SOUTH BEND — The destination city played out just like it was scripted in their dreams and drawn up on the dry erase boards in meeting rooms. It’s just that No. 7 Ohio State (11-1) and eighth-ranked Notre Dame (10-2) will be playing in Glendale, Ariz. — under a translucent, retractable roof and on the first-ever in North America retractable natural-grass playing field, at University of Phoenix Stadium — 10 days too soon. As of the morning of Nov. 21, both teams were on a trajectory to have a chance to end up playing each other in the National Championship Game, Jan. 11 in Glendale instead of the Jan. 1 BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl. Pushing résumés, statistics, chemistry and internal/injury drama aside, it’s easy to see why both teams at times so easily aced the eye test. Talent. Draftable, future NFL talent…
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