Will any of this season’s matchups top these?
Earlier this week, I covered the best game ever for each of the New Year’s Six bowls—excluding the College Football Playoff. Now it’s time to cover those Playoff games.
Counting them down, from five to one:
5. Ohio State 42, Alabama 35: 2014 Sugar Bowl semifinal
Ezekiel Elliott’s “85 yards through the heart of the South” run is entrenched in Buckeyes lore as the play that clinched a major upset and propelled Ohio State toward its most recent national championship. With the Buckeyes holding a 34–28 lead and less than four minutes remaining, Elliott took a handoff left, cut upfield and ran away from the Alabama defense to put the game away.