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Title: Cotton Bowl CFP Quarter-Final:#2 Ohio State (12-1) vs #10 Miami (11-2)
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 24, 2025, 11:13:51 AM
Both teams are coming off of very low scoring games with each team scoring just 10 points their last time out.  Miami beat aTm 10-3 in the CFP first round while Ohio State lost 13-10 to Indiana in the B1GCG.  So now they face each other with tOSU -9.5 and an O/U of 42.5.  FWIW, Vegas is thus predicting something like a 26-16 or 26-17 Ohio State win.  

Series history:
Ohio State leads the series 3-2 and won by far the biggest game in the series.  Ohio State won the 2003 Fiesta Bowl aka 2002 BCSNCG 31-24 in 2OT.  None of the other games involved NC contenders:


Title: Re: Cotton Bowl CFP Quarter-Final:#2 Ohio State (12-1) vs #10 Miami (11-2)
Post by: Cincydawg on December 24, 2025, 03:43:51 PM
I think if OSU can apply pressure on Beck consistently, he'll rattle and they win rather easily.
Title: Re: Cotton Bowl CFP Quarter-Final:#2 Ohio State (12-1) vs #10 Miami (11-2)
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on December 24, 2025, 03:46:47 PM
I don't know how to predict anything involving OSU, as their most recent outing was so different than the rest of their season.  Except for their defense, which was still obscene in a good way.

If Miami can't score, they can't win.
Title: Re: Cotton Bowl CFP Quarter-Final:#2 Ohio State (12-1) vs #10 Miami (11-2)
Post by: Cincydawg on December 24, 2025, 04:03:25 PM
My GUESS is they win easily, something like 27-10, a never in doubt kind of game.

I find the Indy-Bama game more intriguing.
Title: Re: Cotton Bowl CFP Quarter-Final:#2 Ohio State (12-1) vs #10 Miami (11-2)
Post by: FearlessF on December 24, 2025, 05:49:51 PM
Indy might shutout the Tide
Title: Re: Cotton Bowl CFP Quarter-Final:#2 Ohio State (12-1) vs #10 Miami (11-2)
Post by: Gigem on December 24, 2025, 10:28:29 PM
My GUESS is they win easily, something like 27-10, a never in doubt kind of game.

I find the Indy-Bama game more intriguing.
Agree. Ohio St wins easily.