take Missouri and the points/ML - oHio St is 2-12 all-time in bowl games vs the SEC -

the only 2 wins oddly occurring in New Orleans -

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/ohio-state-record-vs-sec-bowl-games/kea87gm9y2mkzzyw6uaetcxt

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The Buckeyes' first bowl game against a SEC opponent was the 1978 Sugar Bowl, a top-10 showdown between No. 9 Ohio State and No. 3 Alabama that featured legendary coaches Woody Hayes and Bear Bryant. The Crimson Tide won, 35-6.

Ohio State also had a rough stretch against SEC opponents in bowl games in the 1990s before the Bowl Championship Series. John Cooper was on the losing end of all four bowl games against top-10 SEC teams.

DATE BOWL RESULT
Jan. 1, 1990 Hal of Fame No. 9 Auburn 31, No. 21 Ohio State 14
Jan. 1, 1993 Citrus No. 8 Georgia 21, No. 15 Ohio State 14
Jan. 2, 1995 Citrus No. 6 Alabama 24, No. 13 Ohio State 17
Jan. 1, 1996 Citrus No. 4 Tennessee 20, No. 4 Ohio State 14

The Buckeyes had seven more bowl matchups against SEC opponents in the BCS era, which began in 1998. That started with back-to-back Outback Bowl losses against South Carolina in 2001-02.

No. 14 South Carolina beat No. 22 Ohio State 24-7 on Jan. 1, 2001, which was Cooper's last game as the Buckeyes' coach. The following season, No. 14 South Carolina beat No. 22 Ohio State 31-28 in Jim Tressel's first bowl game.

Tressel would lead Ohio State to back-to-back BCS championship appearances in 2006 and 2007. The Buckeyes were ranked No. 1 both times, but they were rough losses. Florida – led by future Ohio State coach Urban Meyer – beat Ohio State 41-14 in the first one, and LSU beat the Buckeyes 38-24 the following season.

No. 6 Ohio State finally broke the curse against No. 8 Arkansas with a 31-26 victory in the Sugar Bowl on Nov. 4, 2011, but that win was later vacated because of NCAA violations. The following season, Florida beat Ohio State 24-17 in the Gator Bowl.
It took a former SEC coach to break the SEC curse. Meyer, who took over at Ohio State in the 2012 season, led the Buckeyes to their first bowl victory against a SEC opponent on the biggest stage possible.

No. 4 Ohio State met No. 1 Alabama in the first year of the College Football Playoff in the Sugar Bowl semifinal. Ezekiel Elliott's 85-yard touchdown run helped seal a 42-35 victory, and the Buckeyes won the national championship with a 42-20 victory in the CFP championship game.

The Crimson Tide met Ohio State in a rematch in the 2020 season in the CFP championship in a COVID-19 impacted season. That was Ryan Day's second season as a head coach, and Alabama routed Ohio State 52-20.

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not included in the SN piece was Georgia's victory over OHST in the CFP last year -

"O-H-Oh-No" - Tigers pickin Cotton in late December -