What We Learned Live: Reactions following Ohio State's 24-14 loss to Miami

Bucknuts Morning 5: An Ohio State athletics podcast

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🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Well, that did not go according to plan. Ohio State got down 14-0 early against Miami in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Cotton Bowl and could not recover. The Hurricanes came away with a 24-14 win over the Buckeyes. Our postgame podcast, What We Learned Live, has reactions from many members of our staff. Host Dave Biddle is joined by Jonah Booker, Mark Neal, Heath Schneider, Matt Baxendell, Patrick Murphy and Steve Helwagen. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Well, that didn't go as planned, J. Book.
0:29.2	Buckeyes lose 24 to 14 to Miami.
0:32.3	Buckeyes win the total yardage battle, J-Book, 332 to 291 and still lose by 10.
0:37.8	You can't come out sleepwalking in a do-or-die game.
0:41.3	Good to see you tonight, all things considering.
0:44.6	Oh, man.
0:45.5	That was so frustrating to watch.
0:48.3	I mean, they started slow, and that was one of the things,
0:52.6	Ryan Day said they didn't want to do in this opening
0:56.0	monologue when they started the game said we need to win this possession, win this first
1:01.3	quarter, win this first half. And they got absolutely manhandled early on. The clock management
1:08.7	from Ryan Day, he's too old of a veteran of a coach to be having this type of clock management, Dave.
1:15.6	That was just absolutely ridiculous.
1:17.9	I mean, I'm screaming at the TV.
1:20.8	Like, you got to go, man.
1:22.6	Why are we going slow?
1:24.7	Like, it's 1714.
1:26.6	It's got to have it moments. And they just milk four minutes and 20 seconds off the clock for only six yards like what's what's the point of going slow all season long when the time is now you got to have a sense of urgency and they didn't, man, but give Miami their credit. They played
1:46.3	extremely well. I mean, they got after it. They made the plays. The biggest difference to me is
1:53.0	Miami really didn't do a whole lot here. But the difference to me is when Carson Beck was able to make plays with his legs to get them out of trouble.
2:07.0	That's the difference between him and Julie and Sand.
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