Ohio State’s failure to dominant the Big Ten Championship game from the outset didn’t cost the Buckeyes an unbeaten season, but it did take the No. 1 ranking away from them Sunday in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The Buckeyes, despite rallying from a 21-7 halftime deficit against Wisconsin to win, 34-21, fell to No. 2 behind LSU and will therefore play No. 3 Clemson in a Dec. 28 Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Az. OSU lost to Clemson, 31-0, in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal in 2016 — the only shutout of Urban Meyer’s head coaching career. The Tigers also defeated Ohio State in the 2014 Orange Bowl after OSU lost in the Big Ten title game to Michigan State, which cost the Buckeyes a trip to the national championship game. Clemson has won 28 consecutive games and Ohio State has won 21 in a row.…
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