DALLAS -- Jack Sawyer and J.T. Tuimoloau have come alive ever since Ohio State entered the College Football Playoff and that continued in the Cotton Bowl against Texas.

• Oregon crushed by Ohio State, ending No. 1 Ducks’ season: Previously undefeated Oregon (13-1), which prides itself in physicality and mental toughness, was punched in the mouth from the start as 90,732 attended the 111th Rose Bowl.

No. 6 Ohio State roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 41-21 victory over No. 1 Oregon in the 111th Rose Bowl.

If Oregon-Ohio State II lives up to the hype of their first matchup, then it will eclipse any Rose Bowl rematch that has come before it.

Not even the Granddaddy of Them All can remain unchanged by the 12-team College Football Playoff. Oregon and Ohio State can't participate in much of the traditional Rose Bowl pageantry because the oldest bowl game is serving as a CFP quarterfinal this year.

The Grandaddy of Them All was the most-watched of them all. The Oregon Ducks’ disheartening 41-21 defeat to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl drew an average of 21.1 million viewers and reached a peak of 24.

The Oregon Ducks and Ohio State Buckeyes are facing off in the College Football Quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl with National Championship hopes on the line. On

Jack Sawyer is one of Ohio State’s starting defensive ends for the second straight season. Sawyer, who was also voted as one of the Buckeyes’ four captains this year, began lining up opposite J.T. Tuimoloau on the defensive line as a junior last season.