Ohio State Favored Ua College Football Playoff Tom Qab Utah Knocks Off USC Hauv Pac-12 Title Game

Cameron Rising thiab Utah tau kov yeej ob qhov kev poob qis kom kov yeej Southern California hauv Pac-12 lub npe kev ua si rau hnub Friday tsaus ntuj ntawm Allegiant Stadium hauv Las Vegas, qhib qhov rooj rau Ohio State los ua College Football Playoff.

Ib qho kev poob Ohio State (11-1), No. 5 hauv College Football Playoff qeb duas, tam sim no tos nws txoj hmoo rau hnub Sunday thaum tav su thaum qhov kawg qeb duas yuav tshaj tawm ntawm ESPN.

Tom qab qhov kev ua si, yav dhau los Buckeyes thiab Utes tus thawj coj qhia thiab tam sim no FOX kws tshuaj ntsuam Urban Meyer tso dag tias Utah tus thawj coj Kyle Whittingham yuav tsis tas yuav them mov noj hauv Columbus "ib ntus" tom qab tshem tawm Trojans.

“Coach (Ryan) Hnub, koj zoo siab txais tos, ”Whittingham teb tom qab nws pab neeg rov qab los ntawm 17-3 qhov tsis txaus los yeej USC, Pab Pawg No 4 hauv CFP qeb duas, 47-24 pem hauv ntej 61,195, Pac-12 championship game record rau qhov chaw nruab nrab.

No. 1 Georgia (12-0), uas ntsib LSU hauv kev sib tw SEC rau hnub Saturday, thiab No. No. 2 Texas Christian (12-0), uas ntsib Kansas State hauv qhov kev sib tw loj 3, kuj muaj qhov ua tau zoo ntawm kev ua Playoff, thiab yuav tsum tau tawg tawm rau No. 12 Alabama (0-12) kom muaj kev txhaj tshuaj los ua Playoff.

Peb-lossis Utah (10-3) tshwm sim mus rau Rose Bowl li Pac-12 tus neeg sawv cev, zoo li tawm tsam Penn State, piv txwv li Michigan ntaus Purdue.

"Peb yeej tau txais cov lus nrov thiab meej tias ntau tus neeg tau saib tsis taus peb, tsis muab sijhawm ntau rau peb hauv qhov kev ua si," Whittingham qhia reporters.“Qhov ntawd yog pawg neeg tsis ncaj ncees uas ua rau. Peb tau keeb kwm yog chip-on-peb-lub xub pwg-hom kev pab cuam. Qhov ntawd tau nyuaj thiab nyuaj ua qhov ua tau zoo dua koj muaj, tab sis qhov ntawd yog nyob rau hauv peb DNA los ntawm txoj kev rov qab los thaum, kom deb li deb tau hnov ​​​​me ntsis saib xyuas thiab tib neeg tsis muab peb lub sijhawm.

"Koj co me ntsis ntawm lub zes hornets thaum qhov ntawd tshwm sim."

Kev nce siab tiav 22-rau-34 dhau los thiab tam sim no muaj peb 300-yard dhau kev ua si hauv plaub txoj haujlwm pib vs USC.

"Kuv xav tias peb coj nws tus kheej me ntsis thiab pom txhua yam uas tsis hwm," Rising hais. "Peb tsuas yog xav tawm mus thiab ua pov thawj ib qho."

USC quarterback Caleb Williams, Heisman Trophy nyiam, "poob pob txha taub hau" nyob rau lub sijhawm ntxov, raws li USC tus thawj coj qhia Lincoln Riley, tab sis yuav tsis tawm ntawm qhov kev ua si.

"Shit, qhov ntawd yog ib qho kev ua yeeb yam zoo tshaj plaws uas koj yuav pom," Riley qhia reporters.

Williams, uas tau taug kev nrog qhov tsis pom kev zoo tom qab raug mob, raug tshem tawm xya zaug los ntawm Utes.

“Koj puas tau muaj ib lub hnab yas qub? Qhov ntawd yog qhov nws xav li cas, "Williams hais.

Tus yeej loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hmo ntuj yog Ohio State, uas tsis tau ua si txij li thaum muaj yeej, 45-23, los ntawm Michigan hauv tsev thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 26.

Yog tias Buckeyes tau txais txiaj ntsig los ua pab pawg thib plaub hauv Playoff hnub Sunday, Kaum Ib Hlis yuav muaj ob ntawm plaub tus neeg sawv cev hauv Playoff.

Lub Kaum Ib Hlis tsuas yog yeej ib qho kev sib tw hauv lub tebchaws raws li tam sim no College Football Playoff hom ntawv thiab uas tuaj thaum thawj xyoo hauv 2015 thaum Ohio State yeej Oregon, 42-20, hauv Arlington, Texas.

Hauv Kaum Ib Hlis tsuas yog lwm qhov tshwm sim hauv kev sib tw ua si hauv hom no, Alabama tsoo Ohio State, 52-24, hauv Miami Gardens hauv 2021.

SEC tau yeej tsib lub npe nyob rau hauv hom tam sim no - peb los ntawm Alabama (2016, '18 thiab '21), ib qho los ntawm LSU (2020) thiab ib qho los ntawm Georgia (2022) - thaum Clemson (2017, '19) ntawm ACC muaj yeej ob.

Lub Tsev Kawm Qib Siab Football Playoff semifinals yuav ua si Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 31 ntawm Fiesta thiab Peach Bowls, nrog rau kev sib tw hauv tebchaws Lub Ib Hlis 9 ntawm SoFi Stadium hauv Inglewood, Calif.