Ohio State has thrived off of a bend-don't-break style of defense all season, and in the closing stages of the Cotton Bowl against Texas, Jack Sawyer cemented that mentality with the biggest play of his life.
After a series of penalties gave the Longhorns the ball on the doorstep of the goal line with an opportunity to tie the game, the Silver Bullets on the Buckeye defense held strong to force Texas into a fourth-down situation. Sawyer went flying off the line of scrimmage after the snap barreling towards his former roommate Quinn Ewers, and what happened next will live on in the lore of Ohio State football forever.