The Ohio State Buckeyes scored on their opening drive of the College Football Playoff championship as Will Howard hit Jeremiah Smith on a creative play that allowed him to basically walk into the end zone.

McAfee was joined by his cast from ESPN's daily program, "The Pat McAfee Show," for a live sideline alt-cast experience called "Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show," which aired on ESPN2 during the national title game.

ATLANTA — They Buckeyes hadn’t taken a shot play all night. They hadn’t thrown the ball to Jeremiah Smith all second half. And faced with third and 11 and Notre Dame trying to mount a furious comeback Monday night in the National Championship Game,