{"id":378555,"date":"2025-12-30T21:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378555\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:21:08","slug":"prognosticating-the-cotton-bowl-eleven-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378555\/","title":{"rendered":"Prognosticating: The Cotton Bowl | Eleven Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLet&#8217;s try this again.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBecause then-No. 1 Ohio State lost to then-No. 2 Indiana, 13\u201310, in the Big Ten Championship Game, our Eleven Warriors contest ended with no winner. Thankfully, the Buckeyes have another chance to make our readers happy with a $100 Eleven Warriors Dry Goods gift card.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Wednesday, No. 2 seed Ohio State faces No. 10 seed Miami in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup at the Cotton Bowl. The winner of the showdown between Ryan Day\u2019s Buckeyes and Mario Cristobal\u2019s Hurricanes will advance to face either Georgia or Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe rules:<\/p>\n<p>\t\tMust be 18 years old or older.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tOne entry\/comment per person.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tDuplicate predictions are ineligible \u2013 first come, first serve.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe deadline for entries is kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tAny comment edited after kickoff will be disqualified, regardless of the edit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tOhio State must win the game for a giveaway to take place.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor complete contest rules,\u00a0see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elevenwarriors.com\/contest-rules\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe Prediction<\/p>\n<p>\n\tJeremiah Smith said Monday that, had Miami been in a better place coming off its 2023 season, he likely would have committed to the Hurricanes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019d probably end up going to Miami if things was on the right track then and there, but I chose to stick with Ohio State,\u201d Smith said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWe\u2019re glad he did.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn 28 appearances for the Buckeyes, Smith has hauled in 156 catches for 2,401 receiving yards and 28 total touchdowns. His 29th appearance will come against his hometown team, as the South Florida native looks to continue his unanimous All-American season with a big performance in Dallas.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCorrectly predict Smith\u2019s receiving yards on Saturday and win a $100 Eleven Warriors Dry Goods gift card. As always, Price Is Right rules apply: the closest prediction without going over takes home the prize.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGood luck!\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elevenwarriors.com\/12th-warrior\" title=\"Become a 12th Warrior\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12w-904-100-a.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s try this again. Because then-No. 1 Ohio State lost to then-No. 2 Indiana, 13\u201310, in the Big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-378555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}