Welcome back to the 1990s.
For the second straight year, Ohio State's season ended with a loss to Michigan and the Buckeyes' bowl opponent. The last time the program lost to Michigan and the bowl opponent in consecutive years? 1990 and 1991.
Ryan Day played ten true freshmen in the 14-3 Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri — three more than the seven that saw action in the loss to Michigan. Lincoln Kienholz and Carnell Tate were the only members of the 2023 class with stats against Missouri.
Kienholz's number was called for duty in the second quarter when Devin Brown could not continue due to an ankle injury.