June 19, 2026

Why Ohio State football guard Jonah Jackson’s first bowl game feels like an early Christmas


COLUMBUS, Ohio — When you play football at Ohio State, it’s a given that you are going to be playing in a bowl game every year. The standard is winning Big Ten and National Championships, and anything less than that is seen as a failure of a season. Players who come to Ohio State will never know what it’s like to have their season end after 12 games. The only person who’s experienced that type of disappointment is offensive lineman Jonah Jackson. Jackson spent the first four years of his college career at Rutgers before coming to Columbus as a graduate transfer in the spring. In his only season with the Buckeyes, he’s won more games (13) than he did in four years with the Scarlet Knights, where he compiled a record of 11-37 and 4-31 in the Big Ten. He’s never been bowl eligible until now and a win…

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