PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley has put his head-coaching career on hold. That includes telling his new employer, Boston College, to wait. Full stop until after the College Football Playoff. “I haven’t missed [an Ohio State] practice, not one,” said Hafley, who took the BC job on Dec. 14. Forget guiding the nation’s No. 2 defense for the nation’s No. 2 team in his first and only season at Ohio State. Hafley wouldn’t miss what is about to play out here. Not for the world. No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Clemson is a College Football Playoff semifinal in name, but it has all the trappings of a national title game. It is certainly the sexier of the two semifinals — in a football sense. Put it this way, there’s a reason ESPN put Ohio State-Clemson in prime time. They are two undefeated teams…
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