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Miami send Ohio State home in stunner
Bangkok Post
|January 02, 2026
Carson Beck passed for 138 yards and a touchdown as No.10 seeds Miami upset No.2 seeds and defending champions Ohio State 24-14 in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, on Wednesday.
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Miami head coach Mario Cristobal hoists the Field Scovell Trophy after defeating Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. AFP
(AFP)
Miami (12-2) will play either No.3 Georgia (12-1) or No.6 Ole Miss (12-1) in a semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl on Jan 8 in Glendale, Arizona. The Bulldogs and Rebels meet this morning (Thai time) in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. In the two years of the CFP 12-team playoff, all five teams to receive first-round byes lost.
The Hurricanes stunned the Buckeyes (12-2) with a 14-0 halftime lead on the strength of a 9-yard touchdown catch by Mark Fletcher Jr and a 72-yard pick-6 by Keionte Scott. Fletcher also ran for 90 yards in the game.
This story is from the January 02, 2026 edition of Bangkok Post.
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