PASADENA, Calif. — No. 1 Oregon lost to No. 8 Ohio State 41-21 in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Rose Bowl Wednesday night.

Here’s a roundup of what was written nationally and in Columbus after the game:

Top-seeded Oregon sees title hopes dashed with early knockout by Ohio State (AP)

No. 6 Ohio State routs top-ranked Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl, advances to CFP semifinals (AP)

Oregon meets a sudden end after Ohio State goes mad at the Rose Bowl (Washington Post)

Oregon’s crushing Rose Bowl defeat leaves Ducks wondering: If not now, then when? (The Athletic)

What’s ahead for Oregon: It’s time for player development to eclipse transfer portal as Ducks’ modus operandi (CBSSports.com)

Oregon, Lanning offer no excuses in CFP defeat to Ohio St. (ESPN.com)

Ohio State dominates Oregon 41-21 in Rose Bowl to move to College Football semifinals, where Texas awaits (Cleveland.com)

Ohio State, college football’s sleeping giant, is finally awake, thanks to an unlikely culprit (Cleveland.com)

The face of the Ryan Day era has delivered when Ohio State football needs him most (Cleveland.com)

An Ohio State cornerback took note of Oregon’s pregame scouting report of him: ‘I took that personally’ (Cleveland.com)

Losing to Michigan was best thing to happen to Ohio State by allowing Buckeyes to change (Columbus Dispatch)

Here are 5 things we learned from the Ohio State Buckeyes’ 41-21 win over Oregon (Columbus Dispatch)

Briggs: Michigan didn’t just awaken a giant in Ohio State. It let loose a monster (Toledo Blade)

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— James Crepea covers the Oregon Ducks and Big Ten. Listen to the Ducks Confidential podcast or subscribe to the Ducks Roundup newsletter.