It’s far from Ohio State’s first Fiesta Bowl, and it’s closer to, but still not quite, Ohio State’s most consequential Fiesta Bowl, but the 8 p.m. Saturday night kickoff against Clemson in the College Football Playoff holds the promise of a classic heavyweight fight. The Buckeyes have been a fixture in the Fiesta this century, appearing six times since winning the 2002 national championship a few days into January of 2003. Before that year ended, OSU was back in the Fiesta’s former home at Sun Devil Stadium, where it would appear for the third time in four seasons in January of 2005 before the game moved across town to the spaceship-like Arizona Cardinals stadium in Glendale. Clemson hasn’t been to the Valley of the Sun nearly as often, but it’s been a fixture in the College Football Playoff this decade, making its fifth straight College Football Playoff appearance and its…
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