Kansas State moved on from its quarterback and it created the story of Will Howard's run with Ohio State to College Football Playoff title game.

Ohio State is hours away from meeting Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff championship game, capping a season that just in the past eight weeks has seesawed between the depths of another loss to Michigan and the potential high of claiming the program first championship since the debut of the four-team format a decade ago.

It all came spilling out in a players-only meeting on the Tuesday after Ohio State's devastating loss to Michigan in the final weekend of the regular season. The Buckeyes, a 21-point home favorite over the Wolverines, imploded in a loss that gave critics even more ammunition to aim at embattled head coach Ryan Day.

The Jayhawks secured a big victory over the Bearcats on Saturday. Here’s a breakdown of what worked—and what didn’t.

While Howard took the majority of the snaps the rest of the way for Kansas State, he did surrender some work to the Wildcats' young phenom in 2023. His transfer to Ohio State has been clearly the right move for the Downing, Pennsylvania, native.

After one season with the Ohio State Buckeyes, quarterback Will Howard will have no more eligibility remaining, having spent the first four seasons of his

Howard, who transferred from Kansas State over the offseason, replaced Kyle McCord as Ohio State's starting quarterback this year after McCord entered the portal following last season. And apart from a mistimed slide against Oregon and a cold outing ...

Will Howard never beat Texas when he played quarterback for the Kansas State Wildcats. But he led his his new team to a thrilling 28-14 victory over the Longhorns on Friday in the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. His reward is a trip to the national championship game with the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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Riley Leonard and Will Howard, the soon-to-be starting quarterbacks at Notre Dame and Ohio State, attended the famed Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State over the summer. They were roommates, getting ready for the pressure cooker of big-time college football at two of the biggest brands in the sport.