Classic.
In J.T. Barrett’s swan song, he quarterbacked the Scarlet and Gray to a win inside AT&T Stadium—the place where he would’ve QB’d had he not been injured en route to OSU’s 2014 national championship.
For both Ohio State and USC, the focus shifts to next season. But, before we ride off into the offseason sunset, let’s take a look back and see what we learned from Friday night’s Cotton Bowl.