Ohio State DE details extra personal motivation to take down Miami

Ohio State Buckeyes defensive end Kenyatta Jackson Jr. (97) celebrates during the first half of the Big Ten Conference championship game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, 2025. | Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesThe Ohio State football program will face Miami in the Cotton Bowl in just over a week. It will be the first time these two have faced off in a postseason game since the epic 2003 Fiesta Bowl. That game was for a national championship, something that Hurricanes fans still haven't gotten over.

This is a game that Jeremiah Smith wants to win badly. This is his hometown team, and he certainly made it well-known…