'This one hurts': Day's Buckeyes fold in fourth quarter — SkimNews
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- Ohio State blew a 20-point fourth-quarter lead and fell 23-24 to Texas, becoming the first AP No. 1 team since 2004 to lose after leading by 20+ points in the final period.
- Texas completed the comeback with three consecutive touchdown drives of 12 or more plays — the first FBS team in 15 years to close a win that way — with the go-ahead score coming on third-and-goal with 25 seconds remaining.
- Jeremiah Smith piled up 164 receiving yards through three quarters but did not record a catch in the fourth quarter, while Ohio State's offense managed just 49 total yards in the period.
- Kicker Joe McGuire missed a 45-yard field goal with just over four minutes left that would have extended Ohio State's lead to two scores.
- Coach Ryan Day shouldered blame after the loss, saying "all three phases didn't get it done in the fourth quarter" and adding "that starts with me."
- The defeat snapped Ohio State's 115-game winning streak when leading by 20 points — previously the sixth-longest active streak in the FBS — and ended a 22-year stretch in which AP No. 1 teams were 197-0 in that exact scenario.
Why it matters: Ohio State's loss snapped a 115-game winning streak when leading by 20 points and ended a 22-year, 197-0 run for AP No. 1 teams in that scenario — a historic statistical collapse. Center Carson Hinzman insisted the team "can still do everything we planned on doing this year," but the Buckeyes now face the weight of an unprecedented fourth-quarter failure as their season continues.
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