Two Ohio State players make USA TODAY’s all-bowl team – Buckeyes Wire

January 17, 2022 12:37 pm ET

The Ohio State football team may have fallen just short of its preseason goals of winning the Big Ten and making it to the College Football Playoff, but the ending was one to remember, and watch over and over on whatever DVR capabilities you have.

That’s because the Buckeyes showed the world an offensive explosion in coming back from a double-digit deficit in the Rose Bowl to win an all-time classic of a game at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The defense — much maligned through the first half — also found a way to play a part in all the fun by getting off the field and only allowing Utah 10 points in the second half.

Now that all the bowls are over and there’s been a national champion crowned (congrats Georgia), USA TODAY has selected its all-bowl team. And while Ohio State wasn’t playing in the CFP, it did play in front of a national audience in one of the greatest and tradition-rich bowls of all time.

With such a fantastic game and some otherworldly numbers being put up on offense, you would expect at least one Ohio State player to show up on Paul Myerberg’s all-bowl selections, and that’s exactly what we have. In fact, two OSU players were selected, and you can probably guess who.