Even in a video game the numbers would be far-fetched.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record books ablaze in Pasadena, and then he did it again. And again. And a couple more times after that in a Rose Bowl performance that won’t soon be forgotten. So historically great was Smith-Njigba’s 15-catch, 347-yard, three-touchdown outing against Utah that somehow it managed to overshadow perhaps the all-time greatest passing performance in Ohio State history, as C.J. Stroud tossed for 573 yards and six touchdowns.
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Not only did the pair power a frenzied second-half comeback against the Utes that saw Ohio State erase a 14-point halftime deficit, but the quarterback-wideout duo also set the stage for a 2022 campaign that will justifiably feature astronomical offensive expectations given the sample they offered spectators Saturday.