Rose Bowl – 2nd best game of the season according to ESPN+

It still stings but here is the blurb from the article. 

<h2 style=”border: 0px;line-height: 26px;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Arial, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 20px;margin: 0px 0px 20px;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #1d1e1f”>2. Ohio State 48, Utah 45 (Jan. 1)</h2>
<p style=”border: 0px;line-height: 1.6;font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif;font-size: 16px;margin: 0px 0px 20px;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #48494a”>It’s just science: Any fun and wild game is twice as fun and wild if it happens in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State was missing star receivers Chris Olave and Garrett Wilson, and quickly fell into a 14-0 hole, but the Buckeyes still had Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and Utah had no answers. Smith-Njigba caught 15 passes for 347 yards and three touchdowns, and a late 17-0 run gave Ohio State a 45-38 lead.

<p style=”border: 0px;line-height: 1.6;font-family: Georgia, ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif;font-size: 16px;margin: 0px 0px 20px;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #48494a”>Utah quarterback Cameron Rising left the game with injury, so freshman walk-on Bryson Barnes took over … and threw a gorgeous touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid with 1:54 left to tie the game. A strong kick return by Emeka Egbuka and a couple more passes to Smith-Njigba set up Noah Ruggles‘ game-winning 19-yard kick, and after failing to use any timeouts during OSU’s drive, Utah didn’t have time to mount a response.

<p style=”border: 0px;line-height: 1.6;margin: 0px 0px 20px;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline”><span style=”color: #48494a;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif”><span style=”font-size: 16px”>https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/33080411/college-football-top-100-games-2021-season-numbers-50-1</span></span>