NEW ORLEANS -- For the second consecutive year, Clemson linebacker has been ejected from a College Football Playoff game in the Super Dome.Skalski was ejected after a hit late in the second quarter on Justin Fields. Fields was replaced by C.J. Stroud for one play before returning to the game and completing a nine-yard touchdown to Chris Olave.The ejection mirrors what the Buckeyes went through last season in the Fiesta Bowl when Shaun Wade was ejected for a hit on Trevor Lawrence. That was the …

NEW ORLEANS -- For the second consecutive year, a Clemson linebacker has been ejected from a College Football Playoff game in the Superdome.James Skalski was ejected lowering his helmet to deliver a blow to Justin Fields’ rib cage. Fields was replaced by C.J. Stroud for one play before returning and completing a nine-yard touchdown pass to Chris Olave.The ejection mirrors what the Buckeyes went through last season in the Fiesta Bowl when Shaun Wade was ejected for a hit on Trevor Lawrence. That…

NEW ORLEANS, La.   –  When the college football season started in late August, there were questions about how it would go playing in the middle of the pandemic. At that point, the Big Ten (along with the Pac-12) wasn't going to play football this fall. That changed after the other Power 5 conferences stuck to their guns and started playing games. On New Year's Day, we sit on the other end of the college football season, in the College Football Playoff. Four teams stand with a chance to wi…

Former Ohio State wide receiver Parris Campbell isn't pleased with the litany of social media messages following a controversial targeting flag in the first half of Friday night's College Football Playoff semifinal in New Orleans. Clemson linebacker Jamie Skalski was ejected for leading with the crown of his helmet on a tackle against Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, who went to the turf gripping his back for several minutes. Most media members and outspoken reactions pointed to Fi…

Trailing 7-0 after allowing Clemson to drive straight down the field on their opening possession of the game, the Buckeye offense needed a spark. Trey Sermon is coming off the best single-game rushing performance in Ohio State history, when he torched the Northwestern Wildcats for 331 yards. Sounds like just the guy the Buckeyes need. After a fairly quiet first four games in Columbus, the grad-transfer from Oklahoma is having an epic stretch for the Buckeyes. Considering that starting tailback…