The Buckeyes dominated play early in Saturday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal matchup, but led only 16-0 midway through the second quarter. The lead should have been larger. The Buckeyes settled for three short field goals in the first half, including two that came on the heels of drops from J.K. Dobbins, Ohio State’s star running back.
Dobbins was one of the game’s stars. He rushed for 174 yards and had two runs of 60-plus yards in the first quarter alone, including a 68-yard touchdown. But he let a diving would-be touchdown catch slip through his fingers and later dropped a screen pass that was set up perfectly and may have been another TD.