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Field Design Revealed For Peach Bowl Between Ohio State And Georgia

The Buckeyes are 2-0 in College Football Playoff games played on a field with turf-colored end zones.

Andrew Lind

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The field design for tonight’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl between fourth-ranked Ohio State and No. 1 Georgia has been revealed.

As usual, the logo for the Peach Bowl is placed at midfield, with the wordmark of the game’s presenting sponsor – Chick-fil-A – painted between the hashes at the 25-yard lines.

The College Football Playoff logos can be seen on the 25-yard lines, as well, albeit on the south side of the field after being on opposing sidelines for the first three years of the playoff.

The Buckeyes’ end zone – which is on the east side of Mercedes-Benz Stadium – features an “Ohio State” wordmark in scarlet with a white and gray stroke against a turf-colored background.

This is the first time this font has been used in the end zone at a bowl game, as the Buckeyes now have it against a scarlet background it in the north end zone of Ohio Stadium after replacing the turf last offseason.

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The Bulldogs’ end zone, meanwhile, matches the design in the west end of Sanford Stadium, with a white “Georgia” wordmark outlined in red against a turf-colored background. Both include the playoff logo left of the wordmark.

Ohio State is notably 2-0 in the College Football Playoff when playing on a field with end zones that feature a turf-colored background, including the 2015 Sugar Bowl win over Alabama and 2021 Sugar Bowl win over Clemson.

Georgia, on the other hand, has not played a playoff game with turf-colored end zones despite that being typical for bowl games played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, as the 2018 national title game had black backgrounds instead, a staple of the playoff era.

Kickoff for tonight’s Peach Bowl is set for 8 p.m. on ESPN.

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Andrew Lind is an Ohio State beat writer and photographer at BuckeyesNow, founder of The Ohio State Uniform Database and the NCAA and NFL writer at SportsLogos.net.

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