REPORT: Ohio State fans show up at wrong bowl game in CFP semifinals

The Buckeyes are set to face Texas on Friday in Dallas for the Cotton Bowl, but these OSU fans wound up in Miami instead...

Matt Lounsberry | 8 Hours Ago

Ohio State Buckeyes fans react during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Michigan Wolverines at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. Michigan won 13-10. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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The College Football Playoff resumes this weekend Notre Dame taking on Penn State in the Orange Bowl (Thursday) in Miami, Fla. and Ohio State battling Texas in the Cotton Bowl (Friday) in Dallas, Texas.

Unfortunately, it appears some of the supporters of the Buckeyes may made their way to the wrong venue. According to PennLive's Johnny McGonigal, a beat reporter covering Penn State football, at least a pair of Ohio State fans will be in attendance at the Orange Bowl to watch the Nittany Lions battle the Fighting Irish after they "misread the [College Football Playoff] bracket".

For those wondering, they looked like students. Said they “misread the bracket.” Didn’t say if they literally misread and booked or misread how it would play out, thinking OSU would play in the Orange Bowl, and booked weeks ago. Funny either way and stunned they didn’t sell.
— Johnny McGonigal (@jmcgonigal9) January 9, 2025

It's possible this wayward group of OSU supporters could see Ohio State's eventual opponent in the National Championship Game on Jan. 20, if the Buckeyes manage to defeat Texas on Friday night in Dallas. However, should Ohio State fall short against the Longhorns as a six-point favorite, at least these fans got a trip to South Beach despite their mistake.

Notre Dame and Penn State are scheduled to kick off in the Orange Bowl tonight (Thursday, Jan. 9) at 7:30 p.m., with ESPN carrying the TV broadcast.

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